Harriet Slater & Hermione Corfield to Lead Starz Prequel 'Outlander: Blood of My Blood'
Production is officially underway on Outlander: Blood of My Blood, the highly anticipated prequel series to its period romance Outlander. The flagship series is currently in its seventh season and follows the time-traveling love story of Claire Randall (Catriona Baife), a World War II nurse, and eighteenth century Scottish warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Season 7, which is currently on a mid-season hiatus, last saw the pair embroiled in the American Revolution, but the new prequel series will take things back to more familiar territory.
Blood of My Blood will return us to Scotland to tell the dramatic love story of Jamie's parents, Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser. But, in keeping with the franchise's time-bending premise, the series will simultaneously follow the origin story of Claire's mother and father, Julia Morston and Henry Beauchamp. These parallel love stories will be set in two different historical periods, with Jamie’s parents in the early 18th century Scottish Highlands and Claire’s parents in World War I England.
Starz has also confirmed the quartet of actors set to lead the show, with several familiar faces coming aboard. Belgravia: The Next Chapter star Harriet Slater has been tapped to play Ellen MacKenzie, whose story we've heard bits and pieces of within the world of Outlander back when Claire was a guest of the MacKenzie clan during the series' first season. Jamie Roy (Condor's Nest) will star alongside her as Brian Fraser. We Hunt Together breakout Hermione Corfield will play Claire's mother, Julia, while Jeremy Irvine (Dalgliesh) takes on the role of Henry Beauchamp.
