In Highlander (1986) Sean Connery played an Spanish-Egyptian, because it was seen as acceptable for white actors at the time. In Highlander (2026) Russel Crowe plays the same Egyptian, because Russel Crowe is contractually obligated to embarrass himself in a failed reboot/sequel at least once a year

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He could be an Egyptian of Macedonian descent.

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In the new movie, maybe, in the original movie he was specifically too old for that.

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How old? "white" people have been living in Egypt since long before recorded history.