However, Balfe added: "I feel like there was a natural break in the storyline, where we ended up breaking. What we would’ve done, we’re gonna continue that when we go back to shoot. So, I don’t think we’ve lost anything."
It's not known where the additional location would have been, but Outlander has previously filmed in both Cape Town and Prague, as well as its usual home in Scotland.
This season has a reduced number of episodes, with eight instead of the usual 12 or 13, and comes two years after the last season.
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Roger MacKenzie actor Richard Rankin recently revealed to RadioTimes.com that there's a "real strength" to the combined family of Roger, Brianna, Jamie and Claire going into season 6, and that they have "a really strong platform to take on the external factors in season 6, like the community and the Christies arriving, the Revolutionary War, the aftermath of what happened in season 5".
"I think that Jamie found the respect for Roger," he added. "There was a lot of misunderstanding between the two of them from the off, but he's seen him in the light of what he is and has a respect and admiration for Roger, which will presumably continue from here on in."
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