Outlander‘s Tobias Menzies has expressed his solidarity with co-star Sam Heughan, following the latter’s resistance to the artistic staff in the course of the filming of a distressing scene, reviews the Scottish Day by day Specific.

In a latest chat with the iPaper, Menzies was requested about his views after Heughan disclosed in 2022 how he felt “betrayed” by the artistic staff after they insisted on him filming a full-frontal nude scene throughout Captain Black Jack’s (portrayed by Menzies) terrifying torture and rape of Jamie within the first sequence.

The staff ultimately reached a compromise with Heughan, agreeing to solely depict Jamie bare within the aftermath of the savage assault.

Luckily, not one of the nudity ended up within the ultimate edit, and Menzies expressed reduction that Heughan’s considerations had been acknowledged.

He additionally empathised with “the pressures on Sam, early in his profession”, emphasising that it was “important” for producers to acquire actors’ consent when filming such scenes

Menzies, who’s presently selling his new movie F1: The Film, spoke out after Heughan candidly mentioned feeling “betrayed” in his memoir Waypoints: My Scottish Journey.

In his ebook, Heughan acknowledged: “The c**okay shot was pointless and did betray my belief within the artistic staff a bit.”

He additional added: “We needn’t see the horror to think about what the characters undergo. Creativeness is far more highly effective… I pushed again, reasoning that nudity sexualised a horrific expertise for my character, and it sparked fairly a debate.

“Inventive conversations are a function of all productions, good artwork is made by questioning the reality and all of us need to get it proper.”

Since his early days as a lead actor on Outlander, Heughan has taken on the position of govt producer alongside his co-star Caitríona Balfe. Considered one of his key contributions was introducing an intimacy coordinator to the Starz sequence, identified for its quite a few intimate scenes.

From season six onwards, intimacy coordinator Vanessa Coffey labored with the solid and crew to choreograph intercourse scenes and different intimate moments, a job that did not exist within the movie and TV business when Outlander first started.

Heughan recruited Coffey, who was lecturing at his alma mater, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and introduced her on board. Coffey has additionally labored as an intimacy coordinator on varied productions, together with BBC’s Vigil, Rebus, Home of the Dragon, and 28 Years Later.

In a 2022 interview on the Joyful Unhappy Confused podcast, Heughan defined his determination to rent an intimacy coordinator, stating that he needed to make sure “everyone seems to be protected” and supply storytellers with a method to “discover these scenes” and doubtlessly “really possibly get one thing extra out of them.”

Moreover, Heughan aimed to create a greater expertise for younger actors getting into the business, in contrast to his personal when he first began out.

Outlander season 7 is streaming on MGM+ by way of Prime Video now

Outlander: Blood of My Blood premieres on Starz on August 8 and on Prime Video by way of MGM+ on August 9