Henry Cavill has been winning our hearts as Superman for many years. The audience cannot imagine anyone else portraying the role of the Man of Steel better than Cavill. Hence, when it was announced that he would be playing the role of the rugged monster-hunter Geralt of Rivia, it was almost unbelievable for the actor and the game show fans. However, Cavill broke all myths and his past image with his promising role in the show. His persona on the screen dropped all the speculation about his role, and everyone was wowed by his performance and dialogue delivery.
The DCEU Superman shared in an interview about the measures of hard work and training he endured to perfect his character as the brutal monster hunter, Geralt.
Henry Cavill kept three swords at home
Geralt of Rivia is a fictional character and the protagonist of the series The Witcher. The show is based on short stories and novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. As per the books, Geralt is a magically enhanced monster-hunter known, also called a witcher, and he possesses supernatural abilities because of his mutations.
Henry Cavill had been engaged in intense weight training and bodybuilding for the role. A part of his training also included sword fighting. Regarding the practice of holding a sword, he said,
“I spent all of my free time, and when I wasn’t on set, with a sword in my hand. It was getting used to the weight of the sword, using it day in and day out. I had three swords where I lived and four at work. And it was just non-stop practice, practice, practice.”
It was apparent in the first look at The Witcher series that Cavill was the right choice for Geralt.
Henry Cavill did not require many dialogues for Geralt in The Witcher
Henry Cavill‘s performance was up to the mark, and he didn’t even need much of the dialogue written for his character. The writer and show-runner, Lauren Schmidt revealed that he easily conveyed everything through his performance. Schmidt said,
“In the first episode, I wrote Geralt with a lot of lines. Henry shot them all, and in the edit, we started pulling some of them out. Henry brings subtleties to this character, finding emotional resonance in small moments, and playing it in such a subtle way that you understand what the character is going through without necessarily having huge chunks of dialogue. By the time we got to the finale of the first season – we didn’t even shoot half the dialogue because we knew there was so much Henry could do with Geralt that didn’t require my words.”
Henry Cavill played the role for three seasons of the show, with the third season set to release this summer. Henceforth, Liam Hemsworth will be carrying forward the role of Geralt from season four.
The Witcher is streaming on Netflix.
Source-ScreenRant
