![]() She added her teachers really worked with her and other aspiring artists and really made them feel like their “voices mattered”. Hailing the Oldham Theatre Workshop, O'Ryan said: “What was so amazing about that place, I credit that place as making me the person that I am and the actor that I am.” The actress was part of the workshop up until she was 19, performing twice a year in their productions. Some more recent stars include House of the Dragon's Olivia Cooke and Millie Gibson who has been cast in Doctor Who. O’Ryan was in good company there with many Coronation Street alumni starting out at the workshop including Gentleman Jack star Suranne Jones and Weatherfield favourite Antony Cotton. ![]() Her mother, who was a teacher, took O’Ryan to the theatre workshop “because I was always a kid who liked performing”. ![]() She always wanted to be a performer and first started out at the tender age of eight in her native Manchester at the Oldham Theatre Workshop. Outlander marks O'Ryan's most high-profile part to date after training at the Oxford School of Drama. It’s also important that whilst the scene is humorous and surprising, polyamory is a way of life for some people and we wanted to respect that too." I was also aware this was a book reader fan fave moment so wanted it to land. The star said: "I wanted to do the scene justice for Lizzie, a character who I have grown to love and have had the pleasure of growing up alongside. ![]() Shooting the scene was a more “serious” affair with O’Ryan saying the cast and crew didn’t want to “cheapen” the plot point by making it humorous. I’m just going to say the lines and get through it." “Everyone else was on mute because I think if I’d been in the room with people, having to say some of the lines with people laughing, I think it would have just thrown me,” she said. READ MORE: Here's a look at Fergus Fraser's real father in Outlander She went on to admit it was a relief the read-through for the story took place over Zoom due to Covid, allowing her to focus on her script without having to worry about her co-stars’ reactions. And I think she has every intention of staying with these boys.” “She loves these people and she can’t see what’s wrong with it and I think she’s been surrounded by these strong women like Claire and Brianna, who defy all to be with the people they love and I think she learnt from the best. In fact, O’Ryan said in terms of her character, this scene was huge: “For Lizzie, this moment is life or death for her. “I really had to separate my own preconceptions as a 25-year-old modern woman from Lizzie’s innocence and lust for life and excitement and this journey that she’s going on and taking ownership of her own sexuality and body and the decisions that she makes on those things.” They wanted it to be like she knew what she was doing and she is solid in that decision,” O’Ryan explained. “I think really wanted it to not be a question of whether Lizzie had had advantage taken of her. O’Ryan said it was more comical in the novel due to it being a case of mistaken identity, but hit differently in the TV show because it came not long after Malva Christie (Jessica Reynolds) had been murdered. She admitted when the season six scripts came through for Lizzie’s pivotal scene, which saw her speak to Claire Fraser ( Caitriona Balfe) about being pregnant and sleeping with both of the Beardsley twins, it was “quite funny” to read. So it was nice to have that information earlier on,” she explained. “I always try to play Lizzie with a little bit of a twinkle in her eye for men, she’s on this flirtatious, growing into a woman, sexual awakening journey. Nonetheless, O’Ryan admitted she was “surprised” when she first found out but said knowing early on meant she could build it into her portrayal of Lizzie.
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