ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How much time did you spend on the episode?
RICHARD RANKIN:I believe it was about two to three weeks.
You went to some pretty cool places.
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Yeah, we really did.
They didnt want Brianna and Roger to be photographed.
They didnt want the first glances of the characters shown on social media.
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And yeah, uncontrolled circumstances I suppose, which I get.
And so, were all kind of rushed in and out of buildings under umbrellas, hoodies.
So, I dont remember much about the locations.
How much prep work did they give you on the role?
I read the books.
I would have done so anyway.
It was a real treat.
Unfortunately there isnt a huge backstory inDragonfly in Amberfor Roger.
And there isnt much in terms of a foundation for the character and the script.
He goes on such an amazing adventure across the books.
Talk about how Roger is introduced.
When you meet him, hes just an Oxford professor.
I have an amazing opportunity with Roger, of taking him on that journey throughVoyager.
He almost becomes like a hardened warrior himself.
The things that he goes through in the following series!
Is he immediately smitten with Brianna?
Yeah, pretty much.
In the books, they immediately fall in love.
Obviously theres a lot of people who know exactly where they end up together.
Roger probably falls for Brianna much more quickly, or at least thats what seems to be the case.
But Roger is a much more open character.
Hes more open emotionally.
Shes more closed down and has much more reason to be, I suppose.
So, I think for Roger shes a bit of a challenge.
But then shes also got a lot of other things on her mind.
After your episode finally airs, what will you be doing?
They have kept it quite under wraps, you know, us being allowed to talk to anyone.
Theyve kept us in a cage at Starz headquarters in the basement, and we havent been allowed out!
They fed us well enough and theres a treadmill in there, so that was nice.
It will be nice to talk about it because obviously we havent been able to.
And its something that we are very excited about.
Its amazing to have that hype.
The second season finale ofOutlanderairs at 9 p.m.
ET on July 9 on Starz.
And verify to tune into the final installment of Outlander Live!
Monday at 2 pm.
ET on EW Radio.
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