Outlander fans have had more than 30 years to obsess over Diana Gabaldon’s historic fantasy novels. In the past decade, the fandom has exploded thanks to the Starz television adaptation of the time-traveling romance between Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe). However, there’s one fan who stands out above the rest — a woman so obsessed with the show that she lives in “Houselander.”
Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe | Starz Related
‘Outlander’ Star Caitriona Balfe Will Show Off Her Stunning Home — But Not Her Husband
One ‘Outlander’ fan became immediately obsessed with the look of the series
Hardcore Outlander fan Chelsea Smith is an office manager from Massachusetts’ North Shore who has used the series’ scenery and production design as inspiration for her home decor. She was actually a bit of a latecomer to the story, discovering the series just a few years ago when her hairdresser recommended it.
Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe | Starz Related
‘Outlander’ Star Caitriona Balfe Will Show Off Her Stunning Home — But Not Her Husband
One ‘Outlander’ fan became immediately obsessed with the look of the series
Hardcore Outlander fan Chelsea Smith is an office manager from Massachusetts’ North Shore who has used the series’ scenery and production design as inspiration for her home decor. She was actually a bit of a latecomer to the story, discovering the series just a few years ago when her hairdresser recommended it.
- 1/28/2023
- by Perry Carpenter
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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Neil Gaiman’s landmark comic series The Sandman is many things: fantastical, idiosyncratic, dark as hell (sometimes literally!), and, honestly, often downright weird. Stuffed to bursting with gods, monsters, real-life historical figures, talking animals, and magic, it’s ultimately a story about the power of stories—why we love them and why we tell them in the first place.
Netflix’s The Sandman arrives this August with a 10-episode first season that fully embraces every dark, larger-than-life aspect of Gaiman’s story on a fantastical journey through worlds both familiar and alien. With lush visuals and beautifully intricate sets, there are moments that feel as though they were explicitly lifted from the pages of the original comic, as well as episodes that deftly blend the stories of multiple issues into something completely new.
“It had to be amazing, no matter what we did,” Jon Gary Steele,...
Neil Gaiman’s landmark comic series The Sandman is many things: fantastical, idiosyncratic, dark as hell (sometimes literally!), and, honestly, often downright weird. Stuffed to bursting with gods, monsters, real-life historical figures, talking animals, and magic, it’s ultimately a story about the power of stories—why we love them and why we tell them in the first place.
Netflix’s The Sandman arrives this August with a 10-episode first season that fully embraces every dark, larger-than-life aspect of Gaiman’s story on a fantastical journey through worlds both familiar and alien. With lush visuals and beautifully intricate sets, there are moments that feel as though they were explicitly lifted from the pages of the original comic, as well as episodes that deftly blend the stories of multiple issues into something completely new.
“It had to be amazing, no matter what we did,” Jon Gary Steele,...
- 8/6/2022
- by Lacy Baugher
- Den of Geek
The impact “The Sandman” had on the world of comics could be charted in its own Netflix show — as could a history of film and television’s often fraught track record of adapting comics to moving pictures. The bumpy, detour-prone road Neil Gaiman’s pioneering phantasmagoria traveled in its 30-plus-year journey from page to screen would require at least a two-parter.
For Netflix’s adaptation of the adventures of the Lord of Dreams (Tom Sturridge) across time, space, and sometimes Washington Square Park, one of the core creative decisions involved how closely this “Sandman” would, or even could, mirror the style of the comics. What could it create in place of the abstract and iconic impressions that only comics’ particular format of sequential words and pictures can deliver? Much like a dream, a drawing is tangible — but only just.
The series’ answer is one that’s darker and slightly more polished than reality,...
For Netflix’s adaptation of the adventures of the Lord of Dreams (Tom Sturridge) across time, space, and sometimes Washington Square Park, one of the core creative decisions involved how closely this “Sandman” would, or even could, mirror the style of the comics. What could it create in place of the abstract and iconic impressions that only comics’ particular format of sequential words and pictures can deliver? Much like a dream, a drawing is tangible — but only just.
The series’ answer is one that’s darker and slightly more polished than reality,...
- 8/4/2022
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Will “Outlander” break through at the Emmys in 2020? The Starz romantic fantasy drama aired its fifth season this spring, its first new episodes in more than a year. The show has earned multiple Creative Arts Emmy noms over the years, but it has yet to crack the top categories. However, since it ended its season in May it’ll be fresh in voters’ minds. Scroll down for our exclusive video interviews with top Emmy contenders from the show.
The series follows a 20th century nurse, Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), who finds herself thrust into the past where she falls in love with an 18th century Scottish Highlander, Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Their romance is challenged by war and strife, as well as time spent separated in different eras. In season five they were together in North America as the Revolutionary War approaches, but they continued to suffer hardships. Jamie experienced a near-fatal snake bite.
The series follows a 20th century nurse, Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), who finds herself thrust into the past where she falls in love with an 18th century Scottish Highlander, Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Their romance is challenged by war and strife, as well as time spent separated in different eras. In season five they were together in North America as the Revolutionary War approaches, but they continued to suffer hardships. Jamie experienced a near-fatal snake bite.
- 6/18/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“I’m very proud of the episode,” declares Caitriona Balfe about the devastating Season 5 finale of Starz’s epic fantasy drama “Outlander.” She adds, “We worked so hard on the script trying to do something interesting and yet be super respectful to the subject matter.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Balfe above.
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The show’s acclaimed fifth season saw the Fraser clan forging a new life in together in colonial America. While Claire (Balfe) used her modern foresight to keep her family together, Jamie (Sam Heughan) defiantly protected Fraser’s Ridge against the looming threats of the untamed 18th Century. While we experienced delirious highs with births, marriages and heartfelt moments between beloved characters, season 5 will be remembered for its devastating lows, as Jamie almost dies after a venomous snake bite, their daughter Brianna (Sophie Skelton) is brutally raped by Stephen Bonnet (Ed Speleers...
See Sophie Skelton Interview: ‘Outlander’
The show’s acclaimed fifth season saw the Fraser clan forging a new life in together in colonial America. While Claire (Balfe) used her modern foresight to keep her family together, Jamie (Sam Heughan) defiantly protected Fraser’s Ridge against the looming threats of the untamed 18th Century. While we experienced delirious highs with births, marriages and heartfelt moments between beloved characters, season 5 will be remembered for its devastating lows, as Jamie almost dies after a venomous snake bite, their daughter Brianna (Sophie Skelton) is brutally raped by Stephen Bonnet (Ed Speleers...
- 6/4/2020
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“It was a dream job,” declares production designer Jon Gary Steele about his Emmy-nominated work on The Starz fantasy epic “Outlander,” for which he has decided to depart after five seasons on the show. “Six and a half years, five seasons with a great team,” he reminisces, noting that while it was time to move on, his time on the show has been the highlight of his career to date Watch our exclusive video interview with Steele above.
See Emmys 2020 exclusive: Starz categories for ‘Outlander,’ ‘Power,’ ‘Vida’ and more
The celebrated fifth season of the fantasy romance saga starring Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan follows the Fraser clan as they forge a new life in colonial North Carolina against the backdrop of the looming American Revolution. It was a period of American history ripe for the production designer and his team, after years bringing to life the Scottish highlands of the 1940s,...
See Emmys 2020 exclusive: Starz categories for ‘Outlander,’ ‘Power,’ ‘Vida’ and more
The celebrated fifth season of the fantasy romance saga starring Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan follows the Fraser clan as they forge a new life in colonial North Carolina against the backdrop of the looming American Revolution. It was a period of American history ripe for the production designer and his team, after years bringing to life the Scottish highlands of the 1940s,...
- 5/27/2020
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
This Outlander review contains spoilers.
Outlander Season 5, Episode 6
“Better to Marry Than To Burn” marks the halfway point of Outlander Season 5 with an extended episode. Claire and Jamie attend the festivities before Jocasta’s wedding to Duncan Innes at River Run, but their problems with Governor Tryon and Stephen Bonnet follow them. Meanwhile, Roger and Bree have to fight off a plague of cicadas threatening the crops on Frasier’s Ridge.
While this episode scores well with tying together the biggest plot lines this season, it fails miserably when it comes to addressing previous critiques of the use of sexual assault and rape tropes on Outlander.
The episode begins with a dramatic flashback to Jocasta and her first husband Hector Cameron fleeing the Highlands after Culloden. Non-readers likely had questions about her past, so this was a good place for the script to answer questions. Dragoons found the secret stash...
Outlander Season 5, Episode 6
“Better to Marry Than To Burn” marks the halfway point of Outlander Season 5 with an extended episode. Claire and Jamie attend the festivities before Jocasta’s wedding to Duncan Innes at River Run, but their problems with Governor Tryon and Stephen Bonnet follow them. Meanwhile, Roger and Bree have to fight off a plague of cicadas threatening the crops on Frasier’s Ridge.
While this episode scores well with tying together the biggest plot lines this season, it fails miserably when it comes to addressing previous critiques of the use of sexual assault and rape tropes on Outlander.
The episode begins with a dramatic flashback to Jocasta and her first husband Hector Cameron fleeing the Highlands after Culloden. Non-readers likely had questions about her past, so this was a good place for the script to answer questions. Dragoons found the secret stash...
- 3/23/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Starz treated Emmy voters to an all-day Fyc event at the Century City Mall in Los Angeles on June 2, featuring panel discussions for their top contenders. The casts and crews of “American Gods,” “America to Me,” “Now Apocalypse,” “Outlander,” “Power,” “The Spanish Princess” and “Vida” took audience members behind the scenes to discuss their work. Following the talks, which were hosted by Page Six TV’s Bevy Smith and Elizabeth Wagmeister, attendees toured interactive displays from those shows in the shopping center’s open-air plaza. Click on the titles below to be see videos of their full Q&a discussions.
See ‘Outlander’ Emmy submissions: Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe, Sophie Skelton and more vie for nominations
“American Gods”: Stars Ricky Whittle, Yetide Badaki, Mousa Kraish and Omid Abtahi; director Salli Richardson-Whitfield; and writer-producer Rodney Barnes discuss this fantasy series about mythical gods and modern deities who walk amongst humans.
“America to Me...
See ‘Outlander’ Emmy submissions: Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe, Sophie Skelton and more vie for nominations
“American Gods”: Stars Ricky Whittle, Yetide Badaki, Mousa Kraish and Omid Abtahi; director Salli Richardson-Whitfield; and writer-producer Rodney Barnes discuss this fantasy series about mythical gods and modern deities who walk amongst humans.
“America to Me...
- 6/21/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Starz took Emmy voters back in time during its recent panel discussion for the hit fantasy series “Outlander,” hosted by Page Six TV’s Bevy Smith and Elizabeth Wagmeister. Stars Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton and Richard Rankin were in attendance, as were executive producer Maril Davis, writer/executive producer Toni Graphia and production designer Jon Gary Steele. Watch the full 36 minute Q&a above.
See ‘Outlander’ Emmy submissions: Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe, Sophie Skelton and more vie for nominations
Based on a book series by Diana Gabaldon, “Outlander” centers on a combat nurse (Balfe) who’s transported from 1945 England to 18th century Scotland, where she falls in love with a handsome young warrior (Heughan). From the beginning, the series has been a big hit with the books’ die-hard fans, which managed to surprise even the stars.
“Obviously, the books that Diana Gabaldon wrote and this world that she created were incredibly popular,...
See ‘Outlander’ Emmy submissions: Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe, Sophie Skelton and more vie for nominations
Based on a book series by Diana Gabaldon, “Outlander” centers on a combat nurse (Balfe) who’s transported from 1945 England to 18th century Scotland, where she falls in love with a handsome young warrior (Heughan). From the beginning, the series has been a big hit with the books’ die-hard fans, which managed to surprise even the stars.
“Obviously, the books that Diana Gabaldon wrote and this world that she created were incredibly popular,...
- 6/13/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
“I shall treasure this forever!” Sam Heughan (“Outlander”) declared while accepting his Gold Derby Award for Best TV Drama Actor in person from Gold Derby’s Tom O’Neil. Even though Heughan won our award back in 2015, O’Neil just had to get Heughan’s acceptance speech on video after he moderated “Outlander’s” Q&A panel for Emmy voters at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Watch the impromptu video above.
See Emmys 2018 exclusive: Starz categories for ‘Outlander,’ ‘Counterpart,’ ‘Howards End’ and more
“Hi there, I’m Sam Heughan from ‘Outlander’ and here we are in Los Angeles,” smiled the Scottish actor. “I just want to say a big ‘Thank you” to Gold Derby. I’m accepting my award that you have all voted for. I believe it was the Gold Derby Award for the Best Actor. So I really appreciate that and I shall treasure this forever. Thank you,...
See Emmys 2018 exclusive: Starz categories for ‘Outlander,’ ‘Counterpart,’ ‘Howards End’ and more
“Hi there, I’m Sam Heughan from ‘Outlander’ and here we are in Los Angeles,” smiled the Scottish actor. “I just want to say a big ‘Thank you” to Gold Derby. I’m accepting my award that you have all voted for. I believe it was the Gold Derby Award for the Best Actor. So I really appreciate that and I shall treasure this forever. Thank you,...
- 6/12/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Ever wonder how much work goes into adapting a series of novels like “Outlander” into a successful Emmy-nominated television series? TV creator Ronald D. Moore recently spoke in depth about his process at Starz’s “Outlander” Emmy Fyc event, moderated by Gold Derby’s Tom O’Neil. “We always start with the book,” Moore says in reference to Diana Gabaldon‘s novels that serve as the TV show’s source material (watch above). “At the beginning of the process we have assistants and researchers and people in the writers’ room who literally break down the entire book, chapter by chapter and then scene by scene.”
Moore continues on, “You put the whole thing up on these big white boards that essential lay out the major plot story. Step one is to break it down into 13 hours. Okay, what are the basic chapters of our story? You kind of quickly realize...
Moore continues on, “You put the whole thing up on these big white boards that essential lay out the major plot story. Step one is to break it down into 13 hours. Okay, what are the basic chapters of our story? You kind of quickly realize...
- 6/11/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
At Starz’s recent “Outlander” Emmy Fyc event moderated by Gold Derby’s Tom O’Neil, Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan opened up about the “initial attraction” of their lovelorn characters, Claire and Jamie, to a crowd of TV academy members. “Outlander” creator/executive producer Ronald D. Moore, executive producer Maril Davis, executive producer/writer/director Matthew B. Roberts, executive producer Toni Graphia and production designer Jon Gary Steele also joined in the discussion about Season 3 of the Emmy-nominated drama series. Watch O’Neil’s exclusive panel interviews with the cast and crew above.
Claire and Jamie “spend so much time apart and when they do get back together of course there’s that initial attraction,” Heughan reflects about their dynamic in the third season. “They’re still the same people they were, but they’ve changed and I think they both question, is this relationship gonna work? They have...
Claire and Jamie “spend so much time apart and when they do get back together of course there’s that initial attraction,” Heughan reflects about their dynamic in the third season. “They’re still the same people they were, but they’ve changed and I think they both question, is this relationship gonna work? They have...
- 6/6/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
The “droughtlander” has lasted for over a year, but at long last Starz’s epic time-traveling drama is returning on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 9 p.m. Et for its third season. Diehard fans of the books may already have a general idea of events that will happen, since this season is based on Diana Gabaldon’s “Voyager,” the third book in the series. Some of the information gathered from interviews and official Starz materials below, however, will offer clues as to when they will happen, without any major spoilers of course.
Here’s what you need to know before tuning in on Sunday:
Where We Left Off
With an impending battle threatening to harm her pregnancy, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) had to leave Jamie (Sam Heughan) behind in the 18th Century, believing that he will die in battle. She went back to the 1940s and resumed a life with Frank (Tobias Menzies...
Here’s what you need to know before tuning in on Sunday:
Where We Left Off
With an impending battle threatening to harm her pregnancy, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) had to leave Jamie (Sam Heughan) behind in the 18th Century, believing that he will die in battle. She went back to the 1940s and resumed a life with Frank (Tobias Menzies...
- 9/8/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
“Outlander”‘s third season will feature some truly stunning and highly anticipated new sets – and only Et has your exclusive behind-the-scenes secrets! We teamed up with Starz and traveled to “Outlander”‘s production stages in Galsgow, Scotland, to sit down with head production designer Jon Gary Steele for the inside scoop on Claire, Frank and Brianna’s Boston home and Jamie’s […]...
- 8/22/2017
- by Aynslee Darmon
- ET Canada
“I have lied, killed and broken trust, but when I stand before God I’ll have one thing to say to weigh against all the rest…”
With that one simple but oh-so-passionate line of dialogue, the ongoing Droughtlander became a little less painful Sunday after Starz dropped its first official tease for season 3 of Outlander that was almost immediately leaked online for all those non-subscribers. So much for trying to get folks to tune into the premiere of The White Princess on the west coast! (The network will make it available for social media on Monday morning).
Was the teaser effective?...
With that one simple but oh-so-passionate line of dialogue, the ongoing Droughtlander became a little less painful Sunday after Starz dropped its first official tease for season 3 of Outlander that was almost immediately leaked online for all those non-subscribers. So much for trying to get folks to tune into the premiere of The White Princess on the west coast! (The network will make it available for social media on Monday morning).
Was the teaser effective?...
- 4/17/2017
- by Lynette Rice
- PEOPLE.com
“The Times They Are a Changin'” pretty well sums up this year’s Emmy craft contenders for production and costume design. The series all deal with social, political and cultural upheaval, which provided creative opportunities in designing and dressing characters on the cusp of change.
Production Design
In the race for production design (fantasy or contemporary), Amazon’s adaptation of Philip K.Dick’s “The Man in the High Castle” is building buzz for its retro-future vision, in which the Nazis and Japanese won World War II.
For production designer Drew Boughton, that meant three distinct looks for New York City (run by the Nazis), San Francisco (occupied by the Japanese) and Canon City, Colorado (the neutral zone). New York offered an austere, concrete, gray vibe reminiscent of the Eastern block, San Francisco went more wood and aqua blue and Canon City was rural, like a Western.
“What are the...
Production Design
In the race for production design (fantasy or contemporary), Amazon’s adaptation of Philip K.Dick’s “The Man in the High Castle” is building buzz for its retro-future vision, in which the Nazis and Japanese won World War II.
For production designer Drew Boughton, that meant three distinct looks for New York City (run by the Nazis), San Francisco (occupied by the Japanese) and Canon City, Colorado (the neutral zone). New York offered an austere, concrete, gray vibe reminiscent of the Eastern block, San Francisco went more wood and aqua blue and Canon City was rural, like a Western.
“What are the...
- 8/12/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
There’s good reason newcomers “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” “Mr. Robot” and “The Man in the High Castle” distinguished themselves with Emmy craft noms: they brought authenticity to stories that tap into the racial divisiveness, violence and alienation that are weighing heavily on our minds this Presidential election season. And riding the surge of female empowerment, impeccably produced “Outlander” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” also landed craft recognition.
FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” grabbed 22 noms (including cinematography, costumes, makeup and editing), second only to Emmy leader “Game of Thrones” with 23. What they achieved with recreating “the trial of the century” in the ’90s was bringing it eerily full-circle today.
Verisimilitude, of course, was crucial. For cinematographer Nelson Cragg, the Bundy Drive crime scene where Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered provided one challenge. Since the Brentwood condo no longer exits, they had to...
FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” grabbed 22 noms (including cinematography, costumes, makeup and editing), second only to Emmy leader “Game of Thrones” with 23. What they achieved with recreating “the trial of the century” in the ’90s was bringing it eerily full-circle today.
Verisimilitude, of course, was crucial. For cinematographer Nelson Cragg, the Bundy Drive crime scene where Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered provided one challenge. Since the Brentwood condo no longer exits, they had to...
- 7/15/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Warning: This post contains spoilers from Outlander‘s Season 2 finale (and slight ones for Season 3).
Sing me a song of a lass that is gonna do it all over again.
Outlander‘s season finale on Saturday ended on a hopeful note: After learning that Jamie actually didn’t die on the field at Culloden like she’d feared, Claire knew that she had to go back through the stones to reunite with the love of her life. (If you missed the episode, rest assured: She didn’t immediately jump into the circle and disappear. These things take planning, after all.
Sing me a song of a lass that is gonna do it all over again.
Outlander‘s season finale on Saturday ended on a hopeful note: After learning that Jamie actually didn’t die on the field at Culloden like she’d feared, Claire knew that she had to go back through the stones to reunite with the love of her life. (If you missed the episode, rest assured: She didn’t immediately jump into the circle and disappear. These things take planning, after all.
- 7/10/2016
- TVLine.com
Outlander‘s Season 2 finale is bearing down on us like (270-year-old Spoiler Alert!) the British at Culloden. And if the approach of “Dragonfly in Amber” causes you a wee bit of angst — because there’s just too much good TV and you’ve slipped behind and where’s a time-twisting circle of stones when you really need one?! — dinna fash. You’ve got a week until the finale airs, and we’ve got you covered like Jamie’s plaid on a blustery Highlands morn.
PhotosOutlander Season 2: The Scottish Costume Details You Might’ve Missed
Below is an ultraquick...
PhotosOutlander Season 2: The Scottish Costume Details You Might’ve Missed
Below is an ultraquick...
- 7/2/2016
- TVLine.com
Need to catch up? Check out last week’s Outlander post mortem here.
Cram in one last croissant and pack up your petit fours, because the Frasers are putting Paris in their rearview in this week’s Outlander. Claire and Jamie return to Scotland hoping for a respite from the tiresome-yet-terrifying politics that have plagued them in the City of Lights… and instead run directly into new tiresome-yet-terrifying politics — only this time, in plaid!
RelatedOutlander Star Talks Unexpected Early Return: ‘I Was Surprised, Too!’
Jamie and Claire’s efforts to stop the Jacobite Uprising haven’t worked so far,...
Cram in one last croissant and pack up your petit fours, because the Frasers are putting Paris in their rearview in this week’s Outlander. Claire and Jamie return to Scotland hoping for a respite from the tiresome-yet-terrifying politics that have plagued them in the City of Lights… and instead run directly into new tiresome-yet-terrifying politics — only this time, in plaid!
RelatedOutlander Star Talks Unexpected Early Return: ‘I Was Surprised, Too!’
Jamie and Claire’s efforts to stop the Jacobite Uprising haven’t worked so far,...
- 5/29/2016
- TVLine.com
Warning: This post contains spoilers for both Saturday’s episode of Outlander and a plot point that would take place in a potential third season of the Starz series. If you don’t wanna know, it’s time to go!
She’s baaaack.
Nell Hudson surprised viewers of Starz’s Outlander — and readers of the Diana Gabaldon novels on which the series is based — by showing up as malevolent meddler Laoghaire in Sunday’s episode.
Know who else was shocked at the young Scot’s return? Hudson herself.
“I was surprised, too!” the actress tells TVLine. “Because she’s not in the book!
She’s baaaack.
Nell Hudson surprised viewers of Starz’s Outlander — and readers of the Diana Gabaldon novels on which the series is based — by showing up as malevolent meddler Laoghaire in Sunday’s episode.
Know who else was shocked at the young Scot’s return? Hudson herself.
“I was surprised, too!” the actress tells TVLine. “Because she’s not in the book!
- 5/29/2016
- TVLine.com
The Performer | Caitriona Balfe
The Show | Outlander
The Episode | “Faith” (May 21)
The Performance | Note to Best Actress Emmy presenters, whoever you turn out to be: Balfe’s first name is pronounced “Katrina,” and you’re going to need to know that if Powers That Nominate have even passing knowledge of Saturday’s Outlander. Because Balfe turned in a performance that was raw and almost too real, diving to the nadir of Claire’s grief over losing her child and then staying there for an hour that was emotionally exhausting — in the best possible way.
Balfe played every horrible moment of Claire’s stillbirth,...
The Show | Outlander
The Episode | “Faith” (May 21)
The Performance | Note to Best Actress Emmy presenters, whoever you turn out to be: Balfe’s first name is pronounced “Katrina,” and you’re going to need to know that if Powers That Nominate have even passing knowledge of Saturday’s Outlander. Because Balfe turned in a performance that was raw and almost too real, diving to the nadir of Claire’s grief over losing her child and then staying there for an hour that was emotionally exhausting — in the best possible way.
Balfe played every horrible moment of Claire’s stillbirth,...
- 5/28/2016
- TVLine.com
Given that Outlander‘s Paris episodes were beset by smallpox, violent attacks, prison stays and a gut-wrenching stillbirth, can you blame Jamie and Claire Fraser for wanting to scurry back to Scotland as quickly as possible?
But the one thing we will miss about Season 2’s French foray? The Starz drama’s lavish sets, created by a team headed by production designer Jon Gary Steele.
VideosOutlander Sneak Peek: Back in Scotland, a New Fraser Emerges?
On the eve of the Frasers’ return to Jamie’s homeland, TVLine asked Steele to take us behind the scenes of four key places...
But the one thing we will miss about Season 2’s French foray? The Starz drama’s lavish sets, created by a team headed by production designer Jon Gary Steele.
VideosOutlander Sneak Peek: Back in Scotland, a New Fraser Emerges?
On the eve of the Frasers’ return to Jamie’s homeland, TVLine asked Steele to take us behind the scenes of four key places...
- 5/27/2016
- TVLine.com
If you look up the phrase “trés chic” in a French phrasebook, you’re likely to find a photo of Outlander‘s Monsieur and Madame Fraser wearing their Season 2 best — or you can get your ooh-la-la on right now with this this exclusive behind-the-scenes look at what’s ahead on the Starz drama.
In the featurette above, stars Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe — as well as production designer John Gary Steele, set decorator Gina Cromwell and executive producers Ronald D. Moore and Maril Davis — offer some insight on construction of the sophomore season’s “very ornate, very grand and very elegant” sets and costumes.
In the featurette above, stars Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe — as well as production designer John Gary Steele, set decorator Gina Cromwell and executive producers Ronald D. Moore and Maril Davis — offer some insight on construction of the sophomore season’s “very ornate, very grand and very elegant” sets and costumes.
- 3/21/2016
- TVLine.com
It's "Dangerous Liaisons" for the "She's All That" set.
A shrewd update of classic Choderlos De Laclos novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", "Cruel Intentions" is a lewd and rude guilty pleasure of "Wild Things" proportions.
Boasting a very game cast, including a pair of delectably wicked performances by Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe, this bright feature debut of writer-director Roger Kumble should handily seduce its targeted youth market audience and entice an older demographic.
While it isn't the first time the scandalous 1782 book has been in refitted in modern dress -- Roger Vadim's 1959 version starred Jeanne Moreau and Gerard Philipe in contemporary attire -- playwright Kumble's adaptation is such a natural it's practically a no-brainer.
Playing their parts with great relish, Gellar and Phillippe are stepsiblings Kathryn Merteuil and Sebastian Valmont, respectively, a pair of bored little rich kids who get their kicks at the expense of their unwitting conquests.
Deciding to raise the stakes somewhat, Sebastian has set his sights on Annette (Reese Witherspoon), a chaste headmaster's daughter who recently declared her decision to remain that way until she marries her boyfriend in an article she wrote for Seventeen magazine.
Sebastian makes Kathryn a little wager that he can change Annette's mind before the start of the school year. If he fails, Kathryn gets his beloved 1956 Jaguar. If he succeeds, then she must indulge his fantasy involving one night catering to his every sensual whim.
It should be pointed out that they each have a separate set of parents, but you get the impression they wouldn't let a little thing like incest stand in their way had the situation been otherwise.
Meanwhile, as Sebastian begins to circle his prey, Kathryn has a separate agenda of her own involving the painfully innocent Cecile (the very funny Selma Blair), for whom she was dumped by her former boyfriend. By the summer's end, Kathryn is determined to see to the utter and complete besmirching of Cecile's naive reputation.
While the latter challenge turns out to be a piece of cake, the former hits a bit of a snag when Sebastian ends up falling big time for Annette, causing spurned sis to take drastic retaliatory measures.
Despite the salacious tone, "Cruel Intentions" actually infers more than it shows, save for a tauntingly graphic (at least for mainstream movies) girl-girl kiss. Writer-director Kumble, an award-winning playwright whose works include "d-girl" and "Pay or Play", is quite faithful to the dynamics of the original story, while at the same time injecting a nasty sensibility that is entirely au courant.
Admittedly the picture wimps out a bit toward the end and the pacing isn't always all it could be, but Kumble's youthful cast keeps things percolating. Gellar and Phillippe, who worked together on "I Know What You Did Last Summer," use that previous rapport to good advantage as they continually spur each other on here, although there are times when Phillippe's delivery suggests he may have been too good a study of John Malkovich's performance in "Dangerous Liaisons".
As the film's reworking of the original's virtuous Mme. De Tourvel character, Witherspoon puts in another smart, believable performance, while Blair's bratty Cecile provides some adept comic relief.
While old pros Christine Baranski, Swoosie Kurtz and Louise Fletcher are also on hand, they've been pretty much relegated to the background as the young players occupy the spotlight.
Giving it all an austere gleam are cinematographer Theo Van de Sande, production designer Jon Gary Steele and costume designer Denise Wingate, while composer Edward Shearmur's score pulsates with a light techno undercurrent.
CRUEL INTENTIONS
Columbia
Columbia Pictures presents
In association with Original Film and Newmarket Capital Group
A Neal H. Moritz production
A film by Roger Kumble
Director-screenwriter: Roger Kumble
Producer: Neal H. Moritz
Suggested by the novel: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos De Laclos
Executive producer: Michael Fottrell
Director of photography: Theo Van de Sande
Production designer: Jon Gary Steele
Editor: Jeff Freeman
Costume designer: Denise Wingate
Music: Edward Shearmur
Casting: Mary Vernieu, Anne McCarthy
Color/stereo
Cast:
Kathryn Merteuil: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Sebastian Valmont: Ryan Phillippe
Annette Hargrove: Reese Witherspoon
Cecile Caldwell: Selma Blair
Blaine Tuttle: Joshua Jackson
Ronald Clifford: Sean Patrick Thomas
Mrs. Caldwell: Christine Baranski
Dr. Greenbaum: Swoosie Kurtz
Aunt Helen: Louise Fletcher
Running time -- 97 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
A shrewd update of classic Choderlos De Laclos novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", "Cruel Intentions" is a lewd and rude guilty pleasure of "Wild Things" proportions.
Boasting a very game cast, including a pair of delectably wicked performances by Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe, this bright feature debut of writer-director Roger Kumble should handily seduce its targeted youth market audience and entice an older demographic.
While it isn't the first time the scandalous 1782 book has been in refitted in modern dress -- Roger Vadim's 1959 version starred Jeanne Moreau and Gerard Philipe in contemporary attire -- playwright Kumble's adaptation is such a natural it's practically a no-brainer.
Playing their parts with great relish, Gellar and Phillippe are stepsiblings Kathryn Merteuil and Sebastian Valmont, respectively, a pair of bored little rich kids who get their kicks at the expense of their unwitting conquests.
Deciding to raise the stakes somewhat, Sebastian has set his sights on Annette (Reese Witherspoon), a chaste headmaster's daughter who recently declared her decision to remain that way until she marries her boyfriend in an article she wrote for Seventeen magazine.
Sebastian makes Kathryn a little wager that he can change Annette's mind before the start of the school year. If he fails, Kathryn gets his beloved 1956 Jaguar. If he succeeds, then she must indulge his fantasy involving one night catering to his every sensual whim.
It should be pointed out that they each have a separate set of parents, but you get the impression they wouldn't let a little thing like incest stand in their way had the situation been otherwise.
Meanwhile, as Sebastian begins to circle his prey, Kathryn has a separate agenda of her own involving the painfully innocent Cecile (the very funny Selma Blair), for whom she was dumped by her former boyfriend. By the summer's end, Kathryn is determined to see to the utter and complete besmirching of Cecile's naive reputation.
While the latter challenge turns out to be a piece of cake, the former hits a bit of a snag when Sebastian ends up falling big time for Annette, causing spurned sis to take drastic retaliatory measures.
Despite the salacious tone, "Cruel Intentions" actually infers more than it shows, save for a tauntingly graphic (at least for mainstream movies) girl-girl kiss. Writer-director Kumble, an award-winning playwright whose works include "d-girl" and "Pay or Play", is quite faithful to the dynamics of the original story, while at the same time injecting a nasty sensibility that is entirely au courant.
Admittedly the picture wimps out a bit toward the end and the pacing isn't always all it could be, but Kumble's youthful cast keeps things percolating. Gellar and Phillippe, who worked together on "I Know What You Did Last Summer," use that previous rapport to good advantage as they continually spur each other on here, although there are times when Phillippe's delivery suggests he may have been too good a study of John Malkovich's performance in "Dangerous Liaisons".
As the film's reworking of the original's virtuous Mme. De Tourvel character, Witherspoon puts in another smart, believable performance, while Blair's bratty Cecile provides some adept comic relief.
While old pros Christine Baranski, Swoosie Kurtz and Louise Fletcher are also on hand, they've been pretty much relegated to the background as the young players occupy the spotlight.
Giving it all an austere gleam are cinematographer Theo Van de Sande, production designer Jon Gary Steele and costume designer Denise Wingate, while composer Edward Shearmur's score pulsates with a light techno undercurrent.
CRUEL INTENTIONS
Columbia
Columbia Pictures presents
In association with Original Film and Newmarket Capital Group
A Neal H. Moritz production
A film by Roger Kumble
Director-screenwriter: Roger Kumble
Producer: Neal H. Moritz
Suggested by the novel: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos De Laclos
Executive producer: Michael Fottrell
Director of photography: Theo Van de Sande
Production designer: Jon Gary Steele
Editor: Jeff Freeman
Costume designer: Denise Wingate
Music: Edward Shearmur
Casting: Mary Vernieu, Anne McCarthy
Color/stereo
Cast:
Kathryn Merteuil: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Sebastian Valmont: Ryan Phillippe
Annette Hargrove: Reese Witherspoon
Cecile Caldwell: Selma Blair
Blaine Tuttle: Joshua Jackson
Ronald Clifford: Sean Patrick Thomas
Mrs. Caldwell: Christine Baranski
Dr. Greenbaum: Swoosie Kurtz
Aunt Helen: Louise Fletcher
Running time -- 97 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 2/26/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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