Andrew Gower was a guest at The Final Word by Toffee TV, a fan channel for English football team Everton.
You can watch the full interview on their YouTube channel and below.
Andrew Gower, a true “Toffee” (aka Everton fan), has previously been interviewed by ToffeeTV and the BlueRoom podcast, both devoted Everton fan channels. Both interviews are still available via the links below:
Variety reported exclusively on 25 February 2022 that an Outlander prequel series is in development at Starz. Exact plot details are so far kept under wraps and open for speculation.
Fans of the show have been hoping for a spin-off centered around popular character Lord John Grey (played by Australian actor David Berry). When the audience meets (John) William Grey for the first time during the Jacobite Rising of 1745 (Season 2), he is only 15 years old and played by young English actor Oscar Kennedy. This seems to rule out his story for a prequel series although there is plenty of source material in the form of Diana Gabaldon’s LJG novellas and short stories.
In 2013, Gabaldon also published the novella Virgins with a young Jamie Fraser and best friend Ian Murray (aged 19 and 20 respectively) serving as mercenaries in 1740’s France. Given the popularity of both characters, this certainly seems like an option, even though actors Sam Heughan and Steven Cree (both born in 1980) might not be able to reprise their roles for this potential prequel.
Still a work in progress is a novel about Jamie Fraser’s parents, Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser. Their wild love story would be set in early 18th century Scotland and could touch on the First Jacobite Rising of 1715. This sounds like the most plausible choice as it would feature a lot of the elements that made Outlander such a hit in the first place.
After the recent #BonnieComeback, the Daily Express also talked exclusively with Andrew Gower about the possibility of a prequel series focusing on a young Bonnie Prince Charlie.
Would I be interested in a Bonnie Prince Charlie prequel? I mean, I went back for season six, so I would work with those guys. I would work with that team at the drop of a hat. They’re an amazing team.
The interesting thing about Bonnie Prince Charlie – maybe I’m getting too old to play him – who knows? To play him at the beginning… but ultimately his life story is fascinating.
If they don’t do a story about him then I’m pretty sure there will be another film or something soon. Because I had such fun playing him and so many different ways I could have played him and so many different parts of his life you can look at.
Source: Express.co.uk
The interview concludes with our favourite bit of information:
Whether a Bonnie Prince Charlie prequel series is also on the cards remains to be seen, but Gower is now busy with a whole host of other projects.
Source: Express.co.uk
As much as we love our “Mr Mark Me”, we’re also excited to see Andrew Gower taking on new roles that allow him to show his versatility as an actor. We already know that one of his new projects is playing Detective Peter Andrews in Season 4 of Netflix hit series You with more acting jobs to be announced soon.
Andrew is also currently preparing the launch of his first EP The Jacaranda with his band Gustaffson on 19 August 2022.
ETA (4 August 2022):
Variety confirmed today that the rumoured prequel Outlander: Blood of my Blood would indeed – as speculated above – focus on the love story of Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser, Jamie Fraser’s parents.
Andrew Gower is a special guest at the Off The Beat & Track podcast talking about “growing up, bands, school, confidence, clubbing, and so much more” with host Stuart Whiffen.
The podcast is available here or where you’d normally get your podcast or you can watch it on YouTube below with the added bonus of a video!
Enjoy!
Off The Beat & Track is a podcast from Stu Whiffen which is released through Scroobius Pips Distraction Pieces Network.
Each episode feature a conversation with a special guest who will select 7 songs which have sound tracked their creative journey to date. We talk about songs that remind them of growing up, school, clubbing, home and so much more
Expect a warm, honest and funny chat with some fantastic guests.
Source: Off The Beat & Track
Elbow‘s singer and lyricist Guy Garvey will be joined this Sunday by Andrew Gower for Gustaffson‘s “first ever radio play”.
Tune into BBC Radio 6 Music on 1 August 2022 at 2 pm (BST) for Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour. The episode will also be available online later for 30 days.
The Daily Express released an exclusive interview with Andrew Gower in which they talked about his return to hit series Outlander and his iconic role as Bonnie Prince Charlie as well as the upcoming release of his first EP The Jacaranda with his band Gustaffson.
It was so nice to be able to bookend that whole journey and because myself and Sam Heughan, a few of the cast, had always spoken about Bonnie Prince Charlie’s journey, how he dressed up as Betty Burke and left Scotland. It was really special to be back. Odd going back to a character after so long.
The amazing thing about being an actor is the older we get, we change and are influenced by different things. So, I think definitely Bonnie Prince Charlie definitely aged a little bit in the Scottish countryside.
Source: Express.co.uk
I’ve always written music since I was 16. I was in bands in Liverpool. I did the Cavern many a time.
But I had started songwriting again during lockdown and [Elbow‘s] Craig [Potter] caught wind of these tracks after having just filmed together on Running Naked and basically he asked me whether I wanted to make my EP with him. I fell to my knees in my kitchen.
Source: Express.co.uk
Andrew Gower met up with British actor and presenter Cel Spellman in his very first Instragram Live to talk all things Gustaffson and the release of their first single and EP The Jacaranda.
If you missed watching the interview live, it is now available on YouTube:
Pre-order the EP and listen to the single The Jacaranda now!
Starz have released a fun Behind the Scenes video and interview with Andrew Gower celebrating the #BonnieComeback on Outlander‘s season 6 episode 5 “Give me Liberty” where Bonnie Prince Charlie met Scottish heroine Flora MacDonald (played by Shauna Macdonald)
Watch it on YouTube!
Visit our Gallery for more screencaps from this episode!
Town & Country interviewed Andrew Gower briefly at the Outlander Season 6 premiere event in London about his #BonnieComeback:
“When I left the character, it was 4 years ago, 5 years ago so I did the research on what happened [to Bonnie Prince Charlie]. Spending time as an outcast in Scotland for the prince was never his idea, so when you do meet him this season he’s not in a particularly good shape of mind. But there’s plenty of lovely fairy tales, stories that the MacKinnon family wrote about him when he was hiding up near Skye in Scotland so I read all of them.”
Source: Town & Country
Asked whether it was difficult to step back into the Prince’s shoes, Andrew Gower replied:
“It feel like wearing an old glove again, getting back into the character.”
Source: Town & Country
What a #BonnieComeback!
Andrew Gower attended the Outlander Season 6 premiere event in London tonight and we’re thrilled to share some pictures and videos with you from the event.
You can watch the entire red carpet on the Outlander Facebook page. Andrew appears at time stamp 38:23 giving a short interview teasing his return as Bonnie Prince Charlie and wearing an “even more ridiculous outfit” than the “human shortbread” one he’s worn before.
Did you attend the event and do you have more pictures and stories? Please contact us!
Visit out Gallery for more pictures from the event! Keep checking back as we’ll update this article and the Gallery as soon as we find out more!
We are starting of the new year with a bit of a surprise!
Who better to have a chat about Eliza Scarlet‘s best friend and investor Rupert Parker with than the actor himself who portrayed him so beautifully in Season 1?
Thank you so much, Andrew Gower, for joining us, for your insights and the laughs! 💙
As always you can listen to the Scarleteers Podcast by clicking the link in the menu on the top of the page or wherever you usually listen to your Podcasts (Audible, iTunes, Spotify, etc).
For more information on Andrew’s first band Emerson and upcoming projects with The Gustaffsons and Humpty Fu*king Dumpty visit Andrew-Gower.co.uk or follow Andrew Gower Fans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Happy New Year, Scarleteers!
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