Highlander: The Series
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
Highlander: The Series (1992-1998)
Seasons: 6,
episodes: 119
Syndication, RTL, TF1, M6
Average rating:
7.2/10
38 660
Production
Status
Completed
Creators
Scenario
David Tynan
Author
Actors
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Jim Byrnes
Joe Dawson
Jason Isaacs
Zachary Blaine
Marion Cotillard
Lori Bellian
Stella Stevens
Margaret Lang
Philip Akin
Charlie DeSalvo
Tracy Scoggins
Cassandra
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Short description
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
Season 1 The adventures of Duncan MacLeod, a 400-year-old Immortal who can only die if he is beheaded; conflict inevitably finds him because he is part of the Game, an ongoing battle in which all Immortals have to fight and behead each other until only one is left.
|
22 | 1992-10-03 | 7.1 |
Season 2 The series continues to follow the adventures of Duncan MacLeod, a 400-year-old Immortal who can only die if he is beheaded. MacLeod is involved in the Game, an ongoing battle during which all Immortals have to behead each other until only one is left.
|
22 | 1993-10-02 | 8 |
| 22 | 1994-10-01 | 7.8 | |
| 20 | 1995-10-01 | 8.5 | |
| 20 | 1996-09-23 | 5 | |
| 13 | 1997-10-04 | 4.5 |
What's left behind the scenes
- When the character named Methos was first being created, it was intended that he would be purely episodic. Specifically, there was an idea to show a meeting between Methos and MacLeod, where the former would leave the latter records of his own 5,000-year past. After that, weary of life, he was supposed to die. When Methos finally appeared on screen, it was intended that he would perish in the finale of the third season, but the popularity of the character, played by Peter Wingfield, was so great among the audience that the show's writers decided to make him a recurring character.
- In episode 19 of season 4, when Duncan falls from the tower, the shadow of the cameraman stepping to the right is clearly visible.
- In season 6, episode 5, when Kira fights Miloš Vladić, her sword is pressed under the general's chin. In the next shot, it is against his neck.
- Over 400 actors auditioned for the role of MacLeod, and Adrian Paul happened to be the very first. Ultimately, Dutch actor Derek De Lint was cast in the role, but he left the project during the pre-production process.
- The character Matthew McCormick (an immortal who works for the government hunting serial killers) was created specifically for actor Eric McCormack. The show's creators even considered making a spin-off featuring him, but the idea never materialized.
- Initially, Christopher Lambert asked for only $50,000 to appear in the pilot episode, but one of the French investors protested that this was too much, and Lambert was written out of the plot. Then the German investors made a fuss, and Lambert was brought back into the story, but he grew so tired of all the commotion that he refused to film altogether. In the end, he received $500,000 for three days of filming for the series.
- It was originally intended that the series would exactly match the movie and that Adrian Paul would play Duncan MacLeod, but Paul wanted to bring something of his own to the role so that it wouldn't be an exact copy of the image embodied on screen by Christopher Lambert, and the screenwriters accommodated him.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
