1- Caitriona
Balfe, who plays Claire Randall Fraser, has whisky colored eyes in real life.
Having the
same, rare colored eyes as the main protagonist of Outlander was why Balfe
was first hired, but the ingenious minds at Starz devised a brilliant PR
campaign that saw blue contacts cause massive controversy and an indignant uproar
amongst die-hard book fans that garnered the kind of attention that one simply cannot buy.
It helped launch the series into the stratosphere as fodder of gossip columns,
Facebook groups and fan clubs worldwide.
Cait is
quoted as saying ‘These fucking things are itchy!’ but is a good sport and wears
them to prolong the rage/attention/ratings that they fuel.
2- Real
urine was used in the dye setting scene.
In the scene in Season 1 Episode 5 where the women were
setting the dye in their fabrics with urine, the real urine of 46 members of
the The Rod and Rooster Dart Board Club from a local pub on location was used and
helped to create an authentic atmosphere and evoke genuine reactions.
The Dart Board lads got free beer for a week and were paid
one roasting chicken per litre.
3- The food
eaten on set by the extras was plastic.
To cut
production costs, extras were given plastic food to eat. Fruits, meats,
breads…all of it, was made of high quality, realistic looking plastic. Multiple
takes have taken their toll however, and production has suffered. There is no
record of any deaths thus far, but as we see in this picture secreted to us by
a concerned crew member, 187 extras are in hospital, 103 are in ICU and 3 of
every 17 extras are not expected to make it. *NOTE: All main cast members were
fed real food shipped in from Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant in Beverly Hills as
per their contracts.
The extra’s
‘wine’ is actually re-filtered liquid from the dye setting scene. But that may
be a rumor.
4- Actor Sam
Heughan, needed hair glued onto his chest.
As seen
here, the actor playing main protagonist, Jamie Fraser, had individual chest
hairs meticulously glued on one by one.
Sam initially,
and naturally, had hair on his chest, but it was ripped off in lustful handfuls
by Cait during the Wedding Night scene. Shot out of sequence, this fireside
scene above was made right after the Wedding Night episode, and to avoid having to
re-shoot other scenes that were also shot out of sequence (which unfortunately showed his manly
rug), Make-Up undertook the task of shaving the hair off of a baby Llama, dying
it the reddish tint called Aging Pumpkin that was used for his head hair, and applied it to his ravaged pecs.
*Alas! The
scenes on the Wedding Night that show the savage mating that resulted in the
orgasmic hair removal (and a circus-freak-like ability to swing from a
chandelier and simultaneously perform a 69er) wound up on the cutting room
floor (but may be available for viewing on an upcoming episode of Game of
Thrones)
5- Jamie’s
horse is actually a Unicorn.
The lovely white Unicorn
used as the beautiful Donas (Donas is black...right?) was found
in Scotland just before production began. They are the national animal of
Scotland and thought to be extinct, but Starz executives spared no expense (and
used money set aside for real food for the extras) to locate the last of its
kind, spray paint him black and cut off his horn.
You can see
the decorative patch they used to cover the unsightly hole in the poor
creature's forehead.
6- Three
dancers were lost during the dance scene around the Stones.
Again,
striving for authenticity, filming the Druids Dance sequence around the Stones
was actually done on a solstice evening and 3 young women apparently fell
through the Stones. *They, and all the women, had signed wavers asking not to be found if lost.
Their agents
are seeking damages and so far 16,678,432 women have applied for their vacant
positions in the dance troupe which may film around the Stones again soon.
Many have
never danced before in their lives.
7- The
Wentworth Stampede Cattle were stoned out of their minds.
The normally feisty and speedy cows in
question wandered unnoticed into a marijuana patch in-between takes and had to
be pulled, dazed and mellowed, into action. They meandered with a lazy saunter
through the prison corridors and twice tried to head for the concession for
munchies but finally completed the scene before dark. Plans are to play
the cow scenes in high speed motion to simulate a stampede.
‘NO COMMENT,
Dude!’ was the answer given by the Location Manager when asked if the Wacky Weed
Patch was known to the team prior to shooting.
8- Crotch
Fruit was used in the Cunnilingus Scene.
In the Most
Re-Named Scene In TV History (The Snack Bar Scene; The Table Tongue Tango
Scene; The Face First To Home Plate Scene; The Tongue Train To Tuna Town Scene
to name but a few…) actor Tobias Menzies was asked what his favorite fruit was
(which is a banana but that would have changed the entire story, so his second
fave, a peach, was used) which was carefully fastened to an old jock strap and
fitted around ‘Claire’s Lady Bits’ so ‘Frank’ could simulate cunnilingus with believability
and extra vim and vigor whilst actually eating the peach, thus receiving his
daily intake of Vitamin C.
Rumor has it
that 8 peaches in total were used by Tobias (and 2 packs of cigarettes by Cait).
9- Claire’s
wardrobe inspired a Knitting Revolution of Epic Proportions.
It is
estimated that 12 out of every 10 women over the age of 45 have either bought
Claire Cowls or Claire Sleevelettes or knitted their own. Not only do they keep
various body parts warm and add a fashionable touch to drab everyday wear, they
cover age-spotted hands and hide up to 4 chins and/or the wiggly turkey-waddle
necks of women across the globe. The younger fans of this apparel either want
to ‘be like Claire’ or hide various sizes of hickies from the prying eyes of their parents/boring
boyfriends/clergy.
A massive
wool shortage is predicted within 9 months and the price of yarn is
skyrocketing. Shares in the Australian Sheep Shearing Industry have already
risen to record highs.
10- It is a
period piece that proves that colors were not yet invented by 1945.
Thorough
research proved, and was adhered to in production, that the colors red, yellow,
green, purple, pink and blue were not yet invented by 1945.
Browns,
greys and whites had been around for a while but only because of dirty laundry
water.
11 - Sam
Heughan makes extra cash with Fangirl Hair Rubs.
To
supplement his income from Outlander (which does not quite cover his growing
obsession with sports cars and pineapple coconut Häagen-Dazs® Ice Cream), Sam rents out a small room on all the Starz
locations daily for 6 hours and allows people to come run their fingers through
his hair for $200.00 USD per minute. Tax included.
He is booked
until April 22 2019, so make your reservation soon! Appointments can be made by
calling 1-800-RUB-JAMIE
12 - The dog
actor playing Rollo is a descendant of the Coppertone Dog.
Brutus, the
doggie actor that will play Rollo is the 7th generation grandson of
the dog who won the hearts of every beach-goer of the 60’s in the iconic
Coppertone suntan lotion ad.
It is said
he and Jamie got along especially well as Brutus felt comfortable with Jamie’s highly
visible and vastly appreciated lily white ass.
13- Tobias Menzies has a twin brother Keith Percival Menzies
that plays Black Jack Randall.
Secretly separated
at birth and unbeknownst to either brother, Tobias and Keith Menzies both
became actors but were raised in separate countries (Keith lives in Mexico) and
only reunited when vigilant casting directors discovered the secret and hired
the long lost Twin B for the series. The reunion was awkward at first but the
uncanny and mutual love of white powdered donuts and porno brought the siblings
closer together. We do not know which it is, but one of the twins has only one
testicle, but both have matching birthmarks on their right buttocks shaped like
a rhinoceros with 2 horns.
American country
music crooner Tobias ‘Toby’ Keith is thought to be named after these actors but
it is not known why.
14- Actor Gary
Lewis cut off his legs to win the role of Chieftain Colum MacKenzie.
The once
6’8” actor decided to have his legs surgically removed to make himself the
required 4’1” to secure the part. He does not regret the decision and says that
he has been flooded with scripts wanting him in roles in Big Time movies like
Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, Disney's Stuart Little and The Hobbit.
He also had
skin bleaching as he was born Jamaican.
15- Author
Diana Gabaldon is a Hermione-like witch.
Shown here
with the actor who played Chewbacca in Star Wars, Diana Gabaldon has been outed
recently as being a witch; an accusation she denies. It is obvious though that
she broke into Hogwarts, replicated Professor Slughorn’s ‘Felix Felicis’ or
Liquid Luck Potion and imbibed vast quantities of it (and uses it as perfume).
How else can
one explain her ability to ‘practice writing’ a novel that becomes a runaway bestseller,
THEN a hit book series, THEN a hit cable TV show AND also be a massively
intelligent, thoroughly academic and accomplished doctor; a beloved mother; find a loving
and decent man that is still husband #1; have physical beauty, a great sense of style; inner
grace and wondrously witty sense of humor... AND a voice that sounds like crushed velvet on steroids?
You see? The answer is right before your eyes. Felix Felicis.
That is also
the name of her dog. Coincidence? I think not.
**NOTE: If you actually believe any
of the above please do 3 things: 1) Invest in a sense of humor because you are
severely lacking; 2) Slap yourself in the head. Twice and 3) Stay the FUCK away
from me. And my dog.
CKECK OUT THE NEXT BLOG IN THIS SET:
(click here) ANOTHER 15 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT OUTLANDER...kinda
Oh My Goodness. I just got an "Oooo...kay" from Herself! I appreciate that it can be taken as an 'Ooookay...that was weirdly awesome!' or an 'Ooookay. Time for someone to geta LOT more sleep!' BUT you know what...I WILL TAKE THEM BOTH because I know Diana read this and at least got a smile enough from it to re-post it on her FB page.*I wonder how many will be slapping themselves tonight? Twice.
THANK YOU Madame. I am your humble servant...kinda. ;)
LINK: Diana's Re-post
