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Grant Stott was Grand Marshall of The People\u2019s Procession Picture Alan Simpson <\/p>\nEdinburgh broadcaster and actor, Grant Stott, said he was thrilled to land a small part in Outlander \u2013 but can\u2019t watch his scenes because he was so afraid he\u2019d fluff his lines.<\/p>\n
Stott played Captain Freeman in season four of the time travel TV series, which was shown in 2018.<\/p>\n
He said he won the role despite TV acting experience amounting to little more than an episode of soap opera High Road in 1998.<\/p>\n
Stott told presenter Nicola Meighan on the \u201cA Kick Up the Arts\u201d podcast that filming Outlander with stars Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe was a \u201cbrilliant experience\u201d, but admitted the fear is written on his face.<\/p>\n
Stott, whose character was later killed off, said: \u201cOutlander was bonkers, it was absolutely nuts how that whole thing came about. It was a screen test I did at Summerhall, and the next thing I got the part.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had never been so terrified in all my life walking on to a set. Only once before when I did my one and only episode of High Road when I suddenly realised I had no clue what I was doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just put on this sense of bravado that I knew what I was doing\u2026 I still can\u2019t really watch it back. You can see the fear in my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can remember every time they did that take and it was like \u2018oh that was me, I\u2019m just trying to make sure I get all my words out and I don\u2019t get any words wrong\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the face I do in Outlander as Captain Freeman as I\u2019m talking to the great Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe, going \u2018please don\u2019t make me do this again\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stott\u2019s character was captain of the riverboat Sally Ann, which transports Jamie and Claire, played by Heughan and Balfe, to their new home at Fraser\u2019s Ridge in North Carolina.<\/p>\n
Stott, best known as a radio presenter, DJ and stage actor, later won a regular part in River City, appearing as Sam Spiller in the BBC Scotland soap in over 117 episodes since 2021.<\/p>\n
He said the decision to stop the show had been \u201cdevastating\u201d, adding: \u201cI\u2019m absolutely gutted it\u2019s going to go but we\u2019re determined to give it a good send off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant Stott was Grand Marshall of The People\u2019s Procession Picture Alan Simpson <\/p>\n