Season eight of Outlander will premiere on March 6, and it will conclude the decade-long series.
Actor Sam Heughan has been with the show since it premiered back in 2014, and during 92NY's recent cast panel, he got transparent about how he really feels now that the beloved show is coming to an end.
© Getty ImagesThe end of an era
Sam comically revealed: "It's been a pleasure to be in this show and to finally be finished. Thank God it's over. What a journey it's been honestly… I don't wanna say anything else about this journey. Jesus, I think we're all exhausted. It was so emotional last night [at the Outlander final season premiere]."
The actor expressed his gratitude for being a staple on the hit show for so long, especially with Hollywood's fast-paced nature.
He shared: "I guess we're very lucky. We've done this show over a decade, and we got to grow up with the characters and live their experiences in a way. It's very rare I think to do that in a TV show, so I feel very, very grateful, very fortunate to have grown with the character, even thinking back to 2014 and doing the first interviews and the first season. We're very, very different people but the characters are as well. I think this season for me [with] Jamie – he's older and lived through a lot."
© Getty ImagesSam's take on his character Jamie
His character Jamie Fraser is 70 but the actor joked about how well he looks for his age and added that he's "not a day over 65."
Sam continued to analyze Jamie and said: "He's grown and he's come to this point, and I think in this season, you see how he's become very fragile, I think in some ways."
The entertainer continued: "He's got chinks in his armor, and he knows what he's got to lose. And he's obviously concerned because he's [been] told that he's about to face perhaps his death."
© WireImageSam gets hypothetical about his role
Sam also humorously mentioned what he believes Jamie would be like in today's day and age.
He revealed: "He's a man of the time and has his own beliefs, but obviously through Claire, the modern lady that she is, he's learned a lot and evolved quite a great deal. I don't think he would do very well [in today's day and age]. I'm glad that he doesn't time travel."
The actor comically added that there's one thing he would change about his role and said: "I was always a bit [expletive] off because I always wanted to do – putting on a pair of jeans and boots would have been quite nice to go work in a t-shirt."
© Getty ImagesThe start of his career
In 1998 Sam joined the Lyceum Youth theatre in Edinburgh, where his love for acting began.
The following year he began studying acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and graduated in 2003. After school, he began landing gig after gig and the rest was history.
