Outlander's Lauren Lyle almost contracted hypothermia filming Mercy Falls in Scottish Highlands

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Lauren Lyle is best known for her role as Marsali MacKimmie Fraser in hit time-travelling drama Outlander and, most recently, as the titular detective in Karen Pirie.Now, the Scots star has impressed in her leading role on the big screen as she features as Rhona in the brand-new thriller Mercy Falls.The film sees a group of friends hike into the Scottish Highlands in search of a long-lost cabin.But once away from civilization, a twist arises which sees suspicion, betrayal and murder.However, it wasn't just the characters who faced a somewhat disaster.Lauren has revealed she nearly contracted hypothermia whilst shooting in the freezing Scottish Highlands, reports Digital Spy.Whilst filming one scene alongside Nicolette McKeown, who plays Carla in the film, Lauren revealed she became extremely unwell.She said: "We were literally in a cave on top of a mountain in Scotland at three in the morning in minus-three-degree weather.

I almost got hypothermia."We had to stop the shoot on the final day because I was so close to getting hypothermia, and then we had to go back a month later to finish the shoot because it was so cold and so intense."The 30-year-old - who grew up in Glasgow - also described how shooting Mercy Falls was a totally different experience than filming for Outlander despite both being based in Scotland.

She said: "You're always freezing cold on Outlander , but you've got layers of skirts on and they always find little hideaway places to stuff heat packs, or a hot water bottle gets run to you.

On [ Mercy Falls ] we literally had a portaloo at the top of one of the mountains and that was kind of it. "We couldn't get cars up so you couldn't take a load of stuff, so it was a bit of a mad one at times.