I’ll never forget the day I first saw Sam Heughan.
The story is that a Starz intern prematurely tweeted the news Sam had been cast as Jamie Fraser, and I just happened to be online. I watched his
showreel, posted by an attentive fan site. And at 1 minute, 44 seconds into my agonized chorus of
OMG, NOOOOOOOOOOOs—because his early roles and promo shots were decidedly un-rugged—I suddenly saw the passion and intensity of Jamie Fraser peering from the fierce, dirt-streaked face of a flying ace.
Sam Heughan then
Jamie Fraser now
That was the moment when I first believed the seemingly Herculean task of bringing
Outlander to the screen might be possible. Me, a devoted fan of the
Outlander books, who had thought no one could ever play Jamie Fraser. And then the crazy began.
I’m here to fangirl about watching the
Outlander tv show come to life today. The creative team, the fandom, and the whole transformative, helluvaride phenomenon. Because it has been a singular experience for book fans that in m…
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