They expressed shock and alarm at the glimpse of him dressed in crimson in the season five trailer. That’s certainly what book-readers might have expected Jamie to wear this season. The actor had grown quite accustomed to the freedom and fluidity of movement he enjoyed while wearing Jamie’s usual battle garment of choice: a kilt. “It’s amazing what a costume-what wearing uniform can do,” Heughan said. Large shoulder pads and a rigid structure both hold the wearer up and constrict him in a way that’s quite fitting for the bind Jamie has found himself in. The structure of the coat itself forced Heughan-and, by extension, Fraser-to adopt an unfamiliar posture.
“I wanted Jamie to look good in it-powerful.” There was definitely a physical reaction.” But as repulsed as both Heughan and Jamie might have been by the prospect of the coat, the actor wanted that inner turmoil to stand in contrast to Fraser’s external composure. Heughan got his way, and felt the true emotional impact of that choice the second he tried the new costume on: “I had a really strong reaction to it-a real revulsion. It just represents everything that Jamie’s fought against.”
I really wanted to see Jamie in this coat, because it symbolizes everything that he’s fought against-from Culloden, the British rule over the Scots, the suppression of all of their culture, and Black Jack Randall and Ardsmuir prison. “He’s really made a deal with the devil,” Heughan said.
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