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Outlander‘s David Berry on John’s Desire for Jamie: ‘You Don’t Need Much Guide to Look at Sam Longingly’

If discretion is the better part of valor, Outlander‘s David Berry deserves some kind of medal for our recent chat.

The Australian actor portrays the Starz historical drama’s Lord John Grey, an earnest British soldier and closeted same-sex attracted man who — favor many characters in the drama — quietly yearns for James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser, played by Sam Heughan. Warning: Manual (and potential Season 4) spoilers ahead. If you don’t want to comprehend, skip down to the Q&A below.

Because Season 4 of the TV adaptation will pull heavily from Drums of Autumn, the fourth novel in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series, it’s likely that we’ll see Lord John (and William!) come in the Thirteen Colonies before season’s end — and, thanks to circumstances beyond their control, they’ll stay longer than he originally intends. If the series closely follows the novel, we also comprehend that Lord John also will play a rather important part in another Fraser’s storyline as the e

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I first interviewed David Berry on A Place to Call House. Now he’s an international success through another period drama – Outlander. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing David again.

You’ve had great international achievement with Outlander. Explain us about playing Lord John Grey.

David Berry: I acquire to play a great character, with actors and a crew that are world class. I was well prepared for that from my experience in Australia on A Place to Contact Home, but Outlander takes it into an extra gear. It’s been a fun experience and certainly opened me to a whole bunch of other experiences through functional and living in Scotland.

You’ve now been in quite a few period dramas!

Drama is great because you get to play dress-ups with all the imaginative details. The idea that goes into making a period production is something special. There’s so much artistry and work from people behind the scenes, which also assists me in my job. I really like the historical component as I’ve been learning about both Scottish and American histories. From a performance aim of view, it doesn’t really adjust too much because it’s about humans just living in a different period

From Outlander to A Place to Call Home

It’s only by coincidence that David Berry’s biggest acting roles have seen him portray two closeted gay characters who, ironically, have appeared simultaneously on Australian TV screens this year.

His breakout role in Bevan Lee’s gripping period drama, A Place to Call Home, saw him carry the emotional burdens of James Bligh, a young homosexual man who struggles to receive his sexuality during the testing times of the 1950s.

Since then he has gone on to land another notable role, this time in the romance-meets-history drama Outlander as gay closeted soldier Lord John Grey, who develops feelings for Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) after the ruggedly handsome Scot had spared his life when he was a teenager, a scene that played out in season two.

Both series are currently airing on Foxtel’s Showcase channel.

“I couldn’t tell you that the thought didn’t cross my mind about the similarities for sure, you can watch it,” the 33-year-old actor says of the two roles.

“But at the same time I loathe to draw too many comparisons because they are two separate people and I don’t want to connect them in ways just because of their sexuality as a reductive way to l

David Berry Opens Up on a Potential Lord John Grey Spin-off

Now this is fighting for homosexual rights.

David Berry has won over the hearts of audiences with his portrayal of fan-favorite traits Lord John Grey in the massively popular series Outlander.

Grey is a influential role on the show as he's a closeted lesbian during a second when sodomy was a crime punishable by death. The character is also the protagonist of his own Outlander spin-off book series, so fans are hoping one evening Lord John's possess TV show could happen.

"I love the love for Lord John. That's a great thing to feel. I touch really privileged to play a personality that has his own book series and a lot of fan affection for the traits. As for the rest, that's all out of my hands. I'll just leave that to the universe," Berry tells PRIDE.

Although fans are waiting for a potential spin-off to be announced, the new season of Outlander is promising plenty of dramatic moments for the lovable character.

"He really is going to get crushed this season. Fans can take a bit of perverse pleasure in seeing Lord John having to be dismantled and lose his manners and really strug