Henry Cavill’s Royal Ascot day out gave fans more than a sharp suit, he also dropped a quick update on his long-gestating Highlander reboot.
Caught by an interviewer between the top hats and tails, Cavill stayed coy but confirmed the shoot has been a marathon.
He said he could only reveal so much, called it a very long shoot, and visibly weighed how much to give away before landing on a confident note: he thinks everyone is going to enjoy it.
All the things fans love are in there
The more telling part was how he described the approach. Per Cavill, everything fans love about the 1986 original made it into the reboot, while the parts modern audiences might side-eye were reworked for today.
“All the things that people love from the ’80s movie are in there, and all the things that people maybe might squint at in this era are enhanced upon,” he said.
Read between the lines and it’s a clear pitch: keep the cult-classic DNA, fix what hasn’t aged well.
Where Highlander stands
Cavill is playing immortal warrior Connor MacLeod in director Chad Stahelski’s (John Wick) reboot, which has been shooting across Europe, including stints in London, Scotland and Poland.
The cast is stacked: Russell Crowe as Ramírez, Dave Bautista as the villainous Kurgan, plus Karen Gillan, Marisa Abela, Djimon Hounsou, Max Zhang and Jeremy Irons.
The project has had a long road. Cavill was attached years ago, and a training injury pushed principal photography into early 2026. There’s still no official release date, with the film expected to land in 2027.
For a reboot that’s been in the works this long, Cavill sounding this relaxed about the result is the kind of low-key reassurance fans have been waiting for.
At the same event, fans noted that Henry still has it in him to play James Bond.
