The Henry Cavill-led Highlander reboot has discovered its villain. The upcoming Amazon MGM Studios mission will probably be a remake of the unique 1986 film of the identical identify, about an immortal Scottish Highlander who battles numerous supernatural entities.
The unique film starred Christopher Lambert because the Scottish immortal Connor MacLeod, who’s working as an antiques supplier in New York on the time when the film begins, and Sean Connery because the Egyptian immortal Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez, who turns into MacLeod’s mentor. Cavill and Russell Crowe will play these roles respectively within the Highlander reboot.
Now, per The Hollywood Reporter, it has been confirmed that the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Dave Bautista will probably be taking part in the reboot’s major antagonist. Bautista’s character is reportedly the immortal referred to as The Kurgan, who was performed by Clancy Brown within the 1986 film.
What This Means For Highlander
Dave Bautista is an actor and former skilled wrestler whose best-known big-screen position is probably that of the overly literal alien warrior Drax the Destroyer within the MCU’s Guardians of the Galaxy motion pictures. Nevertheless, although that character is heroic, he has performed his fair proportion of villains and morally grey characters.
Dave Bautista additionally performed Drax in Avengers: Infinity Battle, Avengers: Endgame, and Thor: Love and Thunder.
One among his most notable early villain roles is that of Mr. Hinx within the 2015 James Bond film Spectre. Hinx was an murderer who labored with the film’s principal antagonist, Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), and occupied a henchman place that’s widespread all through the franchise, as seen with characters comparable to Oddjob and Jaws.
Different villainous or morally grey characters Bautista has performed embody Baron Harkonnen’s nephew Glossu Rabban in 2021’s Dune, the lads’s rights activist Duke Cody in 2022’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller, and the regretful house invader Leonard in 2023’s Knock on the Cabin.
All of those roles mixed have probably ready him effectively to painting the villain within the Highlander reboot.
Our Take On Dave Bautista Becoming a member of Highlander
Dave Bautista is a bodily imposing presence who will imbue the character with a really completely different really feel than Clancy Brown did within the authentic Highlander film. Whereas each stars are greater than six ft tall, Brown’s model of the character was extra lean and imposing relatively than bodily highly effective.
Nevertheless, this alteration to the character is smart as a result of the Henry Cavill film has a lead who’s equally extra bodily imposing than Lambert’s authentic protagonist. Bringing in Bautista will put each characters on a extra even taking part in discipline within the upcoming Highlander, making the risk that The Kurgan poses to MacLeod really feel extra viable and potent.
Highlander
Director
Chad Stahelski
Writers
Michael Finch
Producers
Neal H. Moritz
