The British actress unpacks the new season of the "Outlander" spinoff series.
Hermione Corfield is bending time but still doing her best to remain present.
The 32-year-old British actress stars in “Outlander: Blood of My Blood,” the prequel to cult-favorite Starz series “Outlander.” The show chronicles the origin story and forbidden romance of original characters Jamie and Claire’s parents: Ellen and Brian, and Henry and Julia, respectively. Julia, played by Corfield, is tasked with the dubious endeavor of time traveling between WWI England and 18th-century Scotland without being exposed.
“What is unique about ‘Outlander’ is that, obviously, there’s two time periods,” Corfield says. “So, it adds a whole other layer to it of what’s it like to be a woman from World War I period, England and Scotland in the 1700s. What does that look like?”
Corfield is no stranger to period pieces having previously starred in “The Road Dance” and “The Halcyon.”
“I enjoy period dramas. The research is really fun, [and] the costumes obviously. When you put on those costumes in the morning, you’re immediately in the character,” she says.
In taking on this character, Corfield is contending with the lived experiences, interpersonal relationships and precarious social choreography of a woman existing between two worlds and doing her best to survive.
“It’s an intense acting exercise,” she says. “It’s an interesting thing to play — to be a woman from the 1920s and the 1700s. ” While modernity has its unique challenges, there’s also a degree of levity it affords that isn’t as accessible in the earlier time periods.
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