object of his affection in Jamaica.
The only thing I could do was cram my lines.
I wasnt completely familiar with all the words I was saying.
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I was saying stuff about Helwater and stuff and not really knowing the import of that.
It was quite funny.
But in Lord John fashion, he has to protect himself from being seen.
There is sort of an awkward moment between all three of them.
Most of my scenes were filmed in this wonderful library in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh played for the Caribbean.
That was the ballroom of the governors mansion.
What was that like to shoot?
Did you have to do it over and over?Yeah, I did.
I must have done that take probably in the vicinity of 10 times.
Each time I was like crying.
At the end of the scene I had to get the tissues out and redo it again.
It was exhausting because its such an emotional roller coaster, these two guys remembering their lost loves.
It was tweaked by the writers up until the last minute.
So, it was just difficult thing.
So I think it came as a surprise to the audience.
We discussed the kind of reaction to have there.
Its just such a fine line to tread.
You dont want to undermine or humiliate Jamie at that point.
But its also something that Lord John is.
Its his most deepest desire.
So its an awkward situation, and that awkwardness kind of helped.
Do you think John Grey was okay with getting married to a woman?I think hes quite selfassured.
I think when he said that hes getting married, he was like, I really like this.
I think thats the way these people lived in that period.
Lord John is happy to live in conflict with himself, or that at least hes comfortable with that.
The world he lives in is complex.
Have you acquired a new fan base because of the series?Yeah, absolutely.
Its an important part of the whole thing.
I read your your mother-in-law is a huge fan.
Did she really encourage you to take the role inOutlander?Yeah.
She was a massive fan of the book series before I had been cast.
She was over the moon when I got it.
So whenever I go meet her, she wants all the behind-the-scenes gossip.
It gets a little bit awkward because I cant say anything.
I remember when [my son] Alexander was born.
I started calling him Little Lord Berry.
He wears that name a little bit now.
