If the sex scenes are legion in Outlander, an intimate sequence from episode 2 of season 6 stands out among the others. In question ? Its unusual side to say the least.
Warning, this article contains spoilers for the sixth season of the series!
Available on Netflix at the rate of one episode per week since March 7, season 6 of Outlander focuses in particular on the consequences of the tragic events that occurred at the end of the previous season. Marsali (Lauren Lyle), pregnant, was hit in the head there by Lionel Brown’s men (Ned Dennehy) when they came to kidnap Claire (Caitriona Balfe).
When season 6 begins, Fergus (César Domboy) blames himself for not having been able to protect his wife from this vicious attack and drowns in alcohol, abandoning Marsali. However, when, in the second episode of the season, the latter has difficulties during her delivery, the young Frenchman ends up agreeing to go to her bedside. An astonishing sex scene follows…
Indeed, Fergus explains to Claire that he knows an unconventional technique to help future mothers during difficult deliveries: “massage and suckle a woman’s breast“, what “encourages movement of the uterus”.
A technique, learned during his childhood in a Parisian brothel, which he applies in front of a Claire who prefers to slip away and let the lovers find each other! After frolics, which the other characters hear through a door, little Henri-Christian actually points the tip of his nose.
How was this scene shot?
The series’ new intimacy coordinator, Vanessa Coffey, was obviously present during the filming of this astonishing sex scene, which was already present in Diana Gabaldon’s book. The actors were thus not taken by surprise.
AT TV LineLauren Lyle claims to have had “good conversations” with the coordinator and says: “We figured out why it was happening and what we wanted to do with it. We found a solution, and it was great”. And to add with a laugh: “The godsend is that everything is done with prostheses so it’s nice and it helps a lot.”
As for César Domboy, he says: “It’s almost like a choreography at a certain point, because it’s me and Lauren biting into each other like, ‘OK, do we have to do this? Do I have to move there?’ Because you have to be aesthetic at some point, and to sell something like that, it has to be watchable… We found our rhythm.“