But the show periodically visited with The Cowboy (a.k.a.
This taciturn gunslinger is very much an American archetype but is actually played by chatty Scottish actor Graham McTavish.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you get the role?
Credit: Lewis Jacobs
GRAHAM McTAVISH:I was doingOutlanderin Scotland and they approached me to go on tape.
I recorded it in the apartment I was staying in, with Edinburgh Castle in the background.
Very, very strange.
I was stuck out in Santa Fe with this little kind of splinter operation.
They had this whole period where they just shot the Saint of Killers stuff.
So I didnt meet anybody else, really.
I ran into Joe and Ruth briefly, but I was out on my own.
The first time I actuallymetSeth was at San Diego Comic-Con, earlier this year.
So, it was quite an unusual experience.
You say you put yourself on tape, but what did you actuallydo?
I mean, your character is so still and taciturn.
Did you just stare angrily at the camera for five minutes?
Yes, I basically looked threateningly at them for some considerably time.
Same with the video call, really.
No, in all seriousness, its a very interesting process playing that kind of character.
Because he doesnt say a great deal, he doesnt do anything, or say anything unnecessarily.
Its a very interesting discipline to impose upon yourself.
Thats what a lot of actors go to, to feel secure in a performance.
So yeah, I find it really, really fun to do.
Was that a difficult secret to keep?
Did any of your friends ask you what was going on?
It was a massive secret.
And Im terrible at keeping secrets.
So I pretty much just had to go into isolation and not speak to anyone.
Yeah, they were saying: Whats happening?
Why havent we seen you for two episodes?
Why are you in the 19th century?
Why is this going on?
But, yes, it was a little confusing to some of my friends.
you’re able to take a look at the second featurette, above.
