Interview with Caitriona Balfe: On Omens, Game of Thrones, and Comic-Con — vogue.com

How did you land the coveted role of Claire Randall? I wasn’t even aware of the book series when I got the first audition. Apparently they had been searching for [Claire] for a very long time. It wasn’t until I heard they wanted to see me again that I went straight to my local bookstore to pick up a copy of the book. The guy at the cashier said “You know they’re doing a series on this? I did my thesis on Ron Moore [the executive producer of Outlander and Battlestar Galactica].” I thought that was a nice little omen.

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