Please, ‘Highlander’ Reboot, Do not Waste Djimon Hounsou

The upcoming Highlander movie continues to construct out its forged: after not too long ago nabbing Karen Gillan and Dave Bautista of Guardians of the Galaxy fame, we’ve bought one other Marvel alum in Djimon Hounsou.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, Hounsou will play an immortal African warrior and presumably cross paths with both Henry Cavill’s Connor MacLeod or Bautista’s villainous Kurgen. We actually don’t know a lot about this film, save for director Chad Stahelski’s intention to expand upon the mythology from the earlier movies, which, nice, no matter. That’s all nicely and good; I simply don’t need this to be one more film that doesn’t solely know what to do with Hounsou.

There are a variety of Hollywood actors the trade doesn’t solely know what to do with, and Hounsou’s arguably someplace excessive on the listing. The 2-time Oscar nominee has had a number of thankless roles over the previous decade—right here’s taking a look at you, A Quiet Place Half II—and even motion pictures that attempt to give him extra to work with, just like the second Rebel Moon, miss the mark simply because they’ve bought a lot happening. The excellent news is Hounsou’s fairly busy the subsequent few years: past Highlander, which is due in 2026, he’s additionally starring in subsequent yr’s survival thriller Shiver and the upcoming The Monster and The Zealot. Hopefully a minimum of a type of begins some type of Hounsou comeback.

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