The world of the immortals in Highlander has had a complicated mythology from the very beginning. In the original 1986 film, thanks to a moody and iconic voiceover from Sean Connery, we learned that all the immortals eventually will have to “battle to the last,” and when one immortal was left, that person would gain “the Prize.” And so — spoiler alert — Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) became the last immortal, and that was that. Well, not really. Because after that, thanks to film sequels and a beloved TV series, several other immortals and other folks entered the Highlander orbit. And now, with the new reboot film, canon from the TV show and one of the later films is being mashed up together.
New set photos from the Henry Cavill-led Highlander have emerged, and its been revealed that Jeremy Irons is playing a very specific type of character, one that comes from the TV show, not the movies. Here’s who Irons is playing and what it seems to mean for the new Highlander continunity.
