And not that I called anyone up to ask them, because I just think that would have been disrespectful, but I’ve definitely been there when people I’ve known have gone through similar stuff like this, like miscarriages, and just being aware of their pain and how difficult it was for them and wanting to, I don’t know, make sure that this was a respectful portrayal because I know how difficult and how painful this is for people.
And also, unfortunately, I think everyone knows someone in their life who has gone through an experience similar to this. 1 and for this episode, I kind of went and read her ‘Blue Nights’ book again because it was a lot about losing a daughter, and even though her daughter was an adult, there’s just something about her descriptiveness of grief that I felt so helpful. I’d reread ‘A Year of Magical Thinking’ for Ep. Did you talk with someone? Did you work with someone? Was it all in your head? What were those days like as you were leading up to it?Ĭaitriona: A big part of my preparation - well, it depends for each thing, but for this, I obviously went back and read the source material, and then I also turned to – it’s funny, for some reason, Joan Didion was a big thing for me this season.
I guess I’ll ask you about the initial stages of your preparation. WATCH: Caitriona Balfe & Sam Heughan Excited For Fans To See S2 Of ‘Outlander’Īccess: You knew it was coming because obviously Diana has this in ‘Dragonfly in Amber,’ but I’m interested in your process, or what you are willing to share of it. But yeah, it was just written so beautifully and it was one of those things where, you as an actor, in some sort of a masochistic way, really look forward to filming the most horrific things. I’ve just been sitting here sobbing.’ And also, it was one of the scripts that really didn’t need an awful lot of changing or work, so I probably had it a week or so before we started, or maybe a little more, but we don’t tend to have them for too, too long. When I got the script… I cried and I remember emailing her and just being like, ‘You have floored me. She wrote it with such a poetic, respectful way. Although, Toni Graphia - this episode was so beautiful. In a new interview, she told Access Hollywood about preparing for and shooting “Faith.”Ī: How long did you have the script for the ‘Faith’ episode before you had to shoot those scenes?Ĭaitriona Balfe: I think it was the same as usual.
PHOTOS: ‘Outlander’ Season 2: Scenes From Episode 7 - ‘Faith’ĭespite the weight of the material, TV productions move so fast that Caitriona had just an average amount of time with the script (which was written by “Outlander” co-executive producer Toni Graphia) before shooting the episode. ‘Outlander’ Season 2: Caitriona Balfe Talks Filming The ‘Faith’ Episode (Starz) She’d come to blame herself for the loss. Release from the Bastille, the episode offered another shattering scene – the heartbreaking reunion of Claire and Jamie, as Claire opened up about what she went through during his incarceration, and how After Claire paid a high price for her husband’s Of disbelief, a crushing scene of acceptance, and later, suffered quietly, but with deeply felt grief. In the chaos, and under mounting stress, a pregnant Claire began hemorrhaging and was taken to the hospital where the staff was able to save her life, but not the life of her unborn child, whom the episode is named after – “Faith.”Ĭaitriona Balfe gave an exceptional performanceĪs Claire as her character went through a devastating loss, a tragic period “Outlander” delivered an emotionally complex and heartbreaking episode on Saturday night, as Claire Fraser went through one of the most devastating tragedies of her life – losing her child.Īlthough she rushed to the forest to stop her 18th century Scottish husband, Jamie Fraser, from dueling with Jack Randall, she arrived too late to intervene.