'Outlander': Ron Moore teases 'surprises and twists' for Season 2 

\'Outlander\': Ron Moore teases \'surprises and twists\' for Season 2

"Outlander" fans are currently going through the "Outlander drought" ... or as it\'s better known, the "#Droughtlander." But they\'re already starting to think (dream?) about Season 2, based on the second of the series, "Dragonfly in Amber."

Who will be playing some important roles in Season 2, and how will the "Dragonfly in Amber" season flow?  Zap2it spoke with executive producer Ron Moore about plans for Season 2 at the winter TV press tour.

While Season 1 has, so far, followed Diana Gabaldon\'s book "Outlander" pretty faithfully, Moore says things may be a little different in Season 2. Starz head Chris Albrecht says he\'s "hopeful that we will get through every book" in the series, and "we certainly have plans to continue the franchise as long as it is working."

During "Outlander\'s" 2015 winter press tour panel, Moore says Season 2 won\'t move locations outside of Scotland despite the story taking place in Paris. They will build Parisian interiors on their stages, but are currently looking for exteriors to double as 18th century streets in the French city.

Asked by Zap2it if he plans are to follow the structure of "Dragonfly in Amber" as he has with "Outlander," Moore replies, "To an extent. We are playing around with the structure of it, the surprise of it. And we have some ideas for some twists that we think would surprise even the readers of the books."

"It is interesting, when you open the second book, and you\'re like, \'Wait a minute, did I miss something?\'" Moore says. "Which is great on one level, because any time you can surprise an audience, that\'s gold. They get used to knowing what\'s going to happen next. So, I want to preserve that, but I think there\'s way to tinker with it, and play around with it so it\'s not quite as jarring, so you don\'t feel like you\'ve clicked into the wrong show."

As for casting, Moore reiterates there are no plans to cast an older Claire. Star Caitriona Balfe will definitely be getting some makeup work done. In terms of seeing Tobias Menzies\' Frank in the time when Claire left him, Moore says it won\'t happen again in Season 1 but "the story does revisit Frank in the 21st century in book 2, so in the second season we will."

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But what about the other two big leads in Season 2, Brianna and Roger? Moore says they have "started the casting process," but no one has been selected. 

As for the look of Brianna, and trying to match an actress to Balfe, Moore says they want someone who looks close to Sam Heughan and Balfe, "as much as they can," but that embodying the character is more important. "You can\'t get too tied into [appearance] as an idea. You don\'t want her to look so radically different that there\'s no way, but it has to be within the bounds," he says. "You\'re looking for a good actress because she\'s so important going forward.

"But yes, ideally, you want her to be tall, you want to see Jamie and Claire in her, but that\'s a lower priority for me than that she feels like Brianna." 

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Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe)

Jamie Fraser (Sam Heugan), Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe) and Dougal MacKenzie (Graham McTavish)

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