Ladies and gents, the long wait is over. Last week, Tall Ship Productions announced the casting of Sophie Skelton as Brianna Fraser.
As soon as the news broke, I tweeted Ms. Skelton, welcoming her to the Outlander family. Because we are one, big, global family, aren’t we? And then I said your life is about to change. Because that’s also true. I hope she’s ready, ehehe.
So who is Sophie Skelton?
Sophie is a trained singer and ballet dancer and has appeared in various stage productions, including Fiddler on the Roof, Les Mis and West Side Story. Unknown to American audiences, she has quite a few productions to her credit in the UK including Doctors, DCI Banks, Waterloo Road, Foyle’s War and Casualty — Forsaking All Others.
Fans of the books have been very opinionated about the physical attributes of each actor cast to play their favourite characters, and this has been no exception. Is she tall enough? Her hair is the wrong colour!
Have faith, people.
Lovely as a brunette, Sophie showed off her newly-dyed red tresses for the Starz promotional photo. She’s five-feet-eight (my height, by the way lol) which may not be the sixish feet described in Diana’s novels, but it will still work. Why? Because Ron D. Moore and the gang know exactly what they’re doing. Honestly, have you been disappointed by any of their castings thus far?
I rest my case.
Mood: enamoured
