Russell Crowe’s Been Hitting The Gym With Drew McIntyre For Highlander, And Holy Guns

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We’ve been looking forward to the new Highlander movie with Henry Cavill for quite some time. But the latest update makes me think the supporting cast could very well steal the show from the Man of Steel actor. To that point, Gladiator’s Russell Crowe and WWE’s Drew McIntyre are training together, and their gun show is very impressive. Russell Crowe And Drew McIntyre Show Off Their Guns The Highlander reboot has been shooting across Scotland, England, Poland and Hong Kong since filming started back in January. As the production continues, Drew McIntyre shared this post on Instagram: A post shared by Drew McIntyre (@dmcintyrewwe)A photo posted by on The new photo sees 62-year-old Russell Crowe and 41-year-old McIntyre showing off their big arm muscles in the same gym mirror, and wow! He also captioned it as “Gladiator x Warrior”. They’ve both got long beards, black tank tops and big biceps, and they don’t care who sees it. It shows that Highlander is going to be loaded with muscled-up actors, and we can’t wait. What’s their routine? We don’t know, but whatever it is, I’m sure it’s quite intense. What’s Going On With The Highlander Movie? The Highlander movie, of course, follows the beloved 1986 original, which starred Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod. The titular character is a 16th-century Scottish warrior who discovers he’s one of a few immortals empowered by an energy called the Quickening. The movie spawned four sequels and multiple TV series, but it’s been almost 20 years since there’s been a new installment. Hollywood has been trying to bring back the franchise since 2008. John Wick director Chad Stahelski has been involved since 2016, with Cavill earning the main role in 2021. While the movie was initially going to start production in 2025, Cavill got injured while preparing to film, and it was pushed to this year. Thankfully, we know the Highlander movie is well on its way now. Between Karen Gillan sharing set pictures and Cavill giving us our first look at the movie when filming kicked off, we've been getting more hyped. Check it: A post shared by Henry Cavill (@henrycavill)A photo posted by on Cavill will play Connor MacLeod, and Russell Crowe will play Sean Connery’s role of Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez. Meanwhile, McIntyre will play Connor’s brother Angus MacLeod. Karen Gillan will play Connor’s wife Heather, Dave Bautista is The Kurgan and Djimon Hounsou will portray an African Immortal named Sunda Kastagir. Jeremy Irons was also cast to play the leader of The Watchers, which is a group of non-immortal humans that observe immortals like the Highlander. Other actors in the new Highlander movie without confirmed roles are Marisa Abela, Max Zhang, Siobhán Cullen, Jeon Jong-seo, Nassim Lyes and Kevin McKidd. We don’t have a release date yet for the new Highlander movie, but it’s possible it could join the 2027 movie schedule! And in the meantime, it looks like the cast will continue working hard and staying in remarkably good shape.