Henry Cavill leaves The Witcher and Liam Hemsworth will replace him. The announcement broke the hearts of several fans of the series, knowing that, like Cavill, none could embody Geralt of Rivia.
The general feeling is that: just as Cavill is Superman, the Briton is the best actor to star in The Witcher.
On several occasions, Cavill admitted that he had read the Geralt of Rivia Saga, written by the Polish Andrzej Sapkowski; and that he played the video game, in addition to making contributions to the script.
Like him, none. With his passion, few. Now Hemsworth has a very hard job: replace Cavill ..
Henry Cavill’s fanaticism for The Witcher
Cavill told several details about his fanaticism for The Witcher, anticipating at the time that he would only continue in the series if the main character was respected.
“It all depends on what history allows,” said the Briton, quoted by Culture Leisure. “I’m a big fan of the books and I stay true to them, and it’s about making sure the story unfolds without too many deviations or secondary plots that muddy the waters”.
Also, in 2021, Cavill acknowledged that he played The Witcher video game. Although his work prevented him from enjoying it with such continuity, the quarantine allowed him to do so.
A Total Film (quoted by Collider) he told him, “I don’t have much time these days, and unfortunately I haven’t had much chance to try the games again.”
“(But during the quarantine) I decided to put it on the highest possible difficulty to play, which I had done before, And it was really very stressful! I forgot how stressful it was.”
The fourth season, with Liam Hemsworth playing Geralt of Rivia
The Witcher saga has been on Netflix since 2019, always with Cavill as the protagonist. With two seasons available (16 episodes) and the third to start, The news that the British would not be for the fourth fell like a bomb on the fans.
Liam Hemsworth, brother of Chris Hemsworth (Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) will replace Cavill, who chooses new destinations. Let us remember that beyond Superman, the one from Jersey will star in the films Argylle and Enola Holmes 2.
We already see that the work will not be lacking for the talented Henry Cavill, but he will be missed as The Witcher.