Highlander reboot set photographs present Dave Bautista because the Kurgan
Dave Bautista is starring alongside Henry Cavill in Chad Stahelski’s upcoming Highlander remake, and the primary set photos of the actor because the villainous Kurgan are being shared on social media. These come only a few weeks after Cavill unveiled the primary official take a look at the challenge. In these new set photographs, Bautista is sporting a bushy beard and longish hair, and is carrying what seems to be priestly clothes.
Highlander Set Photographs
Bautista Harassed About Taking part in Kurgan
The actor has beforehand admitted to feeling slightly confused about taking up the function of the Kurgan. “No stress in any respect, proper? Man, I’m confused about this, as a result of I’m such a fan of the unique,” Bautista mentioned. “Clancy Brown was in his 20s when he was the Kurgan. I’m in my 50s. I hope I can do the world justice.” Nevertheless, he added that the reboot can be charting a unique course from the unique.
“It’s written very in another way. However nonetheless with, like, such an enormous nod, lots of respect to the unique,” he mentioned. “Chad Stahelski didn’t wish to go in opposition to the grain and make it one thing fully totally different. He wished to maintain it true to the characters, however elevate a bit, transfer it into present filmmaking requirements, as a result of we’re at all times sort of elevating the bar. The characters must go together with the motion on this movie, and the motion is tremendous hyper elevated. It’s what John Wick did to the gun work on movies.“
Who Stars within the Highlander Reboot?
Cavill stars as Connor MacLeod, a Medieval Scottish Highlander who discovers he’s an immortal warrior. With assist from a swordsman named Ramirez, performed by Russell Crowe, MacLeod battles different immortals throughout time. The solid contains Karen Gillian as MacLeod’s Scottish spouse, Marisa Abela as his modern-day love curiosity, Djimon Hounsou as an immortal warrior from Africa, and Jeremy Irons as “the chief of a secret order known as The Watchers, who’re keeping track of the immortals and see them as a risk to humanity.“
Grasp Z: The Ip Man Legacy‘s Max Zhang can also be on board in an undisclosed function, and WWE famous person Drew McIntyre is ready to play Angus MacLeod, the brother of Cavill’s character. Kevin McKidd (Gray’s Anatomy), Siobhán Cullen (Bodkin), Jun Jong-seo (Venture Y), and Nassim Lyes (Below Paris) are additionally a part of the solid.