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https://www.ign.com/articles/henry-cavill-plays-a-martial-arts-master-whos-trained-for-over-500-years-in-upcoming-highlander-movie
Nov 23, 2024 2:07 AM
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https://www.ign.com/articles/henry-cavill-plays-a-martial-arts-master-whos-trained-for-over-500-years-in-upcoming-highlander-movie
Telemapus
Imagine if Henry Cavill did you wrong somehow. You'd be screwed. No one would believe you, and if you managed to prove he was guilty, everyone would hate you for it.
wobblecopterrrr
"one inch boner"...
vakler
Go on ....
butterda
that's all of it
vakler
TeeweeAndSmashboy
Did you guys practice this routine??? haha
wobblecopterrrr
we make our own fun down here, it's a lovely place ;)
gnomedeplume
I saw the words Henry Cavill, Martial Arts Master and Trained For 500 Years and thought yeah that tracks, before realizing it's for a film role
RevengeIsIceCream
He's a method actor. He went back in time 500 years so he could properly prepare for the role.
jolem53
Be cool if Adrian Paul was involved.
Jewdakris
Ok, hear me out, the entire movie is about him and at the end he's actually killed by a different character who the second movie is about. Instant swerve to setup another movie.
PacMan4Life
Honestly, the Highlander bar is set pretty low at this point, so yeah, whatever they do will be fine. LFG Henry!
duktayp
Blakto3
Henry can do no wrong. Writers and directors on the other hand...
DanielAsparagus
I’m officially gay for this. All the way through.
SemperFiZero
Cavill is a good dude but his acting...I mean it wouldn't take much for that role, but I don't have much hopes for it unless the supporting cast is great.
memeseeks
It depends on what role they give him. From what I understand I don't think he'll be the main character.
vudak
I hope they give him a shitty french accent.
PeterTurboIronCage
He's from the Channel Islands so he can probably do a pretty decent French accent
Kellboy69
If there isn't a Spaniard with thick Scottish accent I'm out!
SarcasticComment
the only one who can do an accent shitty enough is Nicolas Cage.
zarathon
Who are we referencing? I am only aware of 1 Highlander film and the lead actor is French, playing a Scot.
littlecoatfatguy
In the first film, famously Scottish actor Sean Connery plays an Egyptian immortal who is somehow named Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez.
fnxweb
I imagine (the French) Christopher Lambert, who as I recall was asked at casting if he could speak fluent English and ride a horse, but could do neither, and then had to have a few months crash courses in both.
Although the English thing you would have thought could have been tested on the spot.
TheOldSchoolisBack
While playing a Turkish character with a Swedish name.
InspectorA5
Russian.
DeadnCold
Ok, now they have to get Daniel Craig to play the Ramirez so that they have a former James Bond actor with a British accent in the part.
battery1979
I was thinking Ewan McGregor, but he's the only Scottish actor I can think of at the moment. Oh wait, David Tennant and Peter Capaldi.
Freak0zoid
Oooh, capaldi is grey. And he can act and chew the scenery. I like that thinking. Not wanting to dunk on the others, but capaldi is brilliant in long grey hair
XA10
Ian Glen & Rory McCann are both really good Scottish actors. Actually, Rory would be an inspired choice for Kurgan?
Tootsie1
Mom & I were talking about gorgeous Henry is. He cleans up nice, he's even hotter dirty.
memeseeks
He is pretty good looking. Who doesn't appreciate Henry?
JustBoone
Oh good I heard the remake/reboot with him was in the works, here's hoping it's good!
writerbuddy
I didn't even question Henry's being a 500+ -year-old martial arts master, then I saw it was an article about a movie.
Donfolstar
Can Cavill, a skilled actor and action star who passionately cares about his projects, finally get an executive and creative team not hellbent on fucking things up? The world holds its breath.
TeeweeAndSmashboy
There can be only one.
Sechran
I hope Mr. Cavill finds a role worthy of his passions. The Highlander seems like it would be up his alley, but I doubt it's like the Witcher or Superman for him.
lljkstonefish
Oh did they drop that 40k thing already?
memeseeks
I think The Highlander has the potential to be similar to The Witcher.
wisher1977
They need to play some Queen. Hey, they should know that Cavil is strict on the source material with any project he’s involved in.
Gonz000
novaprime
And that album wasn't even the 'official' soundtrack.
MayMyEnemiesLiveLong
All he's got to say is, "Who wants to live forever," and that'll be worth the Imax ticket for me
GANZTALISHUZ
Hell yeah!
MuffinProof
"Here we are, born to be kings we're the princes of the universe."
NorthernHalibut
”Here we belong, fighting to survive
In a world with the darkest powers!”
NightOwlRally
I realllllly hope Clancy Brown gets a cameo.
HeSaysFantastic
...."I'm in disguise"
onecowboytoo
It's probably better that he burns out than fades away.
userfriendly19777
Clancy Brown, the best villain ever was him as Kurgan in Highlander.
fearghul
He's also been the finest Lex Luthor of all time.
XA10
As a possible, but inspired choice (imo), twist; have they cast Ramirez yet? Just a thought.
Madcaplaughs84
Already confirmed they’ll be using the same songs from the original movie!
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
Fuck yes. Not sure if I'll be down to hear covers of Queen but it's how they try to bring in older / younger audiences. Not sure about the rights to the owners...
wisher1977
GovernorRichardGecko
They'll get the Hollywood remix treatment
Freak0zoid
KitchenComandante
Well, fuck. I really don't want to hear "Princes of the Universe" done by Fall Out Boy.
bourbonandbaddecisions
They better keep the original queen soundtrack
ThreeRingSerkis
Hmm.. fuck.
Bardcrest
well as a former witcher, I am sure SOME of the blood inside him is of a king
XA10
yeah, yeah. He has no rival, no man can be his equal.
Bardcrest
Exactly!
Problemwoodchuck
Cavill is a solid actor, he just seems to have the worst luck with franchise roles.
CplCarrot
Dosn't matter how good a mivie it is. NO ONE is coming up with a better soundtrack than Queen.
memeseeks
They need to resurrect Freddie Mercury.
Lassannn
"Which martial arts will he be most grounded in?" Probably something like
GravyEducation
Fuck you Lassannn you know exactly what it would be, I stole that Cavillrine gif from you.
Cilvaa
Zeplin
Unpopular opinion: second highlander movie was the best
gnomedeplume
well that's definitely an unpopular opinion, and rightly so
Larnoc
The best thing about Highlander was the soundtrack, the plot makes nooo fucking sense
shameofslate
Clancy Brown is still around. They could just sew his head back on so he could play the Kurgan again.
jherazob
I just hope him, Christopher Lambert and Adrian Paul have cameos
tyrunn
He hated every minute of that, not the film but the makeup
hadan8088
New Highlander movie you say? Cool.
memeseeks
I've been wanting this for a long time. I really hope they don't fuck it up. And the world doesn't end before it comes out.
jherazob
Hey, who wants to live forever?
memeseeks
I did at one point but as I get older I find that living forever is overrated.
jherazob
Dunno, I'm the opposite, as the time gets slowly closer i find that i REALLY don't want that, even if i have no choice
GoodChange
They have a lot to live up to. Highlander 2 and 3 each have over 20% on rotten tomatoes; and the average score of all three is over 30%.
tyrunn
There are five movies, six if you include the anime
EroticZombiePants
I take it those raters haven't seen 2 in a long time, because I tried to watch it for the first time in like a couple of decades a few years back, and it was far worse than I remembered and doesn't hold up in the slightest.
Donfolstar
Did you watch the Renegade Cut? I think it elevates Highlander 2 to the point where it is no longer the worst piece of shit movie ever made, but an unintentional comedy. The way they got rid of the aliens plotline was beyond nonsense. Changing the sky blue made so much of the dialogue laugh out loud hilarious.
CaldariBob
There's no Highlander 2 or 3, and anyone who says otherwise is a dirty liar.
Telemapus
Come on. There is definitely a Highlander 2. I am not giving up Sean Connery as a Spaniard just because Clancy Jones was really good in Highlander.
PileOfWalthers
There can be only one
SilkStockingFullOfShit
There can only be one.
RevolutionOnHerLips
When I was younger I used to say "He who says this is the worst movie ever made has obviously never seen Highlander 2" but honestly there have been so many worse movies made since then. RIP my snark
NM156
Well, the only line in a movie worse than "Palpatine returns" is "oh yeah, I'm from another planet!"
DeadnCold
It's being directed by the guy that did the John Wick movies. I think it has a decent chance of being reasonably good.
theworldcouldbeflat
Not a single Transformers movie was good. Is he a fan of Highlander or are we going to get another Highlander 2 scenario.
awkungen42
Plus Henry Cavill has slowly become my favorite actor of all time. Being a fantasy nerd he has given me hope for decent movies in the future. If anyone can pull this off it'd be him.
ME2BNS12
Hopefully it's not a reboot and is instead an another chapter
ChaIto
Direction may be good. But screenplay makes or breaks.
SackTheRipper
Juan Sanchez-Villalobos has high hopes
Mmbear
If it isnt well written atleast it will be fun. Im willing to accept that.
monkeyfly
I admire your optimism.
Snezko
john wick direction + henry cavill? i mean on paper this sounds like an actual sure fire hit with 0.1% chance of failure at most, so i'll keep my hopes up very high for this one despite how many times reality checks have thought me otherwise
OnionCutter
I have heard that the plan is to make it a trilogy with The Gathering being led up to in the final film.
NickRivieraMD
lol
Bollramm
So instead of a story well told, it's gonna be sword fight after sword fight after sword fight after sword fight without swords but makeshift items similar to swords and then another sword fight. *sigh*
Sweatyfireballs
During the sword fights there will be A LOT of bouncing off walls and guys flicking the scabbards off their swords.
mattbl
And increasingly less plot, dialogue, or characterization in each sequel.
mattbl
Increasingly less?
fearghul
The first John Wick film has functionally simple, but technically very well executed characterization.
shammael
I'll consider myself lucky if they stick to 100-120 minutes of film instead of a 4 hour or more monstrosity
Bollramm
Sadly they won't have long haired Sean Connery, or any Connery for that matter *sigh*
meme2theextreme
I'll just be happy if they're not aliens from outer space.