The Claire Fraser star has had many stomach-churning moments
Outlander is known for featuring some pretty gruesome sequences over the years.
The Starz historical drama is set predominantly in battle-ridden 18th century Scotland and later the New World with plenty of conflict scenes and wounds to be tended to.
Moreover, protagonist and doctor Claire Fraser (played by Caitríona Balfe) is often fixing variety of unpleasant ailments or undertaking surgery on patients.
However, some fans might be curious to know how the Irish actress, 45, feels about filming some of the more visceral scenes of Outlander.
Speaking on the official Outlander podcast previously, writer Anne Kenney and executive producer Ronald D. Moore addressed how the actress tackles the scenes.
“Caitríona, I’ve never known her to be any kind of squeamish about any of this stuff,” writer Kenney said, saying even “cooked rabbits” didn’t faze the Belfast star.
Moore echoed her sentiments: “I don’t think she is. I don’t think she has any problems with it.”
He went on to say: “Day one on the show is her in the field hospital in World War II with open wounds and blood spurting everywhere, raw, really nasty stuff. So, I think she got over it really quickly.”
The creative duo went on to address how these vomit-inducing moments were filmed given how technical they were.
Kenney said it could sometimes be “tricky”, saying “obviously, she can’t do this on the guy’s legs”.
The way in which these medical scenes were shot would vary from either Balfe filming something with make-up on top of the skin or just on zoomed in prosthetic with the rest of the person left out of the shot.
Moore added: “Some of it’s shot later. Those insert shots of the wound itself were done weeks after the fact – and not even Caitríona’s hands, somebody else’s hands.”
Fans can expect plenty more blood, guts and gore when Outlander returns for its eighth and final outing.
The show will be diverging from Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novels, which have served as the basis for the series.
One big plot line involves the surprising survival of Claire and Jamie Fraser’s (Sam Heughan) daughter Faith, who was stillborn in season one.
In this alternative timeline, Master Raymond (Dominique Pinon) spirited the infant away to another era and revived the baby, so she lived.
The show is also expected to answer the enduring mystery surrounding Jamie’s ghost and how he came to be in the 1940s, despite the Highlander being unable to time travel.
Although the show might be ending, Gabaldon is still working on her epic saga which is expected to take a different turn as it wraps up the story.