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Where was Amanda?

posted 17 years ago by ForeverNorrington
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Keep in mind: I haven't finished watching this film yet. A friend of mine taped it for me, and I'm probably about half way done, maybe even more then that (I'm at the part where the Guardian is leading Anna somewhere, I'm guessing to where the Source can be found). It's not my favorite HL film but I do like it. I can't wait to see what happens at the end even though I have a good guess since I've seen/read spoilers.

Anyway: as I watched it I was wondering where Amanda was during all this? I love Amanda. It was nice to have a female Immortal around who could kick ass. I mean hell they could have gave her a cameo or something.

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[–] novastar_6 17 years ago

Same place she was in Highlander: Endgame, absent without explanation.

[–] ForeverNorrington 17 years ago

I loved her in the original series. I would like to see her in at least one Highlander movie. I wouldn't even mind if Nick was with her but Mac would have to be in there as well because they're so good together.

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[–] p-abbott 17 years ago

Immortals are not meant to age. Peter WIngfield looks older in the film so maybe Elizabeth Gracen was looking too old to play Amanda. Isn't she in her 50's now??

[–] ForeverNorrington 17 years ago

I think Peter looks pretty good for his age. I mean besides for a few winkles he looks like he could go on and play Methos a few more years. As for Elizabeth. I'm not sure. What has she been up to lately? I haven't seen any fresh pics.

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[–] ferdinandhudson 17 years ago

You can see some pictures taken of her and the other actors from the HLWW convention over at http://www.highlander-community.com/ and check under "Highlander Fandom", there are several threads from this convention. Gracen still looks stunning.

[–] Leveticus 16 years ago

It just infuriates me how one of the best characters from HL doesn't even get mentioned in Endgame or the Source.

[–] tonycontento 16 years ago

Gracen had a falling out with Davis/Panzer. During the first season of her series, The Raven, she supposedly had a breakdown of some sort. They mention it on the DVD extras for the boxed set series. Anyhoo, it sounds as if they blame her for the failure of the new series and don't want to work with her ever again.

That's what I gleaned from the extra content...

[–] prometheus1816 16 years ago

I think it had more to do with the Bill Clinton scandal. She was hiding out in France sooner than have to testify in front of the Starr Commission. I have an interview with her discussing, albeit guardedly, that she refused to testify because what happened between she and Clinton was a personal experience and she would not be part of a witch hunt.

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[–] Leveticus 16 years ago

Gracen had a falling out with Davis/Panzer. During the first season of her series, The Raven, she supposedly had a breakdown of some sort. They mention it on the DVD extras for the boxed set series. Anyhoo, it sounds as if they blame her for the failure of the new series and don't want to work with her ever again.

That's what I gleaned from the extra content...

I didn't know that. That makes sense. Thanks!

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[–] eternal4739 16 years ago

"It was nice to have a female Immortal around who could kick ass."

Really? I have never seen Amanda kicking anyone's ass. But then I've never watched The Raven, so maybe I missed something in there. There was only one incident where I ever saw her taking anyone's head.. and she was cheating. It was Duncan's fight, and she simply caught the guy off guard.. from behind. Aside from her physical beauty (which I won't disagree with), she was useless as a character. I'm not surprised they left her out of the films.

[–] urbanoperative 15 years ago

umm. she couldn't be in this movie because they needed a man to impregnate the source. HELLO? did no one else notice this? men following some stupid bimbo to a 'dead spot' where they have to fight each other, cannibals, and some psycho.
any woman immortal would have been like WTF? and left.

FYI. immortality is so much cooler than offspring anyway.

[–] dan-willi84 11 years ago

Good question about Amanda and why she didn't appear in Endgame or The Source. It could be possible, Amanda may had gotten decapitated by Jacob Kell or one of his followers.

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[–] dan-willi84 11 years ago

Amanada's fate remains a unsolved mystery.

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[–] Times_Up 8 years ago

Apparently there were a lot of problems with her and her boyfriend on The Raven and no one wanted to work with her again unfortunately. If it were possible, I'd have put her in Anna's place. Originally it was meant to be Kate, and since this movie disses all Highlander methos (hehe, the character too), why not there can be only two? Cassandra, the sorcererss in the Elder's story was an immortal, so why not Amanda being drawn to the Source? Well, to call her pure of heart I guess is too much of a joke, but if it was going to originally be Kate, what's the difference?

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