Caitriona Balfe opens up about being 'broke' and jobless before booking Outlander

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Outlander'sCaitriona Balfe has opened up about being "broke" and "jobless" before booking onto the hit Starz fantasy drama. Balfe, 42, has found huge success in the TV franchise after she made the decision to switch from her ' miserable' modelling career to acting.But, at the beginning of her acting career things weren't always going smooth sailing for the Irish beauty.

Speaking to the Observer, she opened up on the months before landing her role as Claire Fraser in the fantasy drama alongside Sam Heughan. “It was a total crapshoot,” says Balfe.“I had done a few jobs, nothing of note really.

I was living in LA and I was really struggling, actually, it was about four or five months since I’d had a job.”For Outlander, Caitriona taped a few auditions but didn't hear anything so went ahead and booked a holiday with her pals to India.But as luck would have it, she heard back from producers in the Indian Embassy and was told she needed to get to London immediately for a final screen test.And the rest is all history.“So I signed on for six seasons at that point,” she continued.“I mean, you’re broke, you’ve got nothing else going on.

My lawyer was like, ‘You do realise this is shooting in Scotland? You’ll be there for a year for the first season?’"I was like, ‘A year’s great, a change of scenery, I’m not doing much in LA anyway.’ Yeah, I didn’t realise I’d still be there almost eight and a half years later.”Fans loved Caitriona's candid interview and took to social media to praise the star.One wrote: "One my favorites!