'Outlander' Season 2 finale spoilers: Romance between Roger and Brianna was deliberately slow

In a recent interview, cast member Richard Rankin talked about the romance between his character Roger Wakefield and Brianna in the “Outlander” Season 2 finale. The actor revealed how the book series showed the two characters fall in love “immediately,” but the TV series took the romance a little slow.

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Roger Wakefield (Richard Rankin) is a professor at Oxford. The character was introduced in the finale episode, along with Brianna (Sophie Skelton). The two characters hit it off in their first meeting, but the TV series refrained from showing them falling in love instantly.

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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Rankin said that he had extensive discussions with Skelton about where they should take the relationship of the two characters. The actors decided to take the romance a little slow, when compared to the books written by Diana Gabaldon. The cast members did this because they felt the TV series was “more realistic.”

“We wanted to give it a few beats, a few hints of what may happen with Roger and Brianna, and drop a couple of hints at what their relationship might become, especially for the people who haven’t read the books, who don’t already know what happens,” Rankin said about his character in “Outlander” Season 2 finale.

Those who have read the books know the two end up falling in love. Rankin pointed out that his character falls for Brianna “more quickly.” The actor said that Roger is an “open character,” who is “more open emotionally.” Brianna on the other hand has to be “brought out of her shell a wee bit.”

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“Outlander” Season 2 ended with a cliffhanger, with Roger revealing to Claire that Jamie (Sam Heughan) may have survived the Battle of Culloden. The protagonist had assumed that her husband had died in the battle, but now she plans to go back though the magical stone of Craigh Na Dun, to be reunited with him.