Graham McTavish surprised Outlander fans at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, leaving fans roaring with delight.
McTavish, who played Dougal MacKenzie in multiple seasons of the original series, stood up during the Q&A portion of Outlander: Blood of My Blood. McTavish asked Sam Retford, the actor who will play the younger version of his character, a question to close the event.
“Hello, I’m Graham, and I have a question for Sam. First of all, congratulations on the wig and the beard. The fact that you wear it out in public is really, really, really tremendous,” McTavish touted as the crowd went wild.
He continued, “I haven’t seen any of the show yet, but I’m really looking forward to it. But I wanted to ask you, how did you dive into the soft, sensitive side of Dougal? Thank you for your time. I love your work.”
Retford replied, “I met Graham for the first time about 48 hours ago, and it really felt like I’d met my dad. It was very strange. I’ve studied the man for the last 18 months. To answer, how did I dive into Dougal’s soft side, as you put it, so gently. I would say I fell in love with Dougal the moment I laid eyes on you. I could think of nothing better than showing how he developed that rough, callous skin that you showed so well and how he lost all of that hair.”
Outlander: Blood of My Blood premieres with two episodes on Friday, August 8. New episodes will be available to stream weekly on Fridays only on the Starz app and its streaming and on-demand platforms.
From the battlefields of World War I to the rugged Highlands of 18th-century Scotland, two fated couples must defy the forces that seek to tear them apart, intersecting in surprising and unforeseen ways.
The Outlander prequel from Sony Pictures Television follows the romance between Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy), parents of Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield), and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), parents of Jamie’s soulmate, Claire Fraser (Caitríona Balfe).
The show also stars Tony Curran as Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, Séamus McLean Ross as Colum MacKenzie, Sam Retford as Dougal MacKenzie, Rory Alexander as Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser, and Conor MacNeill as Ned Gowan.
Matthew B. Roberts serves as showrunner and executive producer on Outlander: Blood of My Blood, with Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis and Jim Kohlberg also serving as executive producers.
