. . . to be played by Glasgow born actor Brian McCardie. Our first new cast member for 2015!
Per wikipedia:
“Brian McCardie (born 22 January 1965 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actor. He appears in Jon Baird’s Filth, based on the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name, playing Dougie Gillman and is currently playing Jacob Engstrand in Richard Eyre’s production of Henrik Ibsen‘s Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre then transferring to The Trafalgar Studios in the West End.’
Welcome Mr. McCardie to the Outlander family: @BrianMcCardie
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I do remember reading something about Mr McCardie having been cast/having played that role in Outlander part 2 season 1. Perhaps it was in ur blog. Thanks for the refresher.
Thanks for posting although I guess it’s technically last years ?
I see the tweet was November we all obviously missed it … Lol
Thanks for the information, Candida.