‘Outlander’ Casts Charles Vandervaart as Jamie Fraser’s Secret Son for Season 7
variety.comSharareh Drury administratorBarely a week has passed since the intense sixth season finale of “Outlander,” and Starz has already added a fresh cast member for its upcoming seventh season.Charles Vandervaart (“Lost in Space,” “The Craft: Legacy”) is joining the historical drama series in the role of William Ransom, who is the secret son of Jamie Fraser, played by Sam Heughan.Production for Season 7 began in Scotland last month, with Vandervaart joining series regulars Caitríona Balfe, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin and John Bell.
He is a highly anticipated character from Diana Gabaldon’s books, of which the Starz series is based on.William, the ninth Earl of Ellesmere, will enthusiastically arrive in Wilmington to join the British Army and help put an end to the escalation tensions in the American Colonies.
He is actually the biological son of Jamie Fraser and Geneva Dunsany (who in Season 3 blackmailed Jamie into a one-night stand, and the result was Willie).
When Geneva and William’s supposed father, Ludovic Ransom, died, Lord John Grey (David Berry) and his wife Isobel, who was Geneva’s sister, took on the responsibility to raise him.
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