The Witcher (2019)
HarryDurden 5 points 6 months ago.

Hard to imagine anyone other than Cavill being Geralt. As I read in an IMDB comment about characters of books/video games into screen adaptations someone stated Cavill “is THE GOLD STANDARD”. I never read the books nor played the video games, but even from the cheap seats I have to concur he IS Geralt. All you have to do is an online search for the site GH Rex mentioned along with “Witcher” and you’ll find it along with this:
Andrzej Sapkowski himself said about Henry Cavill: “I was more than happy with Henry Cavill’s appearance as The Witcher, he’s a real professional. Just as Viggo Mortensen gave his face to Aragorn, so Henry gave his to Geralt and it shall be forever so.”

Henry isn’t leaving The Witcher because of Superman, Netflix executives have once again made a grave decision against delivering for their fans. The reason why The Witcher is such a popular show is the fans’ love of the source material of books and games, that are hated by and have actively been mocked by the writers and showrunner. Henry Cavill is one of those big fans, he knows all of it inside out and wanted to stay true to Sapkowski’s world, which is why Netflix wants to replace him.
Such a shame when screenwriters and producers think they know better when everything is already written for them.
Thanks, Rex.

random000 5 points 6 months ago.

This comment is very interesting & raises so many questions, but let’s focus on a singular one of importance to fans, not just of this series, but of anything in the film & entertainment world:::

Why on Earth would a showrunner, writer or otherwise work for a project they hate so much & have no respect for the source material or fans that they feel the need to lash out at it in any way, such as the written page? Part 2 of that burning question is:::: Why would anyone hire such revisionist brats to begin with??? Don’t they have a set of questions in the interview screening process to weed out these types who have an axe to grind???