Annette Badland Re-Watches "Outlander" Scenes & Talks Working with Caitríona Balfe & Sam Heughan

[@janetlambert371]

Just a little news I’m watching the series for the 13th time….I don’t watch tv but I’m in love with this show and all the stars❤❤❤❤

[@evelinalopilato2732]

Wow! People are calling me crazy because I saw it 6 times😅🥰🥰

[@kdyooper28]

Mrs. Fitz!!!!!! All the tremendous work on all the seasons: I feel vindicated that season one is my favorite. I resisted Outlander for a long time. The science fiction label didn’t appeal. Then one night I caved and socks were blown off. Mrs. Fitz and Murtagh remain my favorites of the heart. Have never seen Ted Lasso but will check it out because of this fine actress.

[@NiKiMa023]

If the opinions of a random internet stranger mean anything to you, Ted Lasso is the bees knees! I ignored it at first, but one day I had time, and it was so refreshing as far as shows go

[@JuliansStuffRoblox]

Doctor who anyone?

[@moniquegodefroy9740]

Merci c c'est avec plaisir de voir c'est entretien et de revoir ANNETTE BADLAND et de revoir tout les extraits de la saison 1

[@gopherlyn]

I've watched season 1 upteen times, I am currently watching Annette on Midsomer Murders (season 23) on Acorn TV, she plays the coroner.

[@Sutterlina1]

Thank you so much for this interview! Annette Badland as Mrs Fitz was tremendous and it's such a joy to listen to her reminisce about filming on set! So wonderful to rewatch some of these scenes and have her comment on them. Annette's comment about her dad spanking her and the humiliation she felt subjected to has revived one of my pet peeves about The Reckoning. I can't believe there was hardly any outrage from among the viewers about the spanking scene. The producers scored such an own goal with that scene. For a show that takes pride in adopting the female gaze, to have a scene of wife beating presented from the male point of view and to play it humorously (the soundtrack and the ongoing jokes) is imo a disgrace. They basically wrote out of the scene Claire's pain, humiliation and sense of betrayal. They also shorthanded the reconciliation (how does an emancipated woman forget and forgive such degrading treatment and how does an 18th-century guy dismiss his moral code overnight? ) and hoped the hot makeup sex would paper it over. As this is a community for the empowerment of women, I put my rhetorical question out there: how could the 21st-century producers of the show send out there in all good conscience a beautiful aspirational love story predicated on an episode of wife beating? And if they insisted on going to such a dark place, why is there no real dialogue between them about domestic violence? Rant over :) Thanks again guys for your great interviews!

[@marypasco2213]

IMHO: The 'Spanking' scene is not what the story is predicated on. Like the men on the Xes, in 'The Watch'. If you really get down to it, that didn't need to be shown, either. But, 21st century eyes are a whole lot different than 18th. Then, domestic violence wasn't a "thing". Like the scene with 'Rabby McNabb'. Where's the uproar about that? Corsets, so many underskirts, the brothels... So many things that, by 21st century standards, were wrong. Like Selznick and 'Gone With The Wind' . He insisted the women wear period-appropriate undergarments, even though they'd never be seen. This demonstrates what 'Claire' had to realize. Like, at 'Lallybroch', when 'Jamie' and 'Jenny' were having their 'discussion' in the front room and 'Claire' kept putting her 2cents in. 'Jamie' took her into the dining room and told her "...this my place...My Time..." Things like that didn't happen that often in the books or the show. It was a "one of". The show was not built around/based on that one scene. Women died in childbirth. Many children didn't make it to their first birthday. That was the way things were back then.

[@Sutterlina1]

@@marypasco2213 Yes, I totally agree with you. The spanking is not what the story is predicated on. It's almost like their first lovers' tiff ending on a rather S&M note. It had the audience splitting their sides with laughter and cheering on (impressions from the premiere). But that is precisely my problem with it. If this had been a story about the 18th century exclusively (i.e. Claire had been an 18th-C woman) I might be inclined to go with your argument (although in that case I would question the existence of such modern respectful romance between the two....). But the very crux of the story is that emancipated 20th-C woman meets very progressive 18th-C guy. If you introduce domestic violence as the foundational act of their relationship, then give it some psychological credibility. Any 20th-century emancipated woman with the pride and self-confidence of Claire (unless into S&M) would have been badly shaken up and tremendously humiliated by the experience. She goes from pouting to discovering over night he is the love of her life. Psychologically it doesn't make sense, unless we assume she suffers from Stockholm syndrome. Any guy who punishes his wife like that and wholeheartedly believes in it would never change his attitude overnight and promise never to do it again. Total breakdown of psychological credibility. So the whole thing is a joke as a feat of character psychology and not surprisingly is presented as a bit of joke too.

[@sandicoleman1222]

I love Mrs. Fitz she was the frosting on the cake. Thank you Annette!

[@reidun-engh8824]

Ahhh, I missed Mrs Fitz so much. SO fun to see her again !!!!

[@Starshadow]

One quick bit of comment- I generally ignore the fact that what should have been worn were stays and not a corset, because the costumes aren’t meant to be 100% accurate, so it’s a design choice, which is fine- artistic license and all that- but did want to let you know that while you’re commenting “why women did that to themselves “- if they were actually wearing stays, they’re quite comfortable if done to one’s own body measurements. They aren’t meant to constrict and constrain- that’s 19th century corsets . Stays were meant keep the body in a conical shape. Corsets were meant to make curves by constricting the body. Quite different, actually.

[@bluefamily3937]

I've watched season 1 over and over and over!! I love it!

[@reidun-engh8824]

CANNOT belive you havent seen season 1.. Its the best one !!! Anette was crucial in it !!!

[@Kittycat6778]

I have watched the deleted scenes many times ,too. Wonderful character !! She was very important to moving the story along and so far her story is unfinished.

[@d2b270]

She has the same hearty laugh!

[@cedainty]

Awesome interview!!!

[@jaymiewright526]

Annette is so beautiful!

[@Blondie1972]

I'm watching the series for the third time, season 2 episode 13, I thought I saw/heard miss fitzgibbons voice that she talked to Roger at the funeral of the Reverend, am I right? or am I stupid and it wasn't a double role.. 😊 greetings from the NL ❤

[@babarasmith8897]

Isn’t she just so much fun?

[@pattidavis9654]

When is season 5&6 going to be on Netflix? They have 1-4 on it

[@nu-kaannuk7822]

Todos los actores saben la verdad de esta pareja pero no hablan claro porque no pueden por contratos pero aa Sam ya le caía la baba por Catrina y en el tiempo a ido a más ellos se quieren y an estado juntos

[@lilianaguerrero4473]

Es verdad lo que dices pero ahora está casada con otro y tienen un bebé a mi también me hubiera gustado que estén juntos

[@normajeansovereign9716]

Outlander has taken to long to make season, I lost interests

[@blancacepeda3021]

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