![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/outlanders-sam-heughan-felt-betrayed-by-unnecessary-nude-rape-scene/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_EHP_CHP_281022Sam-Heughan_74054.jpg&description=Sam, who's played Jamie Fraser since the series premiered in 2014, said the situation "would have been handled differently" todayOutlander: Balfe labels Heughan love scenes as 'awkward'Outlander 's Sam Heughan has revealed he had a behind-the-scenes dispute over on-screen nudity which left him feeling 'betrayed'. The telly star, 42, plays Jamie Frazer in the Starz drama. At the end of season 1, his character was the subject of a harrowing storyline where he was raped by Frank Randall, played by Tobias Menzies. Explaining how he felt made to do the 'unnecessary' full frontal scene, Sam told how he felt the combination of extreme sexual violence and nudity didn't compliment each other. "This wasn't a moment where I felt that being naked would add to the horror of what Jamie undergoes in that castle dungeon as a form of punishment, subjugation and humiliation," Heughan wrote in his new memoir Waypoints: My Scottish Journey. Sam noted that he was contractually required to be naked in the series, and pointed out that the series has "never turned away from sexual violence,' but still felt the nude element wasn't needed. Outlander's Sam Heughan has revealed he had a behind-the-scenes dispute over on-screen nudity which left him feeling 'betrayed' Sam, who's played Jamie Fraser since the series premiered in 2014, said the situation "would have been handled differently" today ( 2019 Starz Entertainment, LLC) "Times have changed. The c**k shot was unnecessary and did betray my trust in the creative team a bit," he explains. "We don't need to see the horror to imagine what the characters go through. Imagination is way more powerful." "I pushed back, reasoning that nudity sexualized a horrific experience for my character, and it sparked quite a debate. Creative conversations are a feature of all productions, good art is made by questioning the truth and we all want to get it right," Sam said. Eventually, Sam and the creative team agreed to show his characters nude body only in){kind=link}
Sam, who’s played Jamie Fraser since the series premiered in 2014, said the situation “would have been handled differently” today
Outlander ‘s Sam Heughan has revealed he had a behind-the-scenes dispute over on-screen nudity which left him feeling “betrayed”.
The telly star, 42, plays Jamie Frazer in the Starz drama. At the end of season 1, his character was the subject of a harrowing storyline where he was raped by Frank Randall, played by Tobias Menzies.
Explaining how he felt made to do the “unnecessary” full frontal scene, Sam told how he felt the combination of extreme sexual violence and nudity didn’t compliment each other.
“This wasn’t a moment where I felt that being naked would add to the horror of what Jamie undergoes in that castle dungeon as a form of punishment, subjugation and humiliation,” Heughan wrote in his new memoir Waypoints: My Scottish Journey.