Joey Phillips and Izzy Meikle Small introduce us to Denzell and Rachel Hunter.
While William recovers, Ian gets to know Rachel.
And we have a feeling this isn’t the last we’ll be seeing of either of them.
Joey Phillips and Izzy Meikle Small on ‘Outlander’.Robert Wilson/Starz
Denny’s been very much a parent figure and a brother figure to Rachel.
They’re very, very close, very protective of each other.
When we meet them in the show, they’re at a life turning point."
“He believes in liberty and thinks that it’s worth fighting for it.
And Rachel comes with him; I drag her along to war.
The siblings are “constantly trying to reconcile our faith and our situation,” Small adds.
“It’s a lot to be emotionally coping with.
“It’s big shoes to fill, because my knife skills are not great,” he confesses.
“A lot of them are very faith-based,” Small says.
“They’re reconciling a lot of insecurities.
They’re being questioned by people about their faith and that’s hard.
Being around all of that violence, they’re both very empathetic and they’re both impacted.
Being around that much pain and struggling and suffering really takes its toll on both of them.
Rachel has some difficult romantic decisions to make and she really struggles with that as well.”
“He also slightly struggles with their relationship in that she’s becoming this young woman.
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