Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe will be seen in the up and coming “Outlander” Season 3, which is set to premiere in September. Recently, the STARZ artists shared some spoilers for the imminent third installment at the recently-concluded San Diego Comic-Con 2017.
Jamie and Claire Fraser’s fate in the third season
People’s Choice reported that Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe attended this year’s Comic-Con at Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego on Saturday, July 22, 2017. There, the lead stars of the upcoming “Outlander” Season 3 series shared some of their thoughts about filming the series’ third installment.
Both Heughan and Balfe confessed that Season 3 was a bit different from the first two installments. According to the duo, filming the third season is quite hard since their characters are separated from each other.
Spoilers suggest that the first few episodes of the “Outlander” Season 3 will focus on the parting of Jamie and Claire Fraser. Separated by 20 years, avid followers of the series can expect Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe’s characters to be spending time in dissimilar places with different people.
Fortunately, the separation of Jamie and Claire Fraser will not last long as they are set to reunite in the later part of the third season. “This season we got to really stretch the characters and go somewhere else with them,” the STARZ actor said, according to Variety.
Sam Heughan added that the time jump would tell more about the feats and hardships experienced by the lead characters. Beside Caitriona Balfe and the “Outlander” Season 3 lead actor, other cast members who appeared at Entertainment Weekly’s annual Comic-Con party also included Richard Rankin, Sophie Skelton and Tobias Menzies, Just Jared reported.
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Meanwhile, Sam Heughan has confessed that Jamie Fraser could possibly faint when he meets Claire again after years of being separated. The leading man of Caitriona Balfe shared that being separated from someone you love is not easy at all.
Balfe echoed what Heughan said and added that the reunion of Jamie and Claire Fraser is a very special moment that fans should watch out for in the incoming “Outlander” Season 3.
The 37-year-old Irish actress also thanked series’ scriptwriter Matt B Roberts for writing such a beautiful story.
“Outlander” Season 3 is set to premiere on September 11, 2017 on Amazon Prime. Stay tuned for more news and updates about STARZ artists Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe.