Henry Cavill has had a series of iconic roles in his bag and one of them includes the Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher. He played the character for the first two seasons and will be reprising his role one last time in the third season of the series before Liam Hemsworth officially takes over as the lead.
He confirmed that his experience working on set was more of a dream come true seeing how much he loves the games and the books. This was also his inspiration for wanting the role in the first place. Although he has since parted ways with his role, it was due to the same creative differences as the series was drifting from the source material by a lot.
Henry Cavill Was More Geralt Than Himself
During an interview, Henry Cavill admitted that his experience working on set for The Witcher had led him to be more Geralt than himself. During those eight months of his life, the actor saw the silver flying wisps of hair on his face more than his floppy dark hair. He would wake up, sleep and eat as Geralt with his sword hanging by his side more often than the actor would like to admit.
Cavill even admitted that the sight of him normally would shock him because of how used he was to seeing Geralt when he looked in the mirror. He even confirmed that the wrap party was starting right as they were finishing filming. It usually took over two hours to get the actor ready as the lead character so he was used to sitting around in heavy gear. This became such normalcy for him that Cavill was ready to sit in the car and go to the party without even bothering to change into his own clothes.
There Was A Massive Confusion On Set To Pronounce Most Of The Names In The Witcher
Anya Chalotra and Freya Allen revealed that one of the difficulties that they faced while filming was how to pronounce all the names. Allen admitted that pronouncing Ciri was the easiest. While many would mistake Yennefer for Jennifer and Geralt for Gerald often enough. Furthermore, everyone had been trying to agree upon what was the right way to pronounce most names and which way was right or wrong.
The bath scene in the first season of the show stands to be iconic because it is accurate to both the books and the games. Cavill tried his best to live up to what the sources had set up for him. He even managed to nail his voice as accurately as possible. The actor tried making it as raspy and ancient without getting it to sound cartoonish and he did an amazing job with that.
The Witcher’s third season will be streaming on Netflix in the summer of 2023.
Source: BBC Radio 1