Adrian Paul was given the role of Duncan McLeod who in the story was born in the same village 75 years after Connor was banished and like his cousin once he knew who he was, he too began to wonder the world. The series documents his life in the present as well as his previous life similar to the film as he plays out the tournament against his fellow immortals for the prize.
Christopher Lambert was asked to reprise his role originally for the series and play its protagonist but declined opting to instead appear in the pilot as Connor and hand over the baton for the show to Adrian.
whilst the series is set in the world of the immortals and their tournament it is not considered cannon in relation to the film but an alternative universe where the time of the gathering has not yet happened, the Kurgan is not mentioned in the series either because he did not exist in this alternative universe or had already been eliminated from the tournament. The Connor McLeod character is written out when he gives his life and power to Duncan to continue the fight against the dark immortals also confirming it is not cannon to the film.
The series had six seasons between October 1992 and 1998, but would probably not have lasted beyond series 1 as it had become very formulaic with a bad guy of the week. A new writer was brought in for season 2 which introduced the watchers, an ancient order of mortals given the task of following the immortals and chronicling their tournament through the centuries.
The actor Peter Wingfield played Methos an immortal hiding as a watcher to observe their fighting and learn and was the oldest known living immortal at 5000 years old. He later had a spin off series called Highlander Mythos chronicles which lasted one season as well as voicing an animated version of his character for the highlander The watcher chronicles.
the series also explored some of the lore behind the tournament such as why immortals would not fight on holy ground which was explained rather than being “tradition” as rameirez stated in the film but due to the story of two immortals fighting in a temple in Pompeii which caused the volcanic eruption. It also explained more about the quickening process when an immortal was slain by another imortal in that the defeated opponents knowledge and power pass to the victor so that only the strongest and most capable warriors would survive to the time of the gathering. It was revealed that immortals only become immortal when they die for the first time and their are good and bad versions of the quickening which can effect the immortal that absorbs them as well as some immortals who refuse to participate in the tournament and hide from other immortals.
There were several cameos throughout the series including Sheena Easton, Roger Daltry who played a recurring character, Ron Pearlman, Joan (I love rock and roll) Jett and the singer Roland Gift from the band the fine young cannibals who played one of the best bad immortals Xavier Sinclair who did not play by the rules by gassing his opponents so he could behead them, or employing mercenaries to incapacitate them before he took their head.
stan Kirsch who played Duncan’s protege Ritchie after discovering he is also an immortal appeared in all six seasons. He later retired from acting and became an acting teacher. Many of todays film and to stars have credited him as their teacher, sadly he passed away.
Christopher Lambert was asked to reprise his role originally for the series and play its protagonist but declined opting to instead appear in the pilot as Connor and hand over the baton for the show to Adrian.
whilst the series is set in the world of the immortals and their tournament it is not considered cannon in relation to the film but an alternative universe where the time of the gathering has not yet happened, the Kurgan is not mentioned in the series either because he did not exist in this alternative universe or had already been eliminated from the tournament. The Connor McLeod character is written out when he gives his life and power to Duncan to continue the fight against the dark immortals also confirming it is not cannon to the film.
The series had six seasons between October 1992 and 1998, but would probably not have lasted beyond series 1 as it had become very formulaic with a bad guy of the week. A new writer was brought in for season 2 which introduced the watchers, an ancient order of mortals given the task of following the immortals and chronicling their tournament through the centuries.
The actor Peter Wingfield played Methos an immortal hiding as a watcher to observe their fighting and learn and was the oldest known living immortal at 5000 years old. He later had a spin off series called Highlander Mythos chronicles which lasted one season as well as voicing an animated version of his character for the highlander The watcher chronicles.
the series also explored some of the lore behind the tournament such as why immortals would not fight on holy ground which was explained rather than being “tradition” as rameirez stated in the film but due to the story of two immortals fighting in a temple in Pompeii which caused the volcanic eruption. It also explained more about the quickening process when an immortal was slain by another imortal in that the defeated opponents knowledge and power pass to the victor so that only the strongest and most capable warriors would survive to the time of the gathering. It was revealed that immortals only become immortal when they die for the first time and their are good and bad versions of the quickening which can effect the immortal that absorbs them as well as some immortals who refuse to participate in the tournament and hide from other immortals.
There were several cameos throughout the series including Sheena Easton, Roger Daltry who played a recurring character, Ron Pearlman, Joan (I love rock and roll) Jett and the singer Roland Gift from the band the fine young cannibals who played one of the best bad immortals Xavier Sinclair who did not play by the rules by gassing his opponents so he could behead them, or employing mercenaries to incapacitate them before he took their head.
stan Kirsch who played Duncan’s protege Ritchie after discovering he is also an immortal appeared in all six seasons. He later retired from acting and became an acting teacher. Many of todays film and to stars have credited him as their teacher, sadly he passed away.
