Movies HIGHLANDER (Jeremy Irons Joins Cast, post #159)

[Flower2dPeople]

Honestly, Bautista takes a bit of the wind out of my sails for this. I like him, but I dunno, he does not seem right for the role. I know he is not playing the Clancy Kurrgan, but Bautista just has never been menacing or scary to me. Big guy, decent actor. But not scary, especially after losing all that weight.

Still hyped for this.

They could start the film with the kurgan raping women, killing babies and eating their limbs. Set the tone for his character. If you put the mterosexual batista straight into the story, he'd look goofy.

 

[Roids]

Honestly, Bautista takes a bit of the wind out of my sails for this. I like him, but I dunno, he does not seem right for the role. I know he is not playing the Clancy Kurrgan, but Bautista just has never been menacing or scary to me. Big guy, decent actor. But not scary, especially after losing all that weight.

Still hyped for this.

Nah he has the look and can act, and is miles better than fassbender who looks like a friggin accountant. That would have been a terrible casting.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Honestly, Bautista takes a bit of the wind out of my sails for this. I like him, but I dunno, he does not seem right for the role. I know he is not playing the Clancy Kurrgan, but Bautista just has never been menacing or scary to me. Big guy, decent actor. But not scary, especially after losing all that weight.

Still hyped for this.

Sorta-same. I love Dave and I'm rooting for this movie as much as for him as I am for us, but I'm skeptical.
OG Highlaner is lightning in a bottle imo. That movie had no right being great. They've tried to duplicate the formula several times and they all come up short.
I'm hopeful, but very skeptical.
Also rooting for Caville, he seems like a legit good dude.

 

[Adamant]

Is Batista playing Kurgan? It would have been cool if Batista was still HUGE. But he's way too skinny now.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Nah he has the look and can act, and is miles better than fassbender who looks like a friggin accountant. That would have been a terrible casting.

I love me some Fassbender, but I agree he'd be a terrible choice for the Kurgan. Especially up against Cavil. You need someone who is a physical beast to sell the threat level.

Batista was good in Spectre, where he absolutely dominates Bond hand to hand.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Is Batista playing Kurgan? It would have been cool if Batista was still HUGE. But he's way too skinny now.

A couple of months on Chicken and Broccoli and he'd be back to WWE-size.

 

[Adamant]

A couple of months on Chicken and Broccoli and he'd be back to WWE-size.

Imagine if they got him back before he joined WWE:

 

[Lycandroid]

terrible choice for Kurgan

 

[Stoic1]

They've fucked up every classic movie from my youth. Might as well get this one as well.

 

[irish_thug]

I vote for the Undertaker, or Kane.

Guess I wasn't too far off.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

get Reacher dude for Kurgan.
he's a beast

 

[JadeOwl]

Alright! So we’re getting at least one actual, genuine, certified highlander in the Highlander movie!

 

[Adamant]

I love me some Fassbender, but I agree he'd be a terrible choice for the Kurgan. Especially up against Cavil. You need someone who is a physical beast to sell the threat level.

Batista was good in Spectre, where he absolutely dominates Bond hand to hand.

Physical beast? Did everyone forget that Batista lost like 100lbs of muscle?

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Alright! So we’re getting at least one actual, genuine, certified highlander in the Highlander movie!

Legs for days; they're going to have Henry on stilts

 

[Deaths Head]

Physical beast? Did everyone forget that Batista lost like 100lbs of muscle?

His contract went from Kurgan to Ramirez .

 

[Kardashians]

Physical beast? Did everyone forget that Batista lost like 100lbs of muscle?

is he wearing fucking pearls? wtf is this bruh lmaoooo he looks like he should star in the devil wears prada

 

[Fox by the Sea]

Alright! So we’re getting at least one actual, genuine, certified highlander in the Highlander movie!

Good choice.

 

[Streeter]

Will it capture the greatness of highander 2 . Doubtful

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: September 30, 2025

Jeremy Irons Joins the Cast of Amazon MGM's HIGHLANDER as the Secondary Antagonist

Jeremy Irons, a triple crown of acting achiever thanks to Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award wins, is the latest bold-faced name to join the cast of Highlander, Amazon MGM’s remake of the 1980s cult classic.

The luminous call has Henry Cavill leading a cast that already includes Russell Crowe, Marisa Abela, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan and Djimon Hounsou.

The action fantasy, which hails from Amazon MGM’s United Artists banner, is being directed by Chad Stahelski and is slated for a theatrical release. Production was to have started in late September/early October but was pushed after Cavill sustained an injury during pre-production. Production will now begin in early 2026.

Cavill is playing Connor MacLeod, a Medieval Scottish Highlander who discovers he is an immortal warrior. With the help of a swordsman named Ramirez, to be played by Crowe, the titular Highlander battles other immortals across the centuries, until, as the line in the original 1986 movie exclaimed, “There can be only one.”

Bautista is playing The Kurgen, the movie’s top villain, while Gillan is MacLeod’s Scottish and very mortal wife. Hounsou is an immortal warrior from Africa, while Abela is MacLeod’s modern romantic interest. Max Zhang and Drew McIntyre are also in the cast.

In a part that could be juicy, Irons will play the movie’s other antagonist, the leader of a secret order called The Watchers, who are keeping an eye on the immortals and see them as a threat to humanity.

Michael Finch wrote the script for the remake. Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt are producing via United Artists, alongside Neal H. Moritz, Stahelski’s 87Eleven Entertainment, Josh Davis of Davis Panzer Productions and Louise Rosner.

An acting veteran of stage and screens big and small, Irons is known for his range of projects, from historical dramas to action pieces. He is part of the cast of season four of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, earned an Emmy nomination for HBO’s comic book limited series Watchmen, played butler Alfred Pennyworth in a series of DC movies, including 2023’s The Flash, and ris eprising his role of a shady former CIA director in Amazon’s The Beekeeper 2, now in production.

‘Highlander’: Jeremy Irons to Play Villain Opposite Henry Cavill in Amazon MGM’s Remake (Exclusive)

There can be only one? Nope. Irons will be the second antagonist in the remake.

www.hollywoodreporter.com