{"id":139644,"date":"2023-10-23T00:23:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T00:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/?p=139644"},"modified":"2023-10-23T00:23:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T00:23:12","slug":"outlanders-sam-heughan-details-surprising-career-before-becoming-an-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/tv-and-movies\/outlanders-sam-heughan-details-surprising-career-before-becoming-an-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"Outlanders Sam Heughan details surprising career before becoming an actor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Outlander\u2019s Sam Heughan wasn\u2019t always going to be an actor as he had another job in mind that he wasn\u2019t very good at.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Starz subscribers best know the Scottish star, who has admitted to going “commando” while on set with his Men In Kilts co-star Graham McTavish, for portraying the heroic Jamie Fraser who has been in Outlander for nine years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before the romantic time travel drama, Heughan – who was forced to give up acting and sign on at the Job Centre before he scored his breakout role – did have roles in other projects like A Princess for Christmas, Island at War, Young Alexander the Great and Doctors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Long before any on-screen credits though, the Outlander actor had a completely different career in mind. Opening up on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Heughan talked of wanting to be a magician growing up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI probably wanted to be a lot of things growing up but I think I did give it a go for a little while\u201d, Heughan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I realised\u2026 I didn\u2019t want to put in the work, you know?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to put on the outfit, the hat and the cape and the wand and all that stuff but actually learning the tricks, I was just rubbish at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fallon joked: \u201cSo you\u2019d just show up and go \u2018Aha\u2019 and then \u2018watch me disappear\u2019 and then leave yeah, that was your only trick.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI could juggle a little bit but I mean, come on, that\u2019s something\u201d, Heughan added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s why I became an actor, so then I could put on the clothes, pretend to be someone and then not do any of the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then listed some of his other career paths over the years, including delivering sandwiches by bicycle, selling women\u2019s clothing in Harrods and working in an Irish pub.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Luckily, Heughan was able to give all that up so he could pursue his true passion of acting, bringing to life the iconic Jamie Fraser in Outlander.\u00a0<\/p>\n