{"id":123569,"date":"2025-09-06T05:34:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/123569\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T05:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:34:05","slug":"gladiator-reunion-in-henry-cavills-highlander-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/123569\/","title":{"rendered":"Gladiator Reunion in Henry Cavill’s Highlander Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry Cavill\u2019s Highlander<\/a> reboot has just landed a new cast member that will turn it into something of a Gladiator reunion. The first Highlander was released in 1986 and quickly became a pop culture staple, spawning multiple sequel films and other media. <\/p>\n

After many delays and false starts, it was announced in 2021 that Henry Cavill would play Highlander\u2019s protagonist Connor MacLeod in a reboot of the hit franchise to be helmed by John Wick director Chad Stahelski. Joining them is Russell Crowe, who will take on the mentor role originated by Sean Connery in the 1986 classic.<\/p>\n

Now, The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> has revealed that Djimon Hounsou, a character actor known for Shazam!, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more, has also joined the film\u2019s cast. It\u2019s the first time Hounsou and Crowe will appear in the same film since the 2000 Roman epic Gladiator. Honsou will play an immortal warrior hailing from Africa. <\/p>\n

What This Reunion Means For Highlander<\/p>\n

\"Russell<\/p>\n

Gladiator Maximus and Juba\u00a0holding swords and preparing for a fight in Gladiator.<\/p>\n

The reunion of Djimon Hounsou and Russell Crowe on Highlander is more than just an interesting piece of trivia; it\u2019s a testament to the quality of the reboot\u2019s casting. Henry Cavill\u2019s Highlander reboot<\/a> follows in the footsteps of the original film in that way; the first Highlander featured beloved actors including Connery, Clancy Brown, and Roxanne Heart.<\/p>\n

Although Djimon Hounsou\u2019s name isn\u2019t as well-known as Crowe\u2019s, he has appeared in a number of massively successful films and franchises like James Gunn\u2019s Guardians of the Galaxy and A Quiet Place: Day One. Interestingly, with Dave Bautista in Highlander<\/a> as well, Hounsou will be catching up with a number of former co-stars on the film.<\/p>\n

Our Take On Djimon Hounsou\u2019s Highlander Casting<\/p>\n

\"Djimon<\/p>\n

Djimon Hounsou as the Wizard in the DCEU<\/p>\n

Djimon Hounsou\u2019s Highlander character has not been revealed beyond the information that he is a warrior from Africa. Based on potential counterpart characters from the first film, though, it\u2019s possible he\u2019s playing an updated take on Sunda Kastagir. Kastagir was played by Hugh Quarshie in Highlander (1986) and was a fellow immortal and friend of Connor MacLeod\u2019s.<\/p>\n

In supplemental materials and guides, Sunda Kastagir was said to be from Ethiopia, born in 1715 AD, although he didn\u2019t meet Connor MacLeod until 1776. If that does end up being Hounsou\u2019s casting, it\u2019s unlikely that the actor will actually share any scenes with Russell Crowe. <\/p>\n

In the original Highlander, at least, Sunda Kastagir and MacLeod\u2019s mentor did not share scenes together, so Gladiator fans may have to simply imagine Hounsou and Crowe hanging out behind the scenes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Henry Cavill\u2019s Highlander reboot has just landed a new cast member that will turn it into something of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-123569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}