The first thing everyone noticed was the pairs upon pairs of actual Scottish legs.

I was like, oh my God, you have legs, recalls executive producer Maril Davis.

I mean, Ive never seen most of the Scottish crews legs before.

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I have never seen so much leg skin in my life.

And EW was on setrightwhen the ships were preparing to set sail (so to speak).

And since nooneimage can best capture the unique experience, were publishingthreecovers!

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Or you could buy the whole sethere.

Hint: Its not what you were expecting, fans!

(All together now:Ewwww).

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I loved it, Balfe told EW about the South African shoot.

And the scripts were quite physically intensive.

Either youre out on the beaches all day or traipsing through a jungle.

But I relished the chance to get down and dirty.