Smashing a mirror was solely the beginning of a harmful rampage for William (Charles Vandervaart) after discovering that Jamie (Sam Heughan) was his actual father on Outlander.
“That is in all probability William at his absolute worst. He’s having a full-blown crash out on this episode,” Vandervaart informed us in Inside Outlander, our weekly aftershow. (Watch the video above for the complete interview.)
William’s fury drove him to “a twister,” as Vandervaart calls it, of reprehensible conduct. One goal was Ian (John Bell). Not solely was William livid that Ian had saved it a secret that the 2 had been cousins, however he was additionally jealous that Ian was engaged to Rachel (Izzy Meikle-Small). A battle adopted, and William had Ian arrested. In response, Rachel slapped William throughout the face. Once you incite a Quaker girl to violence, you recognize you’re pushing the boundaries.
Vandervaart additionally had an intense scene with Heughan. The 2 actors have been working collectively to create delicate hyperlinks between the characters. “We had a number of discussions about possibly small mannerisms that William would carry that might be harking back to Jamie’s mannerisms. We determined William picked them up when he was a baby and so they had been interacting so much. We had a number of discussions in regards to the two characters and the way related they’re.”
A kind of shared traits is that regardless of how a lot they boil over, they all the time come again to their code of honor. William returned considerably to his gentlemanly self in his second assembly with intercourse employee Arabella (Silvia Presente), whose actual identify turned out to be Jane. However the night time he meant to spend chastely by her facet turned passionate. “In his thoughts, him permitting himself to take pleasure in that second and never resist that form of temptation is a lack of his honor. I don’t assume he wished to be with Arabella. I feel he wished to be with Jane, which is a crucial distinction. It’s one thing that he would’ve appreciated to expertise with Rachel, his old flame curiosity within the present. However this time round, he does really feel a connection. It’s two individuals which are combating for an concept of what they need of their lives, and never in superb circumstances.”
The pair’s lives will stay intertwined. “There’s going to be a bond that resonates and that continues—whether or not or not that’s one thing extra romantic or simply them sticking round by one another’s facet. I do really feel like William now has an obligation to guard Jane simply due to their bond,” Vandervaart says.
Sounds fairly Jamie-like! “As a lot as he needs to run away from Jamie, he’s very Jamie,” Vandervaart says. “[Even though] Jamie represents every thing that he by no means wished to be. He represents this Scottish, non-lordly individual that’s a traitor to the crown.”
And, like Jamie, Vandervaart teases, William will quickly be again within the good battle. “Ultimately there may be some motion. Whether or not or not it’s battlefield motion, we’ll need to see. He’s a person of motion.” Watch the video above for the complete interview to listen to extra from Vandervaart on William’s emotional scene with Claire (Caitriona Balfe), working with the Outlander intimacy coordinator, and if William will ever be able to reconcile with Jamie and Lord John.
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