Outlander star auditioned for not one but two other roles before landing iconic Blood of My Blood part
WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Outlander Blood of My Blood.
A Blood of My Blood star has revealed that she originally auditioned for a key role in Outlander before landing her part in the prequel.
Actress Hermione Corfield has landed the role of Julia Moriston, Claire Fraser's (played by Caitriona Balfe) mum in the newly released Outlander prequel Blood of My Blood.
The MGM+ romantic drama delves into Julia's own love story with Claire's dad Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) as they fall head over heels during the First World War.
Of course, it wouldn't be Outlander without the mystical element of time travel which tears the loved-up couple apart, flinging their story into 18th Century Scotland.
But Corfield revealed during a Q&A at the Blood of My Blood screening that she had previously auditioned for two other roles in the Outlander universe.
She shared: 'It does feel like a full circle moment I think.
'My audition was six, seven, maybe even eight years ago. I read for Brianna [Fraser].
'I was going to screen test for it and then had it clash with something else so it's kind of wild.'
Brianna, who is played by actress Sophie Skelton, is Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire Fraser's daughter which, in turn, means that Corfield now plays her grandmother.
But this wasn't the only part that Corfield tried to get prior to playing Julia, adding: 'I also read for Ellen originally on this which is also crazy.'
'So Jamie [Roy] and I did a screen test which is good because we probably have more scenes together than Jeremy [Irvine] and I do so it's all worked out quite well really.'
Brian Fraser star Jamie Roy also auditioned for another role in Outlander but it wasn't exactly for a big role.
He remarked: 'It does feel very poetic, because I auditioned once for Militia Man number one, a dear place in my heart, which was literally one line.
'And then after that, I auditioned for a slightly bigger role in season seven, didn't hear back from that but then got the audition for Brian and it all worked out with considerably more lines than Militia Man number one so I'm very, very thankful.'
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