The live stream was hosted by Josh Horowitz inside the center on the blue carpet.
Outlander Homepage was graciously contacted by the press representative Meg Troop, and invited to the premiere. A lovely way of saying thanks for the decade of attention to their wee series on Starz. Likewise inside the venue, Matt Roberts also thanked the bloggers and influencers, (Podcasters) for all we do! We were elated for the recognition!
Once we arrived, the invited guests were ushered over to a fan gallery. This was outside against the glass windows of the theater, so we had a view of the vehicles coming in loaded with cast members that attended. Who then came down toward us into the venue while signing autographs. And the press setting up for interviews along the blue carpet inside.
The cast showed up as couples. Their scene partners who they bantered with on the way to the blue carpet as they greeted fans and signed autographs. I'll add the photos in the order they showed up.
Diana Gabaldon came first, and did not disappoint. She saw my husband Jaime and said, "well hello" (we had dinner with her years ago in her hometown of Arizona)
David Berry and Charles Vandervaart (David was freezing)
John Bell and Izzy Meikle-Small (John was pumped for the fans)
Cesar Domboy and Lauren Lyle (Cesar spotted Matt)
Marilyn Davis and Matt Roberts
Sophie Skelton and Rik Rankin (Rik was everywhere)
Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe came last, and were gorgeous. (In my defense of the blurry photos, Sam did not stop moving)
A few red-carpet shots that are press photos.
Inside the venue as we were seated, there were cheers everytime the screen made a change on the stage, and as the cast showed up for their seats to watch episode one with us for the first time, the fans truly went crazy!
Matt made a very beautiful speech. Telling the crowd that we in all of our diverse response to Outlander, (starting with the books) became a phenomenon, a family, and could not have created the "Outlander affect" without each other!
Sam and Caitriona came to the stage to introduce the first episode, thanked each other, the cast, production, and of course the fans...
Videos I managed to get.
We headed home exhausted, it was freezing in the city and walking is essential, but with nostalgic conversation. My husband and I were recognized by a few fans for the charity events we hosted with the cast over the years, which was really cool. You can find those events here on our blog!
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