He made it back to the Highlander camp with the news that the marsh was not good enough for the proposed attack and he was greeted with a hero’s welcome and hug from the Prince.
In a recent interview, Graham McTavish was all praises for Andrew Gower because the actor physically created the Prince.
In particular, he cited the scene where his character Dougal MacKenzie rode down into the teeth of the guns of the enemy to test the ground and he comes back being embraced by the Prince. Graham said that they did not rehearse the scene but Andrew just grabbed him during the moment which is why he got a genuinely strong reaction from him.
While the hug obviously caught Dougal off guard, Andrew explained that it was the perfect move for the sensitive Prince Charles.
Gower said that one of the conscious things he did from the beginning was to make his character incredibly tactile which is why his acting comes from the heart.
He also said that watching Dougal on the battlefield testing the range of the Redcoats’ weapons was a thrill for Prince Charles. Gower said that the Prince loves to battle and he does want to be on the front line because he sees himself as a fighter, though he is slightly deluded in that sense.