The Starz historical drama casts Stanley Weber and Robert Cavanah as the French Le Comte St. Germain and Jamie's cousin Jared Fraser respectively.
- Jun 3, 2015
AceShowbiz - "Outlander" has just cast the first new roles for season 2. Stanley Weber and Robert Cavanagh have been tapped to join the Starz historical drama when the show returns for its sophomore run.
According to E! News, Weber will portray Le Comte St. Germain, "a wine merchant and member of the French Court, who has a reputation for ruthlessness, as well as for dabbling in the occult." Described as "a bit of a villain," he will appear in most episodes that take place in Paris.
As for Cavanagh, Access Hollywood reports that he will play Jamie Fraser's cousin, Jared Fraser. He is a Scottish and lives in Paris, France. A successful wine merchant and a strong Jacobite, he lets Jamie and Claire live in his mansion in Paris in season 2. The pair, in return, will manage his business while he travels to the West Indies.
Series creator/showrunner Ron Moore recently confirmed that in the second season of "Outlander", Jamie and Claire "go to Paris." He teased, "So we're prepping and shooting a completely different show."
Of what the couple would face there, he said, "They're in one of the most populated cities in the world at this point. It's French aristocracy, it's the court of Louis XV, it's cobblestone streets filled with people - the costumes are completely different, [as are] the sets. It has a whole different mood and palette to it. It's more about conspiracies, lies and politics. Getting caught up in the corruption and poison that's happening in Paris at that time, with history, is pushing you toward this inevitable cataclysm - the destruction of the Highland culture. Plus Claire's pregnant and there are the aftereffects of everything that happened with Jack Randall - that's still with Jamie in the second season."
