Caitriona Balfe discusses the sex and intimacy in Outlander

We sat down with Caitriona Balfe to discuss the second half of the first season of Outlander, why Caitriona thinks Jamie and Claire's relationship works and how she and Sam Heughan achieve the INTENSE intimacy we see in their sex scenes.
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[@mariannevanrooyen9153]

I love this show. The love making scenes don't make you feel uncomfortable, it's tender and you can actually watch it. 2 Great actors.

[@tessiekenerson4613]

Best sex scenes I've ever seen, acted so naturally&w/ real feelings clean & elegant& beautiful ! Super job !

[@stefankurlak9556]

Outlander is a beautiful work of art

[@nikakota4449]

Too much nudity

[@sugamong44]

Two of the most exquisite actors EVER! Mesmerizing together!!!

[@neababyblu]

It is a joy to watch those things also. I watch "The Wedding" over and over. The sex in this series is coupled with deep love, it isn't slight nor momentary it is lasting. You feel like you are wrapped in warmth.

[@mjboutin7224]

Best interview I've seen yet. Nothing like your run-of-the-mill, blanket questions from people who seem like they don't even watch the show (and definitely don't read the books). THANK YOU for addressing the sex and intimacy with an emphasis on the *intimacy*. I imagine Caitriona and Sam appreciate it when people understand that the point of the sex is not "steamy" gratuity; it's to show a particular part of Claire's and Jamie's journey and how they grow with one another. Well done.

[@samanthaweiss867]

What I love so much about the sex scenes between Jamie and Claire is the intimacy. It's like you are witnessing private moments in their relationship and you can feel their connection with each other, which makes the acting feel all the more real. Sam and Caitriona captured Jamie and Claire perfectly, according to the books!

[@carolkir]

@@samanthaweiss867 Disappointed at the absence of "intimacy" in Season 4...

[@doreenjohnson8359]

I love your acting. Your both so good! But i wish youd get more recognition. I live in Canada and i dont like that the USA doesnt give you the recognition you deserve.

[@coradejong1014]

She is fantastic, kudos to her, she will go far in life

[@kasienkakaminska6915]

😊😊💕💕🫶🏼🫶🏼💋💋💙💙💎💎🔥🔥

[@paulamorgan4401]

P.S. Let us never forget Diana Gabaldon for her amazing work that gave us Outlander. To think it was just practicing on how to write a novel.

[@totaloutlanderobsession8013]

I think it’s great story, however, wading through books is tedious somewhat and I enjoy series where they have condensed it and added other stories,

[@TheCreeves4]

Similar comments here as those I gave you on the Sam interview. Outstanding interview. I really respect your composure and questions. You could have gone the route of asking a bunch of easy or even provoking questions, but you managed to ask questions that not only only were revealing , but did so in a respectful way. Cait seems to relax in your presence. As a result you got a real down to earth interview. As a former TV new reporter, I admire your work!

[@Thats-normal]

Cindy Reeves well Thank You! That's sweet!

[@Thats-normal]

Cindy Reeves THANKS!

[@chrissnyder8108]

Jamie's parents eloped for love (uncommon in that day), and his mother was a strong willful woman like Claire and like his sister. I think those women in his life have made sure that Jamie didn't get away with macho bullshit even as a lad, but was given a glimpse of what women's life was like and taught to love and respect women, and to listen to them, and his father expected that of him, too. I think that is where the emotional intelligence he had came from, that allowed him to accept Claire for all that she doesn't fit in to that century.

[@novagold1]

You are absolutely right and your describing it so well does explain Jamie's acceptance of Claire and how different she is to most of the women around him who are subservient and submissive, his mother and Jenny were definitely the exception to that rule, making Jamie a relatively forward thinking man.

[@gailalli8086]

Wow! You are so right!

[@DulceN]

Beautifully put.

[@maparisfamilyadventures2174]

I agree with tou 100%. I just want to add to this. Claire being a strong & powerful woman, she held what was dear to him once he raised his hand at her (the spanking). She didn't give him any love/sex. So that made him to think DEEP. Deep into his roots. What really matters to him & how his happiness with her is. She knew her power over him & what he enjoys with her. I might be wrong!

[@tequillamockingbird4796]

Beautifully put together!Agree with you.

[@chrisharkins5069]

All the writers, actors, and actresses in this series are top notch. The result of this is a super show that my wife and I really enjoy. We are excitedly looking forward to the new season of this engrossing story.

[@tmgill9920]

This interview was very well done. Caitriona has such an elegance about her. I think she is an amazing actress that isn't noticed enough. Hope she wins a golden globe next year.

[@HeidiYoung227]

Love this interview. Jamie Fraser has emotional intelligence - that’s it exactly!!

[@teresapurdie954]

Great interview just love how natural and talented they are. Very passionate on & off screen. 💃🏻🕺🏼🧡💜

[@geoffreyrichardson8738]

Your a great actress Caitriona, you make Claire such a powerful character

[@carynnatalie4585]

This has been one of, if not my favorite interview with Caitriona Balfe about Outlander. I obviously don't know her, but I get the impression she's not all that comfortable with fame etc, your questioning was about her craft and I think it felt really relaxed and professional. You're clearly a fan of the show, but you avoided the stupid cliched questions that I'm sure these stars are sick and tired of answering. Also... I like you because you remind me of Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, so it was like a real meta moment for me; Liz Lemon interviews Caitriona Balfe!

[@Thats-normal]

Caryn Natalie haha.. it's probably the glasses. but thanks! it was fun and i'm glad I got some good responses from her:)

[@daniellevargas5644]

BEST INTERVIEWER EVER!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!

[@evaptributes9183]

Respectful, intelligent, engaging interview. Caitriona replies with refreshing replies. Her perspective on the actor/actor, the values of directors, approach to the development of characters..fascinating. BRAVO to the interviewer. T/U. EP 🍀🍀🍀

[@spiritualrabbitt3765]

I think you can't possibly have a scene like those with out having some sort of connection with the costar....let's face it.

[@StephanieKelly8]

That’s how I feel! How can you not feel something for them?!?!

[@AllAboutPurple]

Lol they are professionals....but they both have great personalities off screen.........

[@Redsince66]

It is called being great actors and having complete trust in each other. And I suspect they have a wonderful friendship.

[@totaloutlanderobsession8013]

@@Redsince66 agree. They are professionals but also friends and trust each other greatly.

[@SMaryG]

Well done! Both your interviews, with Sam and with Cait, are great. Different from all the others I watched. Brilliant job.

[@ellarealestate]

Thank you for this, Bekah, this was excellent and a joy to listen to, well done! Of course, I love Cait and Sam, and love Outlander, can't wait for season 6!!! Keep up the good work ♥️❤️❤️

[@svvetlanalana]

I love the interviewers of this channel honestly the best I've seen of all time. You guys have really good questions for the actors and are so respectful.

[@paulamorgan4401]

Love this interview!!! She really invested time in watching the episodes. Gave real feedback about how she felt watching this work of art play out. Caitriona Balfe is just brilliant in her work and her ability to share her process in her art form. X

[@11calman]

WOW, Such a great Love story, To me They seemed to be really in Love, And the Love making looked as real as to people in love could make it. it was not sleazy. And if they were acting, they should be given an Oscar each, Just a Brilliant Show

[@blancasusanamariles4655]

2021: One can read a passage from Justine or any Marquis de Sade novels, without actually ... doing it. For a woman it works vicariously. It always results in highly intense emotions without actually... doing it. Women react through their brains while enjoying a good read.

[@fireinthebreeze4367]

intelligent questions such a refreshing interview

[@givingyoumyheartandsoul9564]

Perfect way of describing their relationship

[@spikesecho724]

0:28 - they wrote "Claire Randall (Duh)" 😂😂

[@janetboss1942]

The program is very good I enjoy the storyline and the good actors and actresses I also like the beautiful scenery and the music

[@ellarealestate]

This was awesome, Thank you! Could you please do another interview with the both of them now? And may be add Richard and Sophie?

[@KaraAnne]

Great interview! Fantastic questions

[@simibelle]

She says "you know" a gazilion times 😄

[@jennytargaryen]

wow im glad i discovered this channel the interview was amazing and questions were really interesting

[@MsBAustralia]

I love that the interviewer is as into the show as we are! 🏹🛡⚔⛓ 🤗 😘 💘🐴🐎💏💍🏰 💝

[@sandrafarmer5580]

She is so beautiful and intelligent!

[@BoopieNoodle]

Phenomenal interview!

[@MrsJWife]

You are such a great actress! I can't watch enough.

[@tigressnsnow]

You'll notice that the episodes where there is 'good sex' are more than likely directed by a woman. Sex scenes are slow with plenty of foreplay.

[@maryanna682]

Did they really have sex?

[@samanthaweiss867]

@@maryanna682 just curious, did you write מרים with a ך on purpose, or was that by accident? Beautiful name! My Hebrew name is יעל שלומית.

[@samanthaweiss867]

@@maryanna682 they didn't really have sex. It's just acting, even though it looks so real. They wear nude colored patches to cover the most essential parts, but the camera angles hide that so it's not noticeable.

[@maryanna682]

@@samanthaweiss867 oh I'm sorry do I have a mistake in the spelling of my name?

[@maryanna682]

@@samanthaweiss867 but....for me that still counts as sex you know...it might not actually be going "in", but it's still making out at least

[@TEAMORICKY1]

I ENJOY your Interviews, the real meat of the Show ! Very respectful and well done.

[@mhbeachnut]

Good interview.

[@TundraOffRoad]

I"m so crushing. She is so beautiful.

[@sheilaharvey1700]

Beautiful love story

[@kamatayan77]

she is beautiful

[@suzymillington6204]

So intimate , so “ real” is the sex , beautiful and truly sacred 💗🌷

[@coradejong1014]

Do not forget it is a fantasy story but well played

[@tasneema2602]

She's a phenomenal actress 🤩👏👏👏

[@alannahhurley386]

I always though she was English it wasn't till I hear one of her interview did I realise she was Irish

[@angel102ify]

+Alannah Hurley same, I saw an interview on youtube with her real accent and really stunned me just how good her 1940s English accent is.

[@alanaterrel9914]

But sometimes i barely hear the irish accent

[@higginsba]

She's from Monaghan ☺️ Up MN!!! 🇮🇪

[@lanedropify]

She is so gorgeous.

[@stevenhulbert2443]

Claire has such a long beautiful neck. No wonder she was a Super Model before acting.

[@virgoqueen8950]

HER NAME IS CAITRIONA

[@totaloutlanderobsession8013]

@@virgoqueen8950 hahahahaha

[@sandra123marar]

Amazing interviewer

[@pegomyheart1]

How can you put a thumbs down?

[@glazgogirl]

OK, I am really surprised that she did not say feminine hygiene products like tampons or even a Diva Cup or equivalent. I love the idea of time travel and time travel stories, but when the women are the ones going back in time, their monthly needs are never mentioned. I think that would be the hardest thing to go without. Technically, women have dealt with that since the beginning of time. There is very little in history, though, about how women took care of themselves during that one week per month. As a woman in 2016, I would feel that loss most acutely.

[@Caitlin1928]

+glazgogirl Good point. Perhaps, though, she learned something from her archeologist uncle? She did learn some things about living on the land from him after all.

[@glazgogirl]

+Caitlin1928 That's entirely possible.

[@extenebrislux]

how she would go about her period was one of my first thoughts!

[@LBrobie]

i would want modern plumbing...chamber pots just DO NOT cut it! i'd just save my head if i couldn't get conditioner, but p-ing in a chamber pot and then having to empty it... ugh!

[@genevievefutsch7115]

@@Caitlin1928 .

[@0zoneTherapyW0rks]

If it's true that half the marriages end up in divorce, then half the planet have never seen what true love looks like. They, like Randall, are either shut down completely or know very little about real love. Randall does his best to try to express what he believes love is, which comes out in a psychically sick, distorted way. I appreciate all involved who explore the depths of this blissful, healing and powerful energy called love, which can be ignited between dimensions.

[@Lin4580]

Great explanation regarding the sex scenes from Claire. Not typical TV sex,integral to there characters, where they are in the relationship. Also noted 14 thumbs down and can not imagine what criticism anyone could fine with this interview. Maybe they were disappointed it wasn't X rated.

[@adrianabond19]

Which episode are they discussing?

[@stevenhulbert2443]

I've been on the waiting list at local library for 2 months for Season 4. I'm about to go out and buy it instead.

[@coradejong1014]

Season for is mostly roger walking behind a horse with the mohawks, better to get season 5

[@knipucits]

Womens rights. I would not be able to live on those times without women's rights!🤷🏼‍♀️

[@lynslee5679]

Women's rights didn’t exist back then, so you would not expect it.

[@Vigdis777]

She is the best...

[@anapanu]

Fantastic interview hats off girlie :D loving Cait im irish so love hearing that accent :)

[@Redsince66]

Velvy I am Irish too and it wonderful hearing the accent. And I am delighted that she is such an accomplished actress. I love seeing how she is so believable in 1940s, The 1960s and the 1700s. Her range is amazing from the intimate, the forceful, the different emotional scenes and even the mundane scenes. She really brings the character of Claire alive....a true indication of her skill and talent as an actor and Irish to boot!

[@anapanu]

@@Redsince66 that's so very spooky but also kinda nice, my dad passed away ten years ago. His birthday is today and you'll never guess his name. Shocked me to see another Gerry Ryan had replied to my post. What a crazy coincidence. 🥰

[@Redsince66]

@@anapanu don't want to freak you out more but when I told my wife about your reply. She asked me if today was April 29th and I remembered that this is also my late father's birthday. He passed away in 1995. I am sorry for your loss. It is a small amazing world. BTW I am originally from Limerick but living in the US for 40 years. Take care. Ger

[@maxinegreen1997]

So hoping they keep making more And More

[@coradejong1014]

She will go far in life. Great actress

[@lindawatkin4411]

They are😊both professional actors.The intimate scenes seem very real.It would be nice to think that they are real.😈

[@ligiacordova620]

Yo. También quiero que en España

[@jeydyer]

Beautiful woman

[@eneidakrugerdosreis8883]

Todos reconhecem que em OUTLANDER as cenas de sexo são feitas com amor, carinho, de entrega total de ambos Claire e Jaime, juntos na cama ou qq outro lugar eles dois fazendo sexo não existiu,nem existe igual. Tamanha entrega dos 2. AMAIZING. É são demais no sexo.

[@dramaticandcinematic2978]

God she is absolutely gorgeous ❤

[@merfer5643]

amasing interview

[@merfer5643]

sorry for all woman my husband is like jame frrezer it is why i began to watch the serie

[@montage03]

What couldn’t I live without? Proper dental hygiene.

[@totaloutlanderobsession8013]

Clean water!!! Bottled water??? Hot showers???

[@purefoldnz3070]

Imagine the STI's and the lice during that period lol

[@aftrdrk7263]

😂😂😂😂

[@suemonahan9154]

Caitriona Balfes hands are so lovely. When she touches Jamie it makes me wish I could have been that tender with my husband. What I'd really like to know is if these moves were instinctual or did the director direct them. Next time you speak with her could you please ask?

[@reneeyancey4173]

I saw a clip of Sam talking about this. He says every touch is blocked out ahead of time. Not nearly as romantic as it seems

[@samanthaweiss867]

In an interview with Sam, he talks about how they have to film the scenes over and over for hours until it is perfect. The camera men are standing around the room adjusting angles and peering in on them. Definitely not romantic. But, they plan some of the moves to make it look more intimate. Sam said he wants it to look as natural as possible.

[@melwaxman793]

I would really like to knowif there is any real sex taking place and if not how do they prevent it from taking place. Are they covered so that intercourse cannot take place, are they both naked, etc.

[@revinaque1342]

They've discussed in other interviews that they use "modesty patches" for the women (to cover the vulva) and "modesty pouches" for the men. In some scenes, they can also opt to use flesh-toned underwear if their lower regions won't be showing too much. Also, a film set is a very public place, and it would be odd (not to mention unprofessional) if either party were to try to actually have sex. Their focus would be on getting the right shots and following the director's instructions, not on enjoying themselves.

[@MireVale]

I bet the men cannot help but get erections, and the women getting wet .. I guess they just have to laugh it off or be completely embarrassed

[@sinisoreus8790]

It is actually not a very comfortable situation. There are at least 10 other people present, there is no sexy music playing, there is a lot more light than we see, the director is giving you orders on where to touch, where to look, how to hold yourself so that you don't block the camera view or hit your head on the microphone, you get interrupted constantly so that your makeup, hair or limbs don't look wrong... It is so far from the finished product.

[@virgoqueen8950]

THEY ARE WEARING WHAT IS CALLED MODESTY PATCHES AND THERE ARE 20 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. THERE IS NOTHING SEXY ABOUT THAT

[@juliajuliaa2675]

Please!!!! Traslate in spanish we want know what are speaking!!!!! Please we are fans too in América.

[@pamelameadows9717]

I can't hear

[@londonengland2309]

I love her

[@amandaray8892]

Jamie and Claire after the wedding

[@stevenhulbert2443]

Wonder how her actual husband feels about those "Scenes". It's got to be hard.

[@virgoqueen8950]

HE KNOWS HE IS MARRIED TO AN ACTRESS AND I AM SURE HE DOES NOT WATCH. HE OBVIOUSLY IS A MATURE MAN NOT MENTALLY A BOY

[@CR-ce5lf]

They dated while she was filming the show, he proposed while she was still on the show and they married while she was still on the show...

[@-C.S.R]

She is losing her accent! Sounding more American everyday!

[@paulinealden5693]

B.B.

[@annd.h.1336]

Bad sound

[@airbear8240]

Feminine hygiene products lol

[@triciamonica7854]

The interviewer is awkward lol

[@notremembering]

She said soap. And conditioner. I would’ve said flushing indoor toilet. Just sayin....

[@otkaczalkawariatka]

Tampons. Definitely.

[@angangieangela5216]

Really my only complaint is that the sex stuff is too much. It's just too much the focus

[@MireVale]

The story is a romance, can't really get past that. I personally think it's balanced well enough with the gritty scenes.

[@23mrspattinson]

If there wasn't "too much sex" the graphic scenes would be overwhelmingly heart wrenching, not that they aren't now, it would be so hard.

[@Sambaby42]

I actually love the sex. It feels real. It shows passionate sex, making love, intimacy, rape, and rough sex. Not that I liked the scenes of rape but it definitely showcases a variety of sexual encounters. Lol. It doesn't get boring to me.

[@celineypie]

AngAngie Angela the sex stuff is GLORIOUS i am here for it. they're both so hot and it's honestly well-done

[@virgoqueen8950]

THERE IS MORE SEX IN THE BOOK