Yahoo Lifestyle Get a First Look at This Summer's 'Outlander' Prequel 'Blood of My Blood'
Outlander: Blood of My Blood, the prequel to the epic love story of Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire Fraser (Caitríona Balfe), will be centered on two other epic love stories set centuries apart but both based on characters created by bestselling author Diana Gabaldon.
First is the love connection between Jamie’s parents, Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) and Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater), which takes place 20 years prior to the start of Outlander. The second will explore the lives and relationships of Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) in WWI England.
As their love stories unfold across time, these two couples must fight against loyalty, desire, passion and destiny to defy the forces that seek to tear them apart as their love stories unfold across time.
In addition to Claire’s parents, Julia and Henry, and Jamie’s parents, Brian and Ellen, the ensemble cast of Outlander: Blood of My Blood features characters familiar to the Outlander universe. The ensemble includes Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser (Rory Alexander), Colum MacKenzie (Séamus McLean Ross), Dougal MacKenzie (Sam Retford), Ned Gowan (Conor MacNeill) and Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (Tony Curran).
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Here's a look at the cast of Outlander: Blood of My Blood
Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy), Jamie Fraser’s father and the bastard son of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat.
Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater), Jamie Fraser’s mother. She is the eldest child of “Red Jacob,” the laird of Clan MacKenzie and sister to Colum, Dougal, Janet and Jocasta.
Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), Claire’s father, serving in the trenches in World War I. Frustrated with the state of war, he writes a letter to the Times, which is intercepted by Julia Moriston.
Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield), Claire’s mother, works in the censorship office in London in 1917, tasked with restricting sensitive information from soldiers’ letters home when she stumbles across Henry’s. His words compel her to respond, and they begin to write to one another.
The MacKenzie brothers, headstrong Dougal (Sam Retford) and shrewd Colum (Séamus McLean Ross), are at odds over who will be the next laird of Clan MacKenzie after their father’s passing.
Murtagh (Rory Alexander) is the nephew of Mrs. Fitzgibbons, who is working at Castle Leoch as Ellen’s maid. Murtagh is Brian Fraser’s cousin and best friend, who eventually becomes Jamie's godfather and confidant.
Outlander: Blood of My Blood is scheduled to be released this summer on STARZ.
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