I'm not sure where you got your information regarding Highlander, but I have been to the cons, talked to the actors, writers, and directors. I've read interviews and your information is incorrect.
The writers, producers and directors loved Methos. The Horsemen arc wasn't because they wanted fans to turn against Methos. Just the opposite! Peter talks about this at length in Maureen Russel's "The Complete Watchers Guide".
Peter was (is) an amazing actor. In fact, Methos was supposed to be killed in the Kalas arc. But they were all so awed by the character and Peter's portrayal that David A rewrote the script so Methos could live.
As Peter and writers David A, Gillian H and Donna L have stated numerous times, Peter didn't feel like a 5000 year old man could be widdle Adam Pierson. But there was really no way to play that kind of character. So he hinted that there was something underneath - a danger - secrets - and the writers saw this in his acting.
This would spin off ideas and they played off one another. This is how the Horsemen arc came into being. It was because they wanted Methos to be more , they wanted to show who he had been and some of his history. As Peter has said, "it was right!"
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Date: 2009-08-10 04:49 pm (UTC)The writers, producers and directors loved Methos. The Horsemen arc wasn't because they wanted fans to turn against Methos. Just the opposite! Peter talks about this at length in Maureen Russel's "The Complete Watchers Guide".
Peter was (is) an amazing actor. In fact, Methos was supposed to be killed in the Kalas arc. But they were all so awed by the character and Peter's portrayal that David A rewrote the script so Methos could live.
As Peter and writers David A, Gillian H and Donna L have stated numerous times, Peter didn't feel like a 5000 year old man could be widdle Adam Pierson. But there was really no way to play that kind of character. So he hinted that there was something underneath - a danger - secrets - and the writers saw this in his acting.
This would spin off ideas and they played off one another. This is how the Horsemen arc came into being. It was because they wanted Methos to be more , they wanted to show who he had been and some of his history. As Peter has said, "it was right!"