Outlander star Caitriona Balfe will appear in next year’s high-octane big screen thriller The Amateur, which has just been teased with a brand new trailer.
While she’s best known for portraying the time-travelling medic Claire Fraser in all seven seasons of the hit Starz show so far, Balfe will be trading in 18th Century Scotland for modern espionage next April.
Excitement for her upcoming role is building as the next episodes of Outlander, the second half of season seven, are just days away.
Fans will only have the eighth and final season of Claire’s adventures with Jamie Fraser (played by Sam Heughan) to look forward to when it concludes, so they’ll be looking out for any new projects from the iconic pair.
Thankfully, they’ll only have to wait a few months to see Balfe taking on another fierce female role.
The riveting crime drama kicks off when Charlie Heller (Rami Malek), an introverted decoder for the CIA, develops a thirst for vengeance when his wife (Rachel Brosnahan) is mysteriously murdered.
Leading man Malek is recently known for taking on Daniel Craig’s James Bond as Lyutsifer Safin in No Time To Die and won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody.
Balfe makes a brief appearance in the trailer as a woman driving a car in some kind of hot pursuit.
For now, her character’s identity and their role in the film remains a mystery, but she’s definitely getting stuck into the action.
She’s also billed right after Malek, Laurence Fishburne and Brosnahan in the cast so Outlander fans can expect her to play a significant role.
However, brace yourselves for a performance that’s worlds away from kind-hearted healer Claire as The Amateur will see the Irish star getting fast and furious.
A synopsis for the upcoming thriller reads: “Charlie Heller is a brilliant, but deeply introverted decoder for the CIA working out of a basement office at headquarters in Langley whose life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack.
“When his supervisors refuse to take action, he takes matters into his own hands, embarking on a dangerous trek across the globe to track down those responsible, his intelligence serving as the ultimate weapon for eluding his pursuers and achieving his revenge.”
Also starring is The Matrix legend Laurence Fishburne, who warns Charlie not to go down the dark path to revenge in the trailer before he goes rogue.
Rounding out the stellar supporting cast are Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez and Danny Sapani.
It’s based on an iconic crime novel by bestselling author Robert Littell and directed by James Hawes, best known for the Anthony Hopkins-led biopic One Life and for helming episodes of Slow Horses and Black Mirror.
The Amateur is in cinemas on April 11.