All right ladies and gentlemen here’s another round on why Henry Cavill leaving The Witcher was indeed a good decision and Netflix’s loss. When the actor was approached by Dwayne Johnson to make a cameo as Superman in DCU’s Black Adam, Cavill left The Witcher franchise that instant.
Fans thought that the Man of Steel actor had a lot on his plate in the DCU and that is why he had to quit. After his departure from the DCU however, it was revealed that Cavill had had a fallout with The Witcher showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich over creative differences. It is just as Cavill feared, The Witcher season 3 deviates significantly from the source novels, which is exactly what the fans and the Enola Holmes actor clearly did not like.
Henry Cavill’s Fear Came True With The Witcher Season 3
As The Man From U.N.C.L.E actor had prophesized, it is as the people and Henry Cavill fear, The Witcher season 3 will not be what we want. Having already deviated significantly from the original novels by Andrzej Sapkowski, it is now confirmed that the upcoming seasons will only deviate more and more from the source material.
Back when tension was high, Cavill had alleged that the showrunner of the series, Lauren S. Hissrich had no respect for the original novels as she twisted the tale however she saw fit. This was further proven true when the VFX supervisor of The Witcher sat down for a chat with Screenrant. Stating that they had a very big task at hand, the VFX supervisor, Sebastian Francoeur, and producer Graeme Marshall let it slip that they were working on things “never heard or seen before in The Witcher lore”
“I don’t think it’s anything that anyone’s read or seen before in Witcher lore, so I think it’s gonna be exciting,”
This wasn’t all, however, as the producer of The Witcher tried to defend their decision by comparing the Netflix series with that of the HBO show The Last of Us.
Henry Cavill’s The Witcher Gets Compared To The Last of Us
Since both the critically acclaimed series are based on games, a comparison between the two was bound to happen. The producer of The Witcher defended the series’ deviation by stating that they had a lot of creative freedom to try and explore different stories,
“It’s different from watching a show like The Last of Us, in which the first episode is the beginning of the video game. Whereas with this, I think there’s a lot of creative license to stay similar and true to certain parts and enable them to explore different parts as well.”
It has been announced that this will be the last season wherein Henry Cavill will portray the role of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher. Liam Hemsworth will be the new lead replacement of Cavill from season 4 onwards.
The Witcher season 1 and 2 are currently available to stream on Netflix.
Source: Screenrant
