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kitty + thomas | I found
— birdie’s edits
Outlander/The Crimson Field Parallels
“Outlander” viewers have only just met Roger Wakefield – the adult version of the character was introduced in the season 2 finale – but between his thick brogue, beard and turtlenecks, many are already rather smitten with the Oxford academic. Well, while “The Crimson Field” can’t help with any sort of beard or turtleneck withdrawal, the 2014 BBC WWI drama (which, sadly, only lasted one six-episode season) can assist with a severe Scottish-accent jones. Rankin plays the clean-shaven Capt. Thomas Gillan, an army surgeon with a sharp tongue and an eye for the equally opinionated volunteer nurse Kitty Trevelyan (Oona Chaplin), who has run away from her dark secrets to serve at a French field hospital.
“The Crimson Field”
Featuring: Richard Rankin (Roger Wakefield)
On: Amazon Prime
Don’t mind my friend. One of the best, but the word ‘abrupt’ was coined for him.
I don’t m i n d him.
The Crimson Field Recap E5
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“You drive me mad, but I’d never hurt you.”
Thomas to Kitty in The Crimson Field and my shipper heart explodes!
What about The Crimson Field, did you like working on that? Is that something you always thought of being in, period drama?
I love period stuff, I love period drama and I fell in love with that script and I still love that project. Sarah Phelps is a fantastic writer, her characters are beautifully drawn and she’s basically written her characters with a very detailed and rich back story, she puts so much thought and consideration into where the character has been prior to where the story kicks off, she kind of does a detailed biography of the character prior 10 years for example and it’s so insightful and so incredibly useful as an actor to have that as a resource. She was always on hand if you had any questions, but god, that woman really knows how to write drama.
I always find it so amazing how somebody can keep all this detail in their head and know so much about each individual character as if they’re a real person…
She was so passionate about it and it was her baby. You could tell it wasn’t just a job for her. She is so passionate about everything she puts to paper. She had given me a rough indication of where the characters were heading after the first series and honestly some of the story lines for the characters had the hair standing on the back of my neck because they were so beautifully written, or so harrowing. They had such depth to them, so the fact that it didn’t go on for another series was a bit disappointing. Actually, it was heartbreaking.
That must be so sad, when you really fall for a character you’re playing?
Yeah and a story you really want to tell. I mean that’s the kind of politics of it, but the actual experience was amazing I loved working on it from start to finish. I also got to work with some really, really rich talent and some really experienced actors. You know, Hermione Norris and Kevin Doyle – you learn a lot from these people.
- Richard Rankin | wonderlandmagazine 2015