The drama most certainly reached a fever pitch in the latest episode of Outlander: Blood of my Blood, with episode 6 centring on Julia (Hermione Corfield) giving birth.
Whilst the prospect of giving birth without access to modern medicine is already daunting enough, as we see in Blood of my Blood, Julia also faces interrogation by the accompanying midwives.
"We had a gas fire going, it was such high energy. I really prepared – I had my Lucozade Sport ready to go, I’d done a lot of work kind of mapping out the birth, when the contractions come and then trying to match that to the heightening stakes and the turmoil that Julia’s going through mentally and physically.
"Because it’s one thing doing a birth scene but doing a birth scene and being tortured, interrogated, is a whole different challenge. Then also making sure that the birth scene for Claire is very different and that’s a nice contrast between the two of them.”
Speaking about tackling two birth scenes in one series, Corfield said that it was "daunting ... but also challenging."
The episode also sees quite an emotional rollercoaster for Davina, who is initially suspicious of Julia and the conception of her child but ultimately stops the interrogation and leads the charge to deliver the baby safely.
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Outlander: Blood of My Blood star teases second season as prequel gets "crazier and crazier"Outlander: Blood of My Blood's Jeremy Irvine was initially sceptical about character romanceWhen asked about what discussions go into how to depict such scenes within the show, Roberts explained: "It’s tough. You know you’re showing it to a modern audience but to be fair, you’re watching a period show.
"A lot of them were thought of as property, even within their own families," he adds. "It was a violent time."
"They happen to be a female, they happen to be a female. We have weak guy characters but nobody says that. You never say ‘strong male characters’, you just say ‘male characters’.
Are there ever any conversations relating to these graphic scenes regarding what to show onscreen vs offscreen? “The goal is to tell the story," Roberts says.
"So, you don’t always need to show it but when it affects the character, that’s the conversation. When do we need to see the character go through it and when do we not?
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