Sam Heughan Says He Felt ‘Betrayed’ By ‘Outlander’ Team For Showing Full Frontal Nudity In Male Rape Scene
Actor Sam Heughan said Outlander’s creative team “betrayed (his) trust” with their decision to include full-frontal nudity in a rape scene. In his memoir Waypoints: My Scottish Journey, Heughan revealed that he had a disagreement with the STARZ team about the scene. Although he contractually agreed to nudity on-screen, the actor felt it was “unnecessary” to show his genitals in this particular scene. “I pushed back,” Heughan wrote, “reasoning that nudity sexualized a horrific experience for my character, and it sparked quite a debate.” The scene aired during the first season of the series. It ...