Sam Heughan Was Warned Not to Take the Role of Jamie Fraser — The Advice He Got and Why He Ignored It

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Sam Heughan Was Warned Not to Take the Role of Jamie Fraser — The Advice He Got and Why He Ignored It

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Sam Heughan Was Warned Not to Take the Role of Jamie Fraser — The Advice He Got and Why He Ignored It

When Sam Heughan was finalizing his decision about Outlander, he received advice from someone whose opinion he respected. The advice was not to take it.

The reasoning was not about the quality of the material — everyone who had read the scripts understood those were exceptional.

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The concern was strategic. Long-running television adaptations of beloved book series carry a specific kind of risk for actors: if the show succeeds, you become the character permanently. If it fails, you've spent years on something that didn't pay off.

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