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Elle
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
An Exclusive Sneak Peek at the First Episodes of ‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood'
In a meadow splayed like a blanket between the peaks of the Scottish Highlands, Jamie Roy and Harriet Slater appear to be alone. The actors' voices are barely audible from within the crumbling cemetery where they've reunited—though the boom mics looming above their heads will solve that problem later. On the horizon, a torrent of machine-generated fog dissolves into the grass, dotted with clover and yellow violets that the surrounding crew members crush underfoot as they huddle beneath a cluster of tents. Together, they help take Scotland back in time: to 1714, the setting of the Starz Outlander prequel series Blood of My Blood , set to premiere on August 8. It's late June 2024 when I step onto this set with a group of other journalists, but the air is crisp enough to warrant a cardigan. Both Roy and Slater are well-outfitted for the climate: In the signature garb of Clans Fraser and MacKenzie, respectively, they look as traditionally Scottish as the hilltops surrounding them. As Roy later tells me, he teared up the first time he put on the costume of Brian Fraser (father of Outlander 's Jamie), one of the series' four lead protagonists. 'It was actually really emotional, seeing those Fraser colors on the tartan, wearing those for the first time,' he says. 'I was like, 'Wow. This is really happening.'' The scene I'm watching is one of several in which Roy and Slater's characters must meet in secret, as the romance between their characters—Brian Fraser and Ellen MacKenzie—is strictly forbidden. (As Slater puts it, they've 'kind of got a Romeo and Juliet vibe' going on.) Eventually, they'll overcome their clans' rivalry to become parents to Jamie, as played by Sam Heughan in the now-iconic flagship series. But, for now, they're still young, in love, and in danger. Sanne Gault Jamie Roy as Brian Fraser and Harriet Slater as Ellen MacKenzie. Hundreds of years later and hundreds of miles away—though, in reality, the two sets are within driving distance of each other—Hermione Corfield sits in a cramped attic flat. As the 20th-century Londoner Julia Moriston, she must navigate a romantic dilemma of her own. She's in love with a soldier on the frontlines of World War I, and she's never once seen his face. But, as Outlander fans will already know, the passionate letters she sends to Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) don't go unrequited. Eventually, Julia and Henry, too, will come together, later becoming the parents of Caitriona Balfe's Claire Beauchamp, Outlander 's beloved Sassenach. As these exclusive first-look images from the first two episodes of Outlander: Blood of my Blood reveal, the earliest meetings between the show's lead couples—Brian and Ellen, and Julia and Henry—are pivotal moments. And they're as loaded with magic as the time travel that soon intertwines their stories. While Julia begins the series yearning for her soldier, we're first introduced to Ellen as a grieving daughter. Her father, Red Jacob MacKenzie (Peter Mullan), once promised his eldest child she'd never have to marry. But Jacob's sudden death makes Ellen a political pawn in the hands of her younger brothers, Colum (Séamus McLean Ross) and Dougal (Sam Retford), who each seek the now-vacant MacKenzie lairdship. Ellen has no interest in the marriage matches they lay out for her. Unbeknownst to them, she's already found her soulmate. Brian and Ellen initially collide by accident, but their first planned rendezvous takes place on a bridge revealed in the Blood of My Blood trailer—in a meadow not unlike the one I visited last summer. They begin the scene on opposite ends of the stone structure, uncertain how to proceed, given the scandalous nature of their meeting. (Without a chaperone, Ellen is endangering her reputation as a maiden.) But 'there is this magnetic connection between the two of them,' Roy says, and neither can resist creeping slowly toward each other until, at last, their hands touch. They're meant to be sworn enemies, but the fairies seem to have other plans. Sanne Gault Jamie Roy as Brian Fraser and Harriet Slater as Ellen MacKenzie. A sentiment repeated frequently throughout my visit is that Scotland 'is its own character' in both Outlander and Outlander: Blood of my Blood . But the country's infamous weather doesn't pay much heed to call times. Roy says he and Slater had been looking forward to shooting the bridge scene 'for ages, because it's been with us since day one': They rehearsed it throughout their auditions and chemistry reads. But on the actual day of filming, 'we had four different seasons,' he says. 'It was blowing a gale, then it downpoured, then it started to sleet.' The river running beneath the bridge—all but a murmur in the finalized episode—was loud enough that both Roy and Slater had to use earpieces to understand each other. 'Half the time mine wouldn't work,' he continues. 'So I would see Harriet start to say something, her mouth would move, and then it would stop, and I'd be like, 'Oh, okay! My turn!' So that was quite funny.' 'Luckily we both knew each other's lines,' Slater adds. By the time they'd survived multiple rain delays and filmed several angles, the actors were both so cold that Roy wasn't sure he could speak. 'I couldn't feel my face at the end of each take,' he says. 'I wasn't even sure if words were coming out.' During their lunch break, he had to massage his mouth for 'half an hour, because I couldn't actually chew my food.' Of course, the weather cooperated just in time to give the scene the air of enchantment it needed to convince audiences Jamie and Ellen are indeed headed for a life-changing love affair. The wind whips up as Brian steps forward; the gloom parts to wash them both in sunlight. '[Jamie] has this line where he introduces himself for the first time, and he says, 'I'm Brian Fraser,' and [at one point] the sun just came out from behind the cloud behind him,' Slater tells me, laughing. 'It was almost like he was the Messiah.' Sanne Gault Jeremy Irvine as Henry Beauchamp and Hermione Corfield as Julia Moriston. Julia and Henry's first meeting is no less fateful, though it was perhaps easier to film. Shot on a set of steps in Glasgow's Park District, the scene depicts the couple passing each other by chance in 1917 London. But the 'magnetic draw between them,' Corfield says, is as potent as the one between Brian and Ellen. When Henry speaks aloud a line from their letters, Julia turns around, recognizing her soon-to-be husband in the flesh. 'We were both wondering how that was going to play,' Corfield admits. 'Because, on the page, it's quite interesting just seeing two people not saying anything, walking past each other on a step, and then one person says something and they both go, 'It's you.' It worked because of the romance between them.' Adds Irvine, '[Henry] tries his luck and says something, and it is her. We were joking, myself and Hermione, saying, 'How many other women has he been saying that to that day?'' But Outlander has always existed in a world where anything can happen. When Irvine asked showrunner Matthew B. Roberts about the logic of the scene, Roberts told him, 'Look, this is a romance that's got to have some magic about it.' Irvine continues, 'I didn't really understand that until I saw the episode cut together. I went, 'Yeah, this is something slightly out of this world.' If you believe in fate, and destiny, and soulmates, then this is how it happens.' That magic only intensifies when Julia and Henry's saga intersects with Brian and Henry's. On holiday in Scotland in the 20th century, Julia and Henry inadvertently tumble through time after encountering Outlander 's infamous stones of Craigh na Dun. They separately land in Scotland circa 1714, and they soon meet both the MacKenzies and the Frasers as they fight their way back to each other. Sanne Gault Jeremy Irvine as Henry Beauchamp and Hermione Corfield as Julia Moriston. Corfield was thrilled when she learned that, like Outlander , Blood of My Blood would feature a time-travel plot. 'It's a challenge to play someone that's time-traveled,' she says, 'I don't know any other job where you can possibly say that you are both in the [20th century] and also 1700 Scotland. So it was a challenge, but when I first started reading all the scenes taking place [in the 18th century], I was really excited.' It helps that the lead quartet have become close friends. 'We became actual mates before we had to become colleagues,' Irvine says. 'We spent a few months up here getting ready for the role and doing what production called 'boot camp,' learning all the things that we need to learn for the roles. In that time, we all became very close.' They often spend their evenings and weekends off set together, either singing karaoke in Glasgow or picnicking along one of the country's many lochs. 'We started this project in the depths of winter in Scotland,' Irvine continues. 'When you're doing that, you've got to go and have fun sometimes.' Sanne Gault Hermione Corfield as Julia Moriston. Sanne Gault Jeremy Irvine as Henry Beauchamp. This summer, Roy, Slater, Corfield, and Irvine are all back in the meadows of Scotland, already filming the next chapter. 'I feel very privileged to be shooting a season 2 before season 1's even come out,' Slater says. 'I'm very aware of how rare that is.' Roy shares in that sentiment. 'When we finished the last season, there was no guarantee,' he says. 'It's a spinoff. We don't know [if it will work]. So to get that call that says, 'Hey, we're going to do this again, and you get to revisit these characters and this story?' It is really just a privilege. I hope we get to do it for as long as possible.' Breaking Down the Outlander Family Tree
Indian Express
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Nawazuddin Siddiqui's three-storey mansion ‘Nawab' recreates his home in the village – has a personal gym, theatre, and a wall of fame. Watch
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who used to share a room with 4-5 people in Mumbai's Goregaon during his initial phase of career, built his dream bungalow five years ago. The plush mansion, named 'Nawab' after his late father Nawabuddin Siddiqui, is located at Yari Road, Versova. It is a recreation of his childhood home back in his village Budhana, Uttar Pradesh. In a recent video, the actor gave a house tour of his three-storey luxury bungalow, which he designed himself. He then started the tour with the living area that mostly had walls and furniture with muted colours like beige, white, and brown. When asked about the vibe he had in mind, he said, 'This was always the plan to keep it vintage. When we used to see houses in the olden times, during the colonial period, I wanted something like that. Whenever someone gifts a painting, I am not able to hang it on the wall because it doesn't match the colour family. Hence, I buy paintings according to the colour theme.' The only colourful element in the space was his bright red pool table. 'When there's free time, I play. More than me, my guests play here,' the actor added. ALSO READ | Nawazuddin Siddiqui builds a mansion, names it after his father. See photos The walls in the hall had many posters of scenes from famous plays and characters such as Hamlet, Romeo and Othello, which Nawazuddin has played during his theatre time at the National School Of Drama. 'All these posters are from plays, mostly Shakespeare (Macbeth, Merchant Of Venice, Hamlet). Meri chaahat thi ki main jab ghar mein ghusu toh NSD theatre ke time wala time yaad rahe. I should feel I am new, still learning. There aren't any film posters in my house,' he shared. The 51-year-old said that his mansion has three floors – the first floor has a hall and theatre, the second floor has his makeup room, and on the third floor, there are some more rooms. The personal theatre room had beautiful brown sofas with a huge screen to watch films. The room also opened to a balcony, with lush greenery around. 'I have a hobby of flowers of different colours. The idea behind it was to have flowers and plants around,' he said. He also revealed that the balcony was designed keeping Romeo and Juliet's balcony in mind as an inspiration. Nawazuddin Siddiqui also has his own makeup room, with wooden detailing in the floor, walls, and furniture. It looks like a green room, with bright lights all around the big mirror. Whenever he has to go for a shoot or any professional commitment, he ensures to get ready there. In the house-walk, he also flaunted his small home gym. He admitted, 'Main zyada gym waala hu nahi par bana diya maine bas yeh.' The hall area also had his daughter's London acting workshop distinction hanging on one of the walls. 'Paagal hai vo acting ke lie,' said the proud father. The entire house' flooring, pillars, arches, and railings were like an old-school home, similar to his childhood property. The last area to showcase was the staircase which had a 'wall of fame' of his achievements – with all his awards and trophies in display. However, Nawazuddin mentioned that he doesn't believe in awards, but feels grateful to receive them.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Justin & Hailey Bieber Are at ‘Each Other's Throats,' ‘Insider' Says Amid Vogue Drama
Justin Bieber and 's relationship is reportedly a mix of all things sweet and sour. While the singer's comments about his wife making the Vogue Summer cover are receiving criticism, a source exclusively revealed to Daily Mail that Justin makes the model 'feel bad' during their fights. The insider further shared that the couple are at 'each other's throats' several times. This report comes at a time when the pair's marriage has been at the center of discussion. However, Hailey dismissed all divorce rumors in her latest Vogue interview. Justin and Hailey Bieber recently went viral over the Vogue cover drama. After the Rhode founder was featured on the cover of the fashion magazine's summer issue, Justin took to Instagram to share a picture of his wife's latest feature. However, in the caption, he recalled a fight between the couple where he allegedly told Hailey 'she would never be on the cover of Vogue.' This comment from Justin sparked criticism from fans. Amid this drama, a source told Daily Mail that Hailey is used to her husband's behavior. The insider claimed that when the couple gets into fights, 'Justin goes for the low hanging fruit to try to win arguments, to make Hailey feel bad, and it works.' According to the source, the pair has shared many moments of argument despite having love for each other. Hailey has reportedly been upset with Justin many times, but the source alleged that she eventually forgives him for his actions. The insider shared that it is a 'never ending circle' and that the Rhode founder hopes she can 'fix' him. As per the source's statements, this turbulence plays a significant part in their relationship. The source further noted that Hailey and Justin's relationship is like Romeo and Juliet 'without the morbid ending.' They claimed that the couple 'love[s] hard, they fight hard, and drama often fuels their every move.' Meanwhile, after his initial comments, Justin Bieber changed his Instagram post caption about Hailey's Vogue cover to add a few loving emojis. However, it was a little too late for the change, as his previous statement had already garnered enough attention. Originally reported by Varsha Narayanan on Reality Tea. The post Justin & Hailey Bieber Are at 'Each Other's Throats,' 'Insider' Says Amid Vogue Drama appeared first on Mandatory.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Justin Bieber's Vogue Insult Sparks New Marriage Meltdown With Hailey, Insider Claims
Justin Bieber's attempt to publicly apologize to his wife, Hailey Bieber, has stirred up more than just fan reactions. In a recent post, the pop star reflected on a past hurtful comment about Hailey's Vogue potential, and it sparked fresh speculation about their marriage. While some fans applauded the honesty, others questioned why such a raw moment was shared online. Now, insiders claim the situation may have reopened old wounds behind the scenes. Justin Bieber's comments in a recent post have raised eyebrows, and an insider is convinced the revelation indicates deeper issues in their marriage. During a chat with the Daily Mail, the source revealed that Justin always used words to make Hailey feel bad during arguments. 'Justin and Hailey get into fights, and Justin goes for the low hanging fruit to try to win arguments, to make Hailey feel bad, and it works,' they said. The insider shared that even though the couple loved each other, there were times they were at each other's throats. According to the source, the model had been upset with her husband's behavior multiple times, but would always forgive him. 'She will let him do what he needs to do and will accept his apology. The Justin we see now is the Justin that Hailey has seen all along, and she feels like she can always fix him. Good or bad, it is a never ending circle,' the insider revealed. They likened the duo's relationship to Romeo and Juliet 'without the morbid ending.' According to the source, Justin and Hailey's relationship was a cycle of intense love and hate, adding, 'They love hard, they fight hard and drama often fuels their every move.' The insider's claim is based on Justin's response to Hailey's Vogue cover published on Tuesday. In an Instagram post, the 31-year-old confessed that he once told Hailey she would never grace the cover of Vogue. 'Yo this reminds me when Hailey and I got into a huge fight. I told hails that she would never be on the cover of vogue. Yikes I know, so mean,' he said in a now-deleted caption. The 'Baby' singer recalled insulting Hailey because he felt disrespected and wanted to get even. 'Think as we mature we realize that we're not helping anything by getting even," he continued. "We're honestly just prolonging what we really want which is intimacy and connection.' Justin concluded by apologizing to his wife and asking for forgiveness, noting that he was clearly mistaken. The pop star later deleted the caption, replacing it with emojis. Shortly after, fans took to the comments section with mixed reactions about the original caption. On one hand, some bashed Justin for bringing a private matter to the public. 'You want privacy yet you share a personal moment between you and your wife on social media,' one fan wrote. Another commented, 'Bro thought he would edit the caption and nobody would notice tf. You're a celebrity Justin c'mon now you don't have to share everything here.' On the other hand, some fans took Hailey's side, noting that Justin's hate for his wife was evident. 'It's really scary because if you could say such things publicly, imagine what she has to endure from you privately,' one person wrote. Meanwhile, other fans applauded Justin's honesty and boldness for publicly taking accountability for his actions. In addition to his Instagram post, Justin gushed over his wife in the Vogue article. He praised Hailey and noted that marrying her was the best decision. 'I've done a lot of dumb things in my life, but the smartest thing I've ever done was marry Hailey,' he said per PEOPLE Magazine. The Grammy Award Winner also spoke about the online scrutiny Hailey faces and said the socialite made family life look easy. 'She's in the spotlight, and has the attention because of her effortless knack for style, business, art and fashion," he said. "And the way she makes being a mom and wife look easy." Hailey also had a lot to unpack in her chat with Vogue. She spoke candidly about the challenges she has faced since welcoming her and Justin Bieber's son, Jack Blues. Hailey said it was difficult navigating motherhood and constant negativity online. 'And to be doing that all the while going on the internet every day and people being like, 'They're getting divorced' and 'They're this' and 'They're not happy,' it is such a mindf-ck,' she said. Nevertheless, Hailey said she had learned to focus on the things that mattered and the strength she had gained through her experiences.
Times
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Simon Boccanegra review — riveting Verdi to stir the soul
★★★★★Bradford's year as UK City of Culture will doubtless have many memorable events. But I doubt whether anything will stir the soul, shiver the spine and raise the roof like this concert staging of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. The tragedy was that the splendid St George's Hall had so many empty seats. Immaculately conducted by Antony Hermus, Opera North's magnificent chorus and superbly assured orchestra deserved a full house. And you would have to travel a long way, and pay a lot more money, to hear Verdi's dark drama of violent vendettas and long-festering feuds delivered with more intensity and character than by the cast assembled here. Happily, the show travels onwards, including to London next month. It's worth catching just to be immersed in the opera's great council chamber scene. And literally immersed is what you are in this tumultuous production. The chorus lines the aisles of the auditorium or glowers down from the balconies to hurl out (or, even more chillingly, whisper) its exclamations of anger or shock. Meanwhile, on stage, Boccanegra pleads for the warring clans of plebs and toffs to make peace (some hope!) and his newly found daughter denounces the quivering villain who abducted her. Local government politics can rarely have been so riveting. That's the evening's best 15 minutes, but the rest is excellent too. There's the wonderfully touching moment when Roland Wood's nobly sung Boccanegra, played with the haunted stare of a Shakespearean hero torn between political allegiances and paternal love, is finally reconciled with his bitter rival, Vazgen Gazaryan's superbly menacing Fiesco. And there's smouldering passion from the two lovers, Sara Cortolezzis's Amelia and Andrés Presno's Adorno — Romeo and Juliet figures on different sides of the divide. Both need to sing more delicately and sweetly in places, but what a thrilling match they are when they let rip. And Cortolezzis, in particular, has a quicksilver volatility about her acting. The semi-staging by PJ Harris is more cramped than it need be, because Anna Reid's set of civic arches and pillars divides what little space there is in front of the orchestra into three different areas. But I liked their idea of turning the tribal conflicts of 14th-century Genoa into what seems like a modern-day election campaign, with everyone wearing either a red or blue rosette, and Petrarch's despairing line — 'I' vo gridando: Pace, pace, pace' (I cry for peace) — blazed across the front of the stage. Seven centuries after he wrote those words, they still resonate.165minTouring to May 24, Follow @timesculture to read the latest reviews
