Outlander’s Caitlin O’Ryan fell victim to fan fiction as she believed rumours her co-stars were dating. Getting lost in an internet rabbit hole, she believed the viewer’s support for a real life relationship between Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe.
Outlander actress Caitlin O’Ryan has been revealing set secrets, among which were her initial perceptions of the show’s leading on-screen couple.
Bingeing the show prior to shooting, she was sucked into fan fiction and found herself believing romance rumours.
Spending hours trawling through the internet, she eventually convinced herself Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe were a real life couple.
Sitting at her first table read, she slowly figured out she had been barking up the wrong tree.
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“They arrived at the same time just coincidentally and I was like ‘oh they’re a couple, they came from their home and they’ve just arrived’.”
Caitlin plays Lizzie Wemyss Beardsley, the daughter of Joseph Wemyss and wife of both Josiah and Keziah Beardsley.
She travelled to America from Scotland with Brianna Fraser as a handmaid and bondservant, and eventually settled on Fraser’s Ridge.
Entering the show in season four, the character is first introduced after Brianna has passed through the stones.
Looking for her mother forces her to go through Scotland and eventually means she will need to cross the Atlantic in order to reunite with her.
This historic, time-travelling drama has been renewed for a seventh season after fans were delighted by the last instalment.
Making up for a shortened run due to pandemic disruptions, the next series will treat viewers to sixteen episodes chock-a-block with drama and romance.
In the meantime, binge Outlander seasons 1-6 on streaming services including Starz, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.