The Scottish actress will star alongside former Superman actor Henry Cavill in a reboot of the classic 80s movie.

First things first, THR revealed today that Gillan has come aboard Highlander to play Heather, the mortal wife of Cavill’s character, Conor MacLeod. Heather was played by Beatie Edney in the original Highlander,

Although he’s been talking it up for years, it’s starting to sound like Chad Stahelski’s efforts to reboot cult ’80s action-fantasy flick Highlander are finally genuinely coming to fruition. We’ve previously reported on a bunch of big names signing on to the Henry Cavill-led film,