20 Actors Who Will CRUSH Upcoming Movie Roles
18. Henry Cavill - Highlander
Recasting a role as iconic as Highlander's Connor MacLeod - previously played by Christopher Lambert - is a basically thankless task, but director Chad Stahelski certainly seems to have struck gold by landing on Henry Cavill.
Is Cavill one of our finest actors? No, but he undeniably boasts the physicality and steely screen presence necessary to do the character justice. Plus, it's been a serious passion project for Cavill, who was attached for more than five years before shooting started.
From the first-look images released so far he certainly looks like he belongs, and above all else it's going to be a delight to see him swinging a sword around in kinetic action sequences from the filmmaker who brought us John Wick.
Cavill's post-Superman film career has been a wildly mixed bag to date, but if Highlander lives up to its potential then this could be a role that's perfectly matched to his strengths, the franchise potential of which speaks for itself.