Post by Ripley on Apr 18, 2016 0:12:46 GMT -5
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"...Now that Claire knows Black Jack is still alive, how does that knowledge affect her going forward?
Caitriona Balfe: There's a great fear that this is going to be something that breaks Jamie. She felt that they were finally getting to a place where they could put that to rest. Even though she still sees Jamie struggling with the torment of all that happened last season, she felt like they were perhaps on the road to recovery. Now with the knowledge that he's actually not dead and his brother is now in Paris, she's so scared that it's going to break Jamie.
Jamie has been having nightmares about Black Jack. He isn't sleeping well and can't be intimate with Claire. How is he going to be handling this trauma moving forward?
Sam Heughan: He continues to suffer from this trauma. He's still got scars, physically but also emotionally. And he doesn't deal with it. He just pushes it aside. He throws himself into the mission and trying to change history. But what happens is that actually creates a rift between him and Claire. They're not physical with each other anymore. He can't get close to her without seeing Black Jack. And actually, without spoiling it, the only way he's cured is with Black Jack himself. The fact that Black Jack is still alive will give Jamie hope again. That gives him the power to once again take control of his destiny and of his life. That finally rids him of the nightmare that is Black Jack Randall. It's strange that the salvation of Jamie comes in the form of the very thing that injured him.
Speaking of Black Jack, in the next episode we actually get to see Frank (also Menzies) again via flashbacks. What was it like getting to play Frank more this season, knowing that he was hardly in Dragonfly in Amber and executive producer Ron D. Moore added him in for the show?
Tobias Menzies: It's the same in how the season started when you see Claire go back to Frank and they try to wrestle with their marriage and all that's happened. Ron added more of Frank in this season than what is in the book. I think it's a really good addition to the season, not just because I can play this other side more but because of what it adds to the story. There's a lot of crunchy good stuff to dramatize in both of these relationships. I think it's important to be confident with adapting the book and not feel like we have to just do exactly what the books do..."