That’s a wrap!
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Let’s start with those underwater scenes.
How did you shoot those?
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Did you have to hold your breath forever?
SAM HEUGHAN:She was very good at that.
She was like a mermaid.
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She has done scuba diving before.
I’ve never done it.
BALFE:It was fun.
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Things like that are always really exciting, and to sort of learn something new …
It was quite cool until Sam rammed my face into a big chunk of wood.
Oh wait, that’s where he put that cut on your nose?
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When you were underwater?
BALFE:I also had weights around my skirt.
HEUGHAN:It is pretty tough.
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How much time did you spend in that tank?
BALFE:It was one day.
HEUGHAN:It was our last day in South Africa, and a really amazing way to end.
It was freezing in the morning, and then the sun came out.
BALFE:We had a nice heated paddling pool at the side.
HEUGHAN:Yeah, I actually still have a rubber duck.
How were those scenes executed on the deck during the storm?
BALFE:They had these water cannons, I think each of them held a couple gallons of water.
HEUGHAN:Plus there was a side cannon.
It was like a ton of water that dropped on us.
And there are two wind machines with V-8 engines.
BALFE:It was quite intense.
We took about three days to film that.
There’s so much water and everything.
When we were actually in it, none of us could hear a thing.
BALFE:And it’s possible for you to barely breathe.
But it was a really cool and extravagant setup.
It was very ambitious.
HEUGHAN:And then we did a bit ofStar Trekacting as well.
What do you mean byStar Trekacting?
BALFE:Well, when the gimbal is busted, you have to gimbal yourself.
BALFE:No, we didn’t.
I think that’s just a bit of a two-people-floating-0n water coincidence.
BALFE:Are you now on theJack-Rose conspiracy thing?
HEUGHAN:I’m sorry.
She could have moved over.
Let’s move on.
Caitriona, you were back inthe batsuitfor the finale.
Will this be the last time we see you in it?
But you dashed out.
That’s his priority.
BALFE:Just call her Claire Myra Hindley!
[Myra Hindley and Ian Brady perpetrated the infamousMoors murdersback in the ’60s].
Hmm, how many?
There was two in season 1.
One in season 2 …
HEUGHAN:Who’s that?
BALFE:The Comte.
HEUGHAN:There is also Dougal.
BALFE:Oh yes!
Two in season 2, and two in season 3!
HEUGHAN:And Diana Gabaldon says she’s not a killer.
BALFE:So I think we are on six.
But we really don’t know.
There might have been a few people who crossed her at the hospital.
A few people at the school gates she didn’t like, who might have judged her.
There is a whole series we could do on the side.
Sam, that dude in the cave looked twice your size.
HEUGHAN:Oh, he was.
They cut a lot of the fight, actually.
He’s a wonderful actor and absolutely enormous.
That was the idea.
He was this real strong power against Jamie.
It was a very difficult fight to shoot, actually.
Gary Steele created this fake cave.
They built this in the studio.
It was so lifelike, but the floor was very uneven and jagged.
It was quite painful to be thrown around, but an amazing set nonetheless.
Did you have to do several takes?
It was really wonderful to have Lotte back in the show.
I enjoyed working with her, and she brings such acool edge to Geillis.
It was a lot of fun.
What beach were you on at the very end?
Was that in South Africa?
That was last June.
It was part of a protected nature reserve.
It’s about 45 minutes outside Cape Town.
So what was the final scene you shot for season 3?
BALFE:It was the tank, the underwater stuff.
Was there a wrap party that night, or did you all go your separate ways?
The South African crew showed us up, they partied hard.
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