"If one of the 20th century's most important cultural icons stamps her approval in silver, it's safe to say Irvine gives a hell of a performance. They met eight years ago on the set of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, where he played the young version of Pierce Brosnan's character. Now, he's starring as Henry Beauchamp in another beloved franchise, the Outlander prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood, which premiered in August on STARZ."
"Irvine is pragmatic like that. "Never let an actor tell you that their job's hard, because they're lying," he says. "We've got tea and coffee on tap, and people to bring it to us." His spouse, Jodie Spencer, whom he married in 2024, works as a midwife. "She works in a hospital getting babies out of people," he says, "and I sort of flounce around on screen in silly costumes.""
"Blood of My Blood - thanks to its ensemble cast - is more palatable to him. "I can see how good everyone else is being and then tear myself apart in between that," he says. When he's acting, he's all in: Irvine gained nearly 30 pounds for one role, lost around 15 for another, and even got trench foot by repeatedly reenacting the Battle of Somme in Steven Spielberg's World War I drama War Horse."
Jeremy Irvine received a necklace from Cher engraved "To Jeremy. Love, Cher," which he treasures but rarely wears for fear the chain snapping. He first met Cher eight years earlier on the set of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. He stars as Henry Beauchamp in Outlander: Blood of My Blood and has been filming Season 2 in Glasgow since June. He describes acting as relatively comfortable compared with other jobs and contrasts his work with his spouse Jodie Spencer's midwifery. He avoids watching many of his own performances, embraces demanding physical transformations, and sustained trench foot while filming War Horse.
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