Outlander gay scene

Also, this wouldn't be the last time that Outlander would feature scenes of sexual assault; the show has been criticized over the years for over-relying on sexual violence as a way to move the plot forward or motivate characters. It is shocking and certainly we went quite dark with it, but that felt like a way of avoiding the accusations of it being sexualised and titillating.

Menzies said that the prison scene represented the "fundamental wound" which led to a lot of other stories on the show.

’Outlander Blood of My : Outlander's Tobias Menzies has expressed his solidarity with co-star Sam Heughan, following the latter's resistance to the creative team during the filming of a distressing scene, reports the

We just made it very, very brutal, which is what that is. “Outlander” isn’t known to shy away from sexual imagery — but there’s one infamous scene that made star Sam Heughan squeamish. While speaking with Tobias Menzies about his career for a recent story, The Independent brought up Heughan's comments about the rape scene.

The second half of Outlander season 7 will premiere on Friday, November Sometime after that, the show will wrap up with an eighth and final season. That was before the MeToo movement took off inand before intimacy coordinators on sets were widespread.

Nearly a decade later, that remains one the touchiest, most controversial scenes from the show, and not one that Heughan enjoyed making, as he revealed in his memoir Waypoints: My Scottish Journeywhere he called the experience "harrowing" and "exhausting.

The Outlander actor Tobias Menzies has said he was "sad" to hear co-star Sam Heughan felt betrayed after filming what Heughan called an "unnecessary" full-frontal nude scene. I felt that we showed something very, very unpleasant, and honest.

"Outlander" actor Sam Heughan said he disagreed with the show's creative team over whether his penis should be shown following a "horrific" rape sequence in the first season.

Loading recommendations Please wait while we load personalized content recommendations. While Menzies understands the seriousness of the scene, it sounds like, on the whole, he thinks the cast and crew approached it with the gravity it required. The actors co-starred.

The Independent says that Menzies, who's also appeared in The Crown and on Game of Thronesseemed "taken aback" by the information. The subject of sexual assault on film and TV is very sensitive, and the thinking around it has changed markedly sincewhen "To Ransom a Man's Soul" originally aired.

In the final edit, we only glimpse Jamie nude after the fact, with the more explicit shots left "on the cutting room floor. To stay up to date on everything fantasy, science fiction, and WiC, follow our all-encompassing Facebook page and Twitter accountsign up for our exclusive newsletter and check out our YouTube channel.