Fans of "strangers" and submit it difficult that Claire instead of Katrina Balf could play someone else. Nevertheless, it turned out that the actress was approved for this landmark role only a few days before the start of the filming.
Showranner Ronald D. Moore in an interview with Collider spoke about how Casting was held, and admitted that he at first thought it would be like choosing an actress on the role of Claire would be the easiest.
She is a smart British from the XX century, there are many such around, and we will find it quickly. But with Jamie will be difficult. How to find a king among ordinary people? Does this hero have to be a Scottish?
- Shared his memories producer.
As a result, the actor for the role of Jamie found the first. Moore recalls that when I saw Sam Huyan's sample, it was impassing the thunder, so ideally that he corresponded to the image of the chief hero of the show. But with Claire everything was much more difficult.
We tried to find a completely special quality. I wanted Claire to be smart to literally be visible as she thinks. And she had to be a talented and interesting person, and Sam is also good,
- told Showranner.
As a result, someone came across the recorded Katrina Roller, and then, when I looked at the actress in one frame with Huean, it became clear that all this time the producers were looking for her. There were only two days between the final listening and the beginning of the shooting, and if it were not for a balf, production would inevitably be broken.
But, fortunately, everything has developed successfully, and Starz has already shown five seasons of "strangers", extinguishing the show and on the sixth season.