Outlander star Graham McTavish has opened up on his shut friendship with Sam Heughan and compares him to his 'unruly teenage son'.
The 2 Scots actors turned quick pals throughout their time on the hit Starz historic fantasy present, the place Sam, 42, performs Highland warrior Jamie Fraser, and Graham, 61, performed Dougal MacKenzie earlier than he met his demise. Since then, the 2 have co-wrote two books collectively, 'The Clanlands Almanac: Seasonal Tales from Scotland', and, 'Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Journey Like No Different', in addition to two seasons of their journey present Males In Kilts.
Chatting with Sq. Mile, McTavish revealed their first concept was a podcast. “Then we had been gonna do GoPros,” he mentioned. “I don’t understand how that might’ve labored. One on my head, one on his? It was a ridiculous concept. After which we simply mentioned, ‘why don’t we simply get a movie crew collectively?’”
“We're very effectively suited,” he says, talking of his shut relationship together with his co-star. “We’re very completely different in a number of methods. He’s form of like my unruly teenage son and I’m his grumpy dad, in a bizarre, bizarre means. I imply, technically I might nearly be his dad.”
Final 12 months, Heughan was interviewed for Sq. Mile by Lucifer's Tom Hellis, and the boys took nice pleasure in discussing their mutual buddy McTavish and the primary collection of Males in Kilts. “It's a barely dysfunctional relationship,” mentioned Heughan. “We bicker quite a bit however I feel that’s the enjoyment.
“Graham performs these characters who're fairly masculine, fairly aggressive. He’s a personality. He’s effectively constructed. However in actual life Graham is a complete teddy bear and intensely nervous round harmful issues. The enjoyment of Males in Kilts was getting him to do issues that he didn’t need to do.”
“Is he petrified of heights and stuff like that?” requested a clearly delighted Ellis. “Oh sure,” mentioned Heughan. “He’s scared of heights. I bought him to abseil. He refused level clean to get in a kayak with me regardless of attempting to bribe him in each means. I bought him on a tandem bicycle however he complained about that incessantly.”
“I think about Graham’s language in all probability will get fairly vibrant when he’s scared,” mentioned Ellis, the love audible in his voice.
Heughan and McTavish wrapped the second season of Males In Kilts in early 2022, because the pair travelled and adventured round New Zealand. Talking of the present, McTavish says: “We all know who we’re gonna interview, we all know the place we’re going and that’s it. Every little thing’s very spontaneous and natural and stunning, as stunning to us as it's for anyone else. And that’s what makes it contemporary and enjoyable.”
When requested a couple of third season, he admits: “The logical place could be North America. As a result of there’s such an enormous Scottish affect there, Canada and America.” Take Montana: “the McDonalds of Glencoe moved to Montana. I met their ancestors whereas I used to be filming there. They’re native American – so that you meet this native American man known as Rob McDonald.
“There’s an entire historical past of how the Scots arrived. And there are numerous, many, many extra tales to inform concerning the enormous affect that the Scots have had, as such a tiny nation, on the world that we all know, particularly the English-speaking world.”
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