Outlander star Caitríona Balfe joins a solid that features two Marvel stars in a film primarily based on a outstanding true story. The function comes as followers eagerly await Outlander season 8, which marks the top of the long-running collection that includes Balfe as Claire Fraser. Balfe has been taking part in Claire because the hit Starz present primarily based on Diana Gabaldon’s novels first debuted in 2014. Whereas she is finest identified for her Outlander function, Balfe has additionally starred in Ford v Ferrari, Belfast, and the Netflix collection The Darkish Crystal: Age of Resistance.

In accordance with Deadline, Balfe has been solid in Apple Unique Movies’ Tenzing, which is predicated on the real-life story of the Nepalese mountaineer Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, as he and New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary turned the primary to efficiently attain Mount Everest’s summit. Balfe is ready to play a buddy of Tenzing’s, Jill Henderson, who helps manage the journeys up Mount Everest. Marvel stars Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe are already a part of Tenzing’s solid, with Hiddleston taking part in Hillary and Dafoe taking part in Colonel John Hunt. The movie is directed by Jennifer Peedom, who beforehand helmed the 2015 documentary Sherpa.

What This Means For Caitríona Balfe

Her Submit-Outlander Profession Begins To Take Form

With filming having already wrapped on Outlander season 8, Tenzing marks one in all Balfe’s first roles within the aftermath of the Starz present that has largely outlined her profession. As a buddy of Tenzing and as the one who organizes the journeys up Mount Everest, Jill Henderson is a vital character, though she is not going to be the first focus of the film, which might be on Tenzing and Hillary. Balfe’s half is not going to be as outstanding as Claire in Outlander, however she’s going to nonetheless be a significant a part of the story.

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Peedom’s information from her documentary Sherpa and her historical past of working with the Sherpa group will even be important for Balfe’s character. It’s because the real-life Henderson organized Sherpa groups for expeditions, and this can issue into the journey that Tenzing and Hillary undertake. Henderson might be fairly a unique function in comparison with Claire, and can assist pave the way in which for Balfe’s post-Outlander profession.

Our Take On Caitríona Balfe Being Solid In Tenzing

Her Profession Will Proceed To Be Thrilling After Outlander

Balfe has been important to the success of all Outlander’s seasons, bringing compassion, vulnerability, and braveness to Claire that has made her a riveting character to look at. As somebody who has loved her appearing in Outlander and her voicing the Gelfling Tavra within the underrated Darkish Crystal: Age of Resistance, I’m intrigued by her function in Tenzing. Outlander is the function she’s going to most likely at all times be finest identified for, however she’s going to proceed to excel in Tenzing and in all different tasks that she joins.

Supply: Deadline

Outlander

7/10

Launch Date

August 9, 2014

Showrunner

Matthew B. Roberts