Outlander star Sam Heughan has revealed he had dinner with Star Trek legend William Shatner.
The 35-year-old let slip about his encounter with the Hollywood actor at the premiere of the new series of Outlander.
He said: “I had dinner with William Shatner last week and I couldn’t believe it. He’s a fan of the show.
“He’s really funny, and I owe him dinner now. I still can’t believe I met him!”
The latest instalment of the show is adapted from Diana's second novel Dragonfly in Amber and will be available on Amazon Prime Video from Sunday.
It sees Jamie and Claire – played by Irish actor Caitriona Balfe – travel to Paris to infiltrate the brewing Jacobite rebellion led by Bonnie Prince Charlie and prevent the bloodshed of the Battle of Culloden.
As he told the Evening Times earlier this week, Sam has clearly enjoyed tackling such a pivotal historic period
"It is something I grew up with – the history of Scotland," he says. "I imagined myself as Bonnie Prince Charlie, Robert the Bruce and William Wallace.
"These are all great stories that we grow up with and it has been interesting to learn more about the actual period that I maybe romanticised – or that we have romanticised in our culture."
Outlander season two will be available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video from April 10 with new episodes airing weekly.
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