Outlander star Sam Heughan has reflected on saying farewell to his beloved 18th century Scottish Highlander alter-ego Jamie Fraser, after recently teasing the final-ever scene and revealing a new project he’s working on.
In a recent interview, the 45-year actor addressed the end of the Starz series, which propelled him into the spotlight and has been part of his life for over a decade.
Speaking on The Travel Diaries with Holly Rubenstein podcast, Heughan was asked whether he was ready to let the character go while embarking on a hike to the Everest Base Camp in Nepal.
The star said: “I thought perhaps while I was filming at the time, I thought, ‘Oh, this is going to be a great way to say goodbye.’
“And, of course, the reality of it was I was more concentrated on breathing and putting one step in front of the other and not freezing to death.
“I mean, I don’t think there was much time thinking of Jamie Fraser. There was a lot of time to think, it was fantastic.”
Heughan continued: “But actually saying goodbye to Jamie Fraser has been a longer process, it’s weird. I don’t know.
“Spending 11 years in one intense world, playing a certain character, it’s taken time and perhaps only now do I feel like I’ve certainly put it to rest.”
After playing the heroic Outlander character for so long, Heughan will be delivering a very different turn as the villainous Macbeth when he treads the boards later this year in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s forthcoming production.
He will be starring opposite The Crown and The Capture’s Lia Williams, who portrays the equally Machiavellian Lady Macbeth in the Scottish Play.
Along with discussing the end of Outlander on the podcast, Heughan also opened up on his favourite travel destinations, previous trips away, as well as when he first decided to become an actor.
Outlander’s eighth and final season will be hitting screens in early 2026 following an announcement at San Diego Comic-Con by Starz.
In the meantime, fans champing at the bit can enjoy prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood, which explores the respective romances of Jamie and Claire Fraser’s (played by Caitríona Balfe) parents.
The series will be debut this week with a double-bill special immersing audiences into the worlds of Britain during the Blitz and 18th century Scottish Highland clan warfare.
Viewers will follow the lives of Brian Fraser (played by Jamie Roy), Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) and Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield), whose lives an inextricably intertwined thanks to spot of pesky time travel.
Season two is already into production after Starz renewed Blood of My Blood ahead of the series premiere.
Soure: dailyrecord.co.uk