Roger shows them an excerpt from a history book that says eighteen Jacobite officers took refuge in a farmhouse after the battle and that all were taken out and shot except one man, a Fraser of the Master of Lovet's regiment, escaped the slaughter. Brianna tells her mother that she believes the baby isn't Roger's and then tells her about being raped by Stephen Bonnet and how the pirate paid her with her mother's ring. Outlander season 7 is in production and season 6 is available to watch on STARZPLAY. Skelton opens up about playing Brianna, navigating the show's dedicated fan base, and why accurately portraying her character's PTSD is so important. Outlander: Why did Jamie Fraser marry Laoghaire MacKenzie? She realizes that Jamie would be as ruthless with himself as anyone and wouldn't hesitate to do the same to her were it necessary. She's embarrassed at first, but then encourages him to look. He gave her a .22 gauge rifle when she was thirteen, and a shotgun for her fifteenth birthday. Her first scene had to be reshot because her newly-dyed hair was too wavy and inappropriate for the time period. The story focuses on 20th century nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th-century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser. Ian confirms that Jamie never did, and neither did the rest of the family. Lord John is amused and says he wondered about the odd collection at the dinner party, especially the attention Mr. Alderdyce was paying to her. She had caught a cold on the flight from the UK to L.A. that left a ringing in her ears; her Uber got into an accident; and on top of everything else, it was pouring down rain. The actress is flat as cardboard. She says she would never tell Jamie, and John says he already knows. They quickly become friends. Her character, Brianna, isnt as universally admired as Skeltons on-screen parents, Jamie and Claire. She says Claire told her he had tried to kill Jack Randall in Paris so what good did he think would happen then? Later, when Bonnet is arrested for smuggling and is imprisoned in Cross Creek, Lord John Grey accompanies Brianna on a visit to see him. Lord John wonders that he should live to hear an offer like that and asks her if she's out of her mind. While Oscar Kennedy was replaced as Lord John Grey by David Berry, who played an adult version of the character. She says it's a reasonable suggestion, and he says he heard pregnant women can get hysterical. There was a strength to her and a steeliness, but she was also able to bring some warmth to Brianna that I think is necessary because Brianna is a very strong character, but you want that strength to come across in a way that you're rooting for her.". Claire asks when it happened, and Brianna says two days after she slept with Roger, and she's sure it isn't his because they practiced coitus interruptus. Jamie is also attending to a cow in labor. Brianna asks Claire if she misses her father, Frank Randall. Brianna doesn't believe her and thinks Claire is mixing up the men of Culloden under the strain of Frank's death. She's shocked angrily when she sees it. "We approach each one differently and try to decide what's best for that scene and also what's best for the season and that character. Bearing the burden of her own experience of her parents' marriage, Brianna refuses Roger's first marriage proposal, knowing and fearing that even two people who seem to love each other can hurt one another in irreparable ways. He tells her he'll see her safely married with a good father for the baby, and she says she only wants Roger who won't want her. And she has to have a certain chemistry with Roger. He tells her to call him Da. Realizing she might get locked out, she rushes in behind him to his surprise. He asks Ian Fraser Murray to go with Fergus and Marsali in the wagon and that he and Brianna will ride ahead. She spies a light through the storm and sees Lord John leaving the slave quarters and going to the kitchen. However, she later got a call and eventually took the role, saying she fell in love with the character. The books. After initially believing that a tramp has taken up residence in the broch, Roger discovers William Buccleigh MacKenzie living on the property, and Brianna and Roger reluctantly allow him to stay with them. Outlander Portrayed by Sophie Skelton Created by Diana Gabaldon Character information Full name Brianna Ellen Randall Fraser MacKenzie Other names Bree Brianna Randall (in the twentieth century) Brianna Fraser (in the 1700s) Brianna MacKenzie (married name) Appearance Red hair, green eyes, fair skin Occupation He tells her if she won't have Ian, then choose someone herself. Our first day was actually a 16 hour shoot. So yeah, all these things add up to a very complex process, trying to find the woman who would fit all these parameters.. Bonnet remembers her, but not her name, and she tells him she is Brianna Fraser and her parents are Claire and Jamie Fraser, who had saved his life before he robbed them. Brianna has a close relationship with her mother, though it was tested when Claire revealed the truth about Brianna's paternity. Actor Andrew Gower recently spoke about returning to Outlander for season six, which saw him reprise his role as Bonnie Prince Charlie after several years. Brianna did not know the story of her true parentage until after the man she had thought was her father, Frank Randall, had died and her mother took her to Scotland, where she told Brianna and Roger MacKenzie about her journey through time and her life with Jamie. She realizes that Jamie must have found an enduring strength while spending seven years in the cave. Claire revealed the truth to Brianna: that her biological father was an 18th-century Scottish Highlander named Jamie Fraser. I just hope that it helps more than hinders people., Book readers know that Brianna's healing is far from done, and Bonnet remains a threat both to her and to her son Jemmy. In the penultimate episode of Outlander Season 5, Brianna and Roger take their kid, head through the stones, and . As if finding the perfect actors to play Jamie and Claire wasn't hard enough,. Diana Gabaldon's genre-bending time-travel novels come to life in the Starz series. When she held Bree, nursed her, and saw the baby looking at her with her father's eyes. The show is known for its period detail, but corsets and heavy skirts arent particularly wearable in day-to-day life. Brianna and Roger become unnerved after both Jem and Mandy report seeing a "Nuckelavee" on Lallybroch property. Brianna wants to know what's wrong with him. These days a wig gives Bree her iconic red hair, while a practiced American accent hides Skeltons English roots. Brianna accompanies Claire and Roger to the standing stones at Craigh na Dun. She says she knows he meant well, but she has to wait for Roger. Brianna is supposed to have the same kind of curly red hair as Jamie, but its the 60s so it would be more straight with the fashion. Claire doesn't know, but tells Brianna to be prepared to take the baby up to the hills. Despite Jocasta's protests, the Fraser family head back to Fraser's Ridge to wait for Roger's return or not, and they part company with Lord John on the road. She knows that Jamie needs her mother, but so does she. After Jamie and Ian's mistake regarding Roger's identity comes to light, they depart, along with Claire, in order to get Roger back, and they trace him to a Mohawk village in February 1770. Brianna attended a private Catholic school. She breaks down at the hopelessness of her situation, and he comforts her and tells her he will remain at River Run to see if they can find some solution to her predicament. Jamie points out he might have met with an accident or something and Bree insists if he were dead, she'd know. Brianna checks on Lord John and finds him barely alive. One day, a Highland regiment rides into the Gathering and Brianna asks Claire if they're friend or foe. Ian points out the cave Jamie lived in after Culloden, and she climbs the hill to it. She takes one look at Lizzie and agrees. Her acting is not very strong, by that I mean not very believable, and she's the only one in the series I feel that way about. Jenny says that's why she knew who Brianna was right away. But she kept telling herself, Everything that goes wrong, something right has to come out of it. And by the time Skelton returned to the UK just a few days later, she had the part. Claire's daughter hotly suggests that perhaps her mother is just jealous because Frank loved her so much and not his wife. browser that He asks her to forgive Jamie, no matter what has happened, for her sake as well as his. Gemma Fray took on the role of Brianna between the ages of eight and 10, before actress Sophie Skelton took over the part as a teenager and young adult. Claire says that was implantation, when the zygote attaches to the womb. They were like, Being self-employed is not easy, she says. She tells him she is going to the Colonies. After a difficult search, Skelton emerged as the clear choice. They perform a short ceremony pledging to each other and then make love. Roger tells them they're not, and they arrive just as Gillian sets her husband on fire. Months later, and after a long sea voyage, Roger finds Brianna in Wilmington in 1769, and she is at once overjoyed and disturbed to see him, believing that Roger's presence in the 20th century would have been her assurance of being able to return, by using him as a focal point. More than in the book we have carried her PTSD through from season four, which is something I fought for, Skelton tells me. She asks if it's true she'll never forget, and he says it is, but after a time it won't matter anymore. Claire says the people who rely on that method of birth control are called parents. Jamie. Did he come back because he wanted to, or that he thought he should? He says she'll never forget. They put all that foil on, and I never really dyed my hair, so I had the foil, and then they took it off and all I could hear was someone behind me go, Oh my God.. Roger has to speak to the priest to ask he marry them since he's not Catholic, and the priest agrees as long as Roger agrees to let the child be baptized Catholic. I think the first time I auditioned for Brianna was about 2014, and then I didn't hear anything for a year. Roger is happy to hear the news Jamie went to prison, because that means he can find him through the records, which he does. Claire leaves Brianna in Scotland as she travels back to Boston to settle her affairs. Ian explains that they never thought Jamie would have children of his own. She asks what he meant about a husband, and he says if she won't tell him the name of the man who did this to her, then he'll have to find another man who will take her. While at times she says it feels like her life hasnt changed that much (in Glasgow, where the show films for the bulk of the year, it's not a big deal), in certain circles in the States and corners of the internet, Outlander is a very big deal. Outlander continuity error: How old is Young Ian supposed to be? She finds Lord John has been attacked by Murchinson and Brianna believes he's dead. She says she has nothing to lose. She's had a tough life.. With her parents with her, Brianna delivers a healthy baby boy. John advises her to do nothing, that it's apparent her aunt is not likely to die anytime soon and should she find herself the unwilling recipient of slaves, then she'll simply sell them to him, and he'll take them to Virginia where manumission is possible, then she'll give him back his money and be totally destitute, which appears to be her goal, second only to preventing any possible happiness by marrying the man she loves. Ditto for Roger (Richard Rankin), the man who would eventually become Briannas romantic interest in the ongoing saga. She tells him about finding the death notice for her parents in 1776. Sophie then revealed that she had still been able to find little keepsakes from filming via the shows outside shoots and inspired by something Sam gave her early on in the show. Brianna objects to giving the Native Americans alcohol. Having searched for and discovered historical records about the man Claire named as Brianna's biological father and having potentially found out other as-yet-unknown truths about the dangers of being a time-traveler Frank took certain steps toward preparing Brianna for a possible foray into the past, including teaching her to ride a horse and to shoot. She throws a temper tantrum in the style of her Highlander father. She was hit by a slow-moving car, and Claire decided to quit her program so she could care for Brianna full-time. Brianna agrees to go with Roger to some of the battle sites of the '45 rebellion. Jamie returns home that night with banged up hands and Brianna worries about telling him, but he's already guessed. 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