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Its on the east coast south of Edinburgh.
Its just a big estate with a big beautiful manor house where we used the insides.
Starz
All of those things are great for us.
We attempt to stay as close to the studio as possible.
But as weve gone three seasons, we started to do what you would call shooting it out.
Aimee Spinks/Starz
You know, we shot this area.
We shot that area.
We now are moving into our fourth season of shooting.
Were expanding the reach a little bit.
It has to not look so much like Scotland anymore.
There was so much story to cover in this episode.
Geneva is there…and then gone!
So long, Lord Ellesmere!
How challenging was it?Thats normally the biggest challenge of doing any episode.
We have to hit those high points.
There are so many people who read the books and pick out moments that are special to em.
So, its not only the fans who do it, but the writers do it, as well.
Thats usually the biggest challenge.
Did it take a long time to find 11-year-old Clark Butler, who played Willie?Surprisingly it didnt.
He kind of jumped out at us during casting.
And the way we cast now isnt the way we cast, you know, even five years ago.
Before, everybody would come in and read.
Now much of it is done online.
So, [the casting director] gathers them all up and then sends them.
We can watch [auditions] on our iPhones if we wanted to.
And we were all spread out all over; all over the place when we watched the casting.
Clark jumped right out.
And we dont normally always agree.
Were you looking for a perfect resemblance to Jamie?No.
We cast the best person for the role.
Thats been true with almost every single person weve cast.
Sam is not really like the way Jamie is described in the book and Claire isnt described like Caitriona.
But now theyre beloved.
Theyve taken over what people imagine in the books.
I think thats a testimony to their acting and how theyve really brought these characters to life.
Thats the way we cast now.
We were talking about actually getting the Bob Dylan version.
And then he won the Nobel Prize so we were like,oh, well never get that.
And then we heard this band cover it and kind of fell in love with it.
It really sang to us because of Jamie and Claire being separated.
Thats why it won out.
We very rarely use contemporary songs.
But that one really worked out.
You sure stepped up the sex between Jamie and Geneva.With Jamie and Geneva, its definitely sex.
Its absolutely, purely sex.
Its certainly clinical for Jamie.
But there is a lack of intimacy.
Hes just doing it to get out of the predicament that hes in.
But we step up the intimacy between Jamie and Claire.
Its more about showing the smaller, intimate moments between the couple once they get back together.
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And the discussion about episode 4 isnt over yet!
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