Why did Andy lose immortality?

This was in the original comic book too, but the big change Rucka made in the movie was to have Andy lose her immortality. Andy realises that she's lost her immortality when a stab wound from an earlier fight doesn't heal.
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Does Andy lose her immortality?

The ending of The Old Guard, however, put several things in stark perspective for Andy, Nick, Joe, Nile, and Booker from the reveal that Andy is no longer immortal to the twist that her partner, Quynh is alive.
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Does Andromache get her immortality back?

After her mother's death, she was honed into the warrior she is today until one such elder became jealous of her and sent her off to battle. This resulted in Andy's first death, after which she came back to life again and found she was immortal.
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Does Andy heal in The Old Guard?

Andy is fortunate to discover that her healing abilities are gone after receiving a non-lethal injury, and she certainly seems like she is in good shape at the very end of The Old Guard, but every mission going forward will come with a risk that didn't previously exist in such a concrete way.
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How did Quynh escape?

Now, it's a mystery as to how she escaped from the iron maiden in the water. Over time, perhaps, the metal may have corroded to the point where Quynh was able to break free. Or someone retrieved the tomb and opened it while exploring the sea or finding the device ashore, allowing Quynh to come back to life for good.
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Are Andy and Quynh lovers?

In the recently released sequel series, The Old Guard: Force Multiplied, the relationship of Quynh (called Noriko in the book) and Andy is revealed to have been a passionate love affair, similar to what Joe and Nicky experience in the present.
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How old is Quynh?

Quynh - Approx.

That puts her date of birth some time in early 500 AD, which would make her around 1500 years old during the events of The Old Guard.
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Why did Andy become mortal?

In the comics, Andy is still immortal.

After Andy gets cut with a knife and is unable to heal herself, she realizes she's become mortal.
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Is there a part 2 to The Old Guard?

The Old Guard Chapter 2: Force Multiplied is finally moving forward at Netflix. Here's what we know. It's coming up on two years since The Old Guard premiered on Netflix. Filming has finally now began on the long-awaited sequel and we've got new casting news.
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Is Quynh evil in The Old Guard?

If the comics are anything to go by, it's the latter. In the sequel series The Old Guard: Force Multiplied, the Quynh character (who is called Noriko in the comics) is the main villain, and Booker is her often unwilling accomplice.
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How long was Quynh drowning?

She was imprisoned in an iron maiden and thrown into the sea. Because she's immortal, she's been endlessly drowning for over 500 years. But by the movie's end, Quynh has somehow managed to escape her underwater prison and surprises Booker in Paris, where he's currently spending his time while exiled from the team.
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How old is Andy The Old Guard?

The simple answer is that Andy is over 6,000 years old. According to The Old Guard comics, she is 6,732 years old.
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Is Quynh still alive?

Is Quynh alive? While Quynh in The Old Guard doesn't appear throughout the film, her being alive is proven in the film's final moments. In the end, Booker is exiled from the immortal warrior's group. Months into the future he is shown living in Paris.
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Who was the lady at the end of The Old Guard?

This woman, as you may remember from earlier in the film, is Quynh (Da 5 Bloods and Star Wars: The Last Jedi star Veronica Van Ngo)—one of the original two immortals. It was clarified in a flashback scene earlier that she was the second oldest of all of them, and that she was a friend and inseparable with Andy.
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What is Andy's full name in The Old Guard?

Andy's full name is Andromache of Scythia, and the fact that Greg Rucka, who wrote both the Old Guard movie and the comic series it's based on, chose that particular name offers a major hint about Andy's origins. According to Greek mythology, Andromache was a princess of Thebe and the wife of the Trojan prince Hector.
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Is The Old Guard based on a true story?

The Old Guard's Andromache is based on wild stories from ancient mythology.
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How does Old Guard end?

Booker shoots Andy, giving her a potentially fatal wound to her side and exposing the truth: She can no longer heal, a sign her immortality has faded and she can actually die. Booker exposes himself as a traitor, allowing himself to be taken into custody by Merrick alongside Andy.
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Will it be 365 days 2?

Now, fans are excited to watch the sequel, 365 Days: This Day, and the sequel after that, but when will the second film be released on Netflix and what will happen? Fortunately, it's already confirmed that 365 Days: This Day will be released in 2022, so at least we know it will premiere on Netflix this year.
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Is The Old Guard a book series?

Released as a Netflix original, the film is based on Greg Rucka's comic book series of the same name.
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Will there be another old guard?

It was an instant hit among audiences, so it's not surprising that Netflix is keen to follow it up with a sequel. Charlize Theron confirmed in June 2021 that Netflix greenlit "The Old Guard 2" (via Variety).
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How many issues of The Old Guard are there?

There are 16 issues in this series.
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What happens to Quinn in The Old Guard?

One of them, Quynh (Van Veronica Ngo), had a close bond with Andy dating back hundreds of years and built on weathering a series of witch trials. This relationship ended abruptly when a group of priests, fed up with Quynh's perseverance, trapped her in an iron maiden and threw her to the bottom of the sea.
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What does Quynh mean?

Quynh Origin and Meaning

The name Quynh is girl's name meaning "night blooming flower". The Vietnamese name Quynh, pronounced exactly like the Irish gender neutral name Quinn, is a perfect cross-cultural choice with a lovely meaning.
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How old is the immortal?

Biography. The origins of the Immortal remain unknown, even to the Immortal himself. It is known that he is over 3,000 years old and around that era he was involved in an accident (the nature of which is unclear) that gave him superpowers.
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