{"id":342244,"date":"2026-02-17T19:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/342244\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:15:10","slug":"caitriona-balfe-and-sam-heughan-on-the-end-of-outlander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/342244\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitr\u00edona Balfe and Sam Heughan on the End of \u2018Outlander\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

You both have always said you have each other\u2019s backs. Any examples of that? How do you balance each other on set? I feel you have different temperaments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Balfe:<\/strong> [Laughs.] Yes, I pop off. Sam stays calm.<\/p>\n

Heughan:<\/strong> It\u2019s been complementary. I felt weirdly protective of you from episode one. Then seeing you flourish into being the strong Claire that you are\u2026 that\u2019s always been part of Jamie, as well, to protect. I don\u2019t know whether that was the character or me, but it works really well. I can also guide her in a direction to then have her energy\u2026. [He mimics something being shot off.]<\/p>\n

Balfe:<\/strong> Sam likes to stir. If he wants something to happen or doesn\u2019t like something, he\u2019ll just whisper, \u201cOh, yeah, you should say something,\u201d And then, because I\u2019m an idiot\u2026<\/p>\n

Heughan:<\/strong> No, not at all. You\u2019re a person of action. But, you know, this one\u2019s trouble\u2014always corpsing. We have a silly sense of humor, and sometimes that was my downfall. We\u2019re very lucky.<\/p>\n

Balfe:<\/strong> I think our friendship is probably one of the things I\u2019m the proudest of from the whole show. [They hug.] It\u2019s true. We\u2019re both competitive people, but we\u2019re not competitive with each other. And we\u2019ve always made sure to talk to each other.<\/p>\n

Heughan:<\/strong> We were in the show for over a decade. Whether it was on set or off set, we both went through stuff in our personal lives. Caitr\u00edona would instantly know if there was something going on. In those moments, she was there for me and would protect me in some ways, way more than she needed to\u2026like an older sister.<\/p>\n

Balfe:<\/strong> Really? So cheeky. Only six months. One time I really took one for the team. You got a message that upset you on set, and I jumped up and yelled, \u201cI have to go to the toilet!\u201d Everyone was like, \u201cDoes she have diarrhea?\u201d I let everyone think I had that for you.<\/p>\n

Heughan:<\/strong> Did you? So nice!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s talk about the future. You both have said, about an Outlander movie, \u201cNever say never.\u201d Has one actually been discussed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heughan:<\/strong> No.<\/p>\n

Balfe:<\/strong> Not with me, no.<\/p>\n

Diana is working on finishing book 10. Would you two consider voicing the audiobook?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Balfe:<\/strong> It\u2019s so iconic. Davina Porter, who did it before, was so synonymous with the series.<\/p>\n

Heughan:<\/strong> Well, they\u2019ve just done one. Kristen [Atherton, who played Jenny in Season 7] took over. But it would be nice to hear everyone\u2019s voices and be back together again.<\/p>\n

Balfe:<\/strong> Wouldn\u2019t have to wear a corset. You could do all the acting in your pajamas.<\/p>\n

Caitr\u00edona, how has Sam changed and grown as an actor over the years? Did you get to see his recent production of Macbeth?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Balfe:<\/strong> I did get to see him in Macbeth, and he was amazing.<\/p>\n

Heughan:<\/strong> So nice you came.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You both have always said you have each other\u2019s backs. Any examples of that? How do you balance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[800,434,18,117,19,17,14896,23219,19935,806],"class_list":["post-342244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-_sensitivecontent","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-splitscreenimagerightinset","tag-storytypeinterview","tag-tv-movies","tag-web"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116087575283073731","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}