With Caitriona Balfe now unable to attend Starfury’s Highlanders 3 convention, it’s time to look at adding new guests. Here are five guests who we’d love to see attend the event.
Due to filming schedule clashes, Caitriona Balfe has had to drop out of the Starfury Highlanders 3 convention. This Outlander convention only was set to see her attend for the Saturday and Sunday as one of the “bonus” guests. Tobias Menzies, Richard Rankin, Sophie Skelton, and others are still scheduled to attend.
Starfury has said that it will attempt to add more guests to the lineup. This is something Creation Ent did when Sam Heughan had to cancel his appearance at the Outlander Las Vegas con. Now it’s time to look at the wishlist of guests to attend the event.
Here are five guests that would be awesome, especially based on the stars already there.
Note: I am leaving Sam Heughan off, purely because there may be a schedule clash for him too and he’d be the obvious one, right?
5. Cesar Domboy
Cesar does attend a lot of conventions. He’s been added as one of the newest guests to Las Vegas, which takes place this weekend, and just recently attending the Paris’ LandCon 2 event. Unless his schedule doesn’t allow, there is a chance he’d turn up at the convention for the fans.
One of the reasons I’d love to see him at Highlanders 3 is because Lauren Lyle is there. She plays Marsali in the series, so there would be the chance of Fersali photoshoots. Having one with this adorable couple would certainly be something to aim for!
4. Duncan Lacroix
It’s not often you’ll see Duncan Lacroix at a fan event. He even recently took himself off Twitter. But he’s beloved as Murtagh and many fans would love the chance to meet him in person. Starfury Highlanders 3 would be the perfect opportunity for that.
Duncan is more important than ever now. After being saved in Outlander Season 3, we now get a storyline that’s purely made up for the character in Season 4. Whether he’ll replace another character or not is currently unknown. Maybe an appearance at the British con would give us some sort of idea about that. We can hope and dream, right?
3. Laura Donnelly
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Laura Donnelly is certainly a busy lady, but that doesn’t stop her from being an awesome potential guest for a convention. A UK con would be perfect, since it’s the West End where she tends to be the busiest, although she making a name for herself in Broadway. London to Birmingham isn’t too bad (and I know because I’ve driven and trained it plenty of times in the past).
With Sophie Skelton appearing, it would be fun to have a panel with Jenny and Brianna together. The two will share some scenes in the upcoming season as aunt and niece, so it would be fun to find out a few bits and pieces about Outlander Season 4 from them!
2. Nell Hudson
As much as Laoghaire isn’t a favorite character, Nell Hudson is a wonderful and talented actress. It’s not often we get to see her at fan conventions with her own busy schedule. She does have a series regular role in another period drama, Victoria, after all.
With Lauren Lyle and Sophie Skelton attending, seeing Nell there would be fun. We could get mother and daughter photo ops and panels with the three talented women to find out more of what to expect between them all. Outlander Season 4 is going to be an exciting season for the females in the series, so getting as much off-screen fun with them together would be perfect.
1. Gary Young
Mr. Willoughby stole our hearts in Outlander Season 3. One of my favorite changes from the books was his characterizations and storyline. We got to see a man who brought a sad tale but managed to find a beautiful soul he could spend the rest of his life with. He was kind-hearted and loyal, everything Jamie needed at the time.
Seeing Gary at Starfury Highlanders 3 would be cool. There are many questions that fans have about his role and the changes made–and with the way things wrapped for him and Margaret Campbell, there is the chance that he’ll show up again.
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Who would you like to see attend Starfury Highlanders 3 now that Caitriona Balfe can’t make it? Share your wishlist of guests in the comments below.
Highlanders 3 takes place August 10-12 at Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, UK. Get your tickets for the event here.