We can not wait for Outlander to return to our screens and our excitement is now through the roof  thanks to Caitríona Balfes latest update about the new season.





Speaking at the Our Place in Space Festival earlier this month the Claire Fraser actress revealed that she will be taking on an extra duty in the historical dramas upcoming seventh season  and it sounds incredibly exciting. She revealed that after adding the title of executive producer to her resume back in season five  this time round she will be credited as a director as she is taking the helm in shooting some scenes in the new episodes.


Asked whether her future is not going to be only in front of the camera Caitríona responded  Well hopefully not no. I am going to direct some little extra scenes this season of Outlander. She then went on to praise Belfast director Sir Kenneth Branagh who she says not only inspired her to take the leap but was happy to give her advice while the two were shooting the Oscar-winning movie last year.


Kenneth was the most encouraging he has  just such a champion of people. You will see this he works with people over and over again she gushed before revealing that she even hopes to direct her own feature film one day. I have been working on a script for a very long time which hopefully might be the first thing I direct as a feature that I am writing she said not giving much away about the story apart from that it is set in her native home of Ireland. Meanwhile filming for Outlander season seven is currently ongoing after kicking off back in April. The new season will be the shows longest yet at a whopping 16 episodes following the decision to truncate season six as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.