Peter Mullan Joins ‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’

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Rebecca Murray
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Outlander Blood of My Blood New Cast
Jhon Lumsden, Sara Vickers, Peter Mullan, and Brian McCardie join ‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’ (Photos Credits: Harry Livingstone, Sasha Gustov, Starz, Alan McLean)

Peter Mullan (Ozark) has joined the cast of Starz’s Outlander prequel, Outlander: Blood of My Blood. New additions to the series also include Brian McCardie (Rob Roy), Jhon Lumsden (The Famous Five), and Sara Vickers (Watchmen).

Starz announced Mullan will be playing Red Jacob MacKenzie, Laird of Clan MacKenzie and father to Ellen, Dougal, Colum, Janet and Jocasta. McCardie will take on the role of Isaac Grant, leader of Clan Grant, and Jhon Lumsden has signed on to play Isaac’s son, Malcolm, a potential suitor for Ellen MacKenzie. Sara Vickers joins as Davina Porter, a housekeeper in the Lovat household and mother to Brian Fraser.

The prequel stars Jeremy Irvine as Henry Beauchamp, Hermione Corfield as Julia Moriston, Jamie Roy as Brian Fraser, Harriet Slater as Ellen MacKenzie, and Tony Curran as Lord Lovat. The cast also includes Rory Alexander (Inland) as a young Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser, Sam Retford (Hoard) as Dougal MacKenzie, Séamus McLean Ross (Rebus) as Dougal’s shrewd older brother Colum MacKenzie, and Conor MacNeill (The Tourist) as Ned Gowan.

“Outlander: Blood of My Blood will explore the lives and relationship of Jamie’s parents, Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser and Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp,” reads Starz’s synopsis. “The series will center on these two parallel love stories set in two different time periods, with Jamie’s parents in the early 18th century Scottish Highlands and Claire’s parents in WWI England.”

Filming is currently underway in Scotland.

Matthew B Roberts is the showrunner and executive produces along with Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis, and Story Mining & Supply Company. Author Diana Gabaldon serves as a consulting producer.




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