Outlander spin-off star reveals special connection to original

Fans of the time-travel romance series Outlander may be crying into their porridge that the upcoming season will be its last.

But Stan has a treat for those entwined in the tale of Jamie and Claire, the heroes whose epic love story has spanned several timelines.

A spin-off series, Outlander: Blood of my Blood, debuts on the Australian streaming platform tomorrow and Dickie had the pleasure of sitting down with show's stars Harriet Slater and Jamie Roy.

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The pair play Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser, the parents of Outlander's Jamie and they told Today Blood of my Blood tells the story of how Jamie's parents fell in love.

"Our story takes place in 1714 and we're playing these two young people who have never been in love before," Harriet said.

"They meet in a barn and it's like, bam! I think it was described in the script as two souls who just know they're fated to be together, like Romeo and Juliet, but in 1714, Scotland."

Outlander: Blood of my Blood is Jamie's first big acting role, but he revealed an interesting connection he had to the original series.

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"I auditioned for a role on the original back in the day, 'militia man number two', I think, basically a nameless man who had one line," he told Today.

"So when I got the call from my agent to say I was pinned for that, I was excited, like oh my gosh, here we go, I called my mum and said 'I'm going to be on TV, I've made it'.

"And then I was really gutted when that fell through, but then fast forward to my audition for Brian, I landed the role and was talking to the execs, who told me how they saw my first tape for 'militia man number two' and one of them noted 'this guy looks so much like Sam Heughan (the actor who plays Jamie Fraser, future son of Jamie's character, Brian)."

Outlander: Blood of my Blood premieres only on Stan from tomorrow.