Just saw article were Sam said Outlander won’t be his law and order. He has to stay through season 6 right due to contract? If he decides to leave after that I would rather they cancel cause any recast or recasts would change the chemistry of the characters and mess things up.
Hi Anon, my understanding was that Sam and Cait were originally contracted for SEVEN seasons, so if Outlander is renewed for Season 7, he is obligated to do that one as well. Beyond that, they’ll have to renegotiate. As for what Sam said in the interview, he followed up his statement about Outlander not being his Law and Order, by saying he wanted to be a film star. So I took his statements about Law and Order more to mean that he didn’t see himself being an actor that does TV series long term for the rest of his career, but rather someone who wants to make feature films. IOW, Outlander would most likely be his last TV series, at least for awhile, but not that he would quit Outlander.
I highly doubt Sam would bow out of playing Jamie OR that the producers would ever recast Jamie. Only ONE person was born to play Jamie Fraser, and that person is Sam Heughan…we know that, the producers know that, Diana Gabaldon knows that, God himself/herself knows that. It is written in the stars. And Sam knows that too.
