How Outlander Season 6 Episode 2 Filmed Intimate Birth Scene
The cast and crew of Outlander recent spoke on how exactly they filmed Marsali's intimate birth scene during season 6, episode 2. Marsali is played by Lauren Lyle and is married to Fergus, played by César Domboy. Their love for each other has proven to conquer external circumstances, including Fergus' shame from being born in brothel, which he also believed would lead to the disapproval of Marsali's mother, Laoghaire, regarding a marriage to Marsali.
Although it took some convincing, Marsali and Fergus were eventually married, and in season 6, episode 2 of Outlander, they recently welcomed a child to their family. During the birth scene, Marsali's labor becomes increasingly treacherous and requires the intervention of Fergus to help further the birth along. He does so by kissing and caressing her breast, and the rest of how he further helped progress the labor is left to the viewers' imagination. The result, however, is a success with the birth of Henri-Christian by the end of the episode.
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Now, intimacy coordinator Vanessa Coffey, along with Lyle and Domboy, spoke with TVLine regarding the birth scene and how important Coffey and the art department were to the scene. Coffey noted that there was a large amount of research, preparation, and collaboration between herself, Domboy, and Lyle in order to produce a scene that was accurate to the time period when Outlander season 6 takes place, and also comfortable for everyone on set. Lyle sited that Coffey's presence and the use of prosthetics greatly enhanced her comfort level and her ability to fully delve into the process of portraying a birth on screen. Coffey relayed that the use of an
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