Since it was announced Liam Hemsworth will be replacing Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, fans of The Witcher have wondered how the Netflix series will go about the shock recasting.
*WARNING: Potential spoilers ahead for The Witcher* — An executive producer of the Netflix series has since hinted in a recent interview that the writers are exploring concepts from The Witcher books that will make the arrival of Liam Hemsworth feel as seamless as possible.
The Witcher producer promises “lore-accurate” recasting
Speaking to Yahoo News about the future of The Witcher, executive producer Tomek Baginski hinted at how the series will deal with the mammoth task of replacing Henry Cavill’s monster hunter with Liam Hemsworth’s Geralt.
“I don’t want to get too emotional, but it was a great journey to have Henry Cavill on this show and we will miss him,” he said. “But, at the same time, we have a very, very good plan to introduce our new Geralt and our new vision for Geralt with Liam.”
“Not going deeply into those ideas because this will be a huge spoiler,” he continued. “[But] it’s also very, very close to the meta ideas which are deeply embedded in the books, especially in book five.”
The book that Baginski appears to be referencing is The Lady of the Lake, the fifth main novel in Andrzej Sapkowski literary series.
“It’s very lore accurate,” Baginski added. “It’s very close to what was set out in the books and I think this change will be quite flawless.”
“But at the same time, it will be a new Geralt, it will be a new face for this character and I think it will also be very, very exciting to see.”
What happens in The Lady of the Lake?
The opening story beats of The Lady of the Lake follow Ciri as she attempts to flee from someone who is trying to imprison her.
In the hopes of escaping her pursuer, Ciri travels through a portal at Tor Zireael (Tower of the Swallow) but rather than transporting her to another location in her own world, the magical gateway deposits her in another realm entirely, one ruled by elves.
As Ciri’s journey through the book continues, she ends up traveling to multiple different worlds in an effort to reunite with Geralt before she eventually does find her way home.
Fans of the video game, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, may be reminded of Ciri recounting a similar tale, one in which she briefly ended up in the world of Cyberpunk 2077, where she encountered people with metal in their heads, who lived in houses of glass and would travel in their own flying ships.
How this story could lead to Geralt’s recasting
If Netflix’s Witcher series follows in the footsteps of this story from the books, then it’s not hard to see how Geralt’s recasting may come about.
After traveling through several different worlds, Ciri’s attempts to get home could see her arrive in a realm where a version of Geralt of Rivia exists but he isn’t quite the same one she left behind.
There’s plenty of opportunity to include some comedy here as characters could query Geralt’s new appearance.
Or a potentially less jarring way to go about Geralt’s new look could be to simply ignore it, instead quickly whisking viewers away on a thrilling new adventure.
Either way, we’re certainly curious and excited to see just how The Witcher will introduce its new lead.
Season 3 of The Witcher is available to stream now on Netflix with Volume 2 set to arrive on July 27, 2023.
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