Look, we’re all unhappy that Henry Cavill will not be Geralt anymore (opens in new tab). And I believe a number of us additionally harbor doubts that his alternative on Netflix’s hit fantasy collection, Liam Hemsworth, is as much as the duty of filling the function.
He is most likely a really good man however he appears extra like a Lambert (opens in new tab) kind: youthful, smaller, form of a headache, extra liable to getting himself into avoidable bother that he is not fairly as much as dealing with. A little bit brother determine, I suppose, though that would simply be preconceived notions talking. Hemsworth is after all an precise little brother—to Thor actor Chris Hemsworth, who’s no doubt a person of Cavillian stature.
That mentioned, Hemsworth hasn’t landed the function simply because he occurred to be standing close by when Henry give up. In keeping with Witcher fan web site Redanian Intelligence (opens in new tab), he truly auditioned for the job in 2018, and whereas the gig in the end went to Cavill, Hemsworth was one of many frontrunners.
The truth is, Hemsworth made such a constructive impression that when it got here time to discover a alternative Geralt, Netflix reportedly didn’t maintain a full casting course of for the function however as an alternative simply picked him as the brand new Geralt.
I will not lie, I nonetheless have a really laborious time envisioning this man:
As this man:
However then once more, I mentioned the identical factor about this man:
And all of it labored out very nicely ultimately. So for now, I am feeling just a little extra optimistic about Hemsworth’s casting, and I will positively be sticking round to look at The Witcher season 4—though if Henry adjustments his thoughts someplace between at times, that’d be tremendous too.
Some followers are already sharing mockups of Hemsworth within the Geralt function, and whereas it is utterly speculative, it is not a horrible look. Possibly just a little extra Thor-like than I would favor, however there’s most likely not a lot to be achieved about that.
Earlier than any of that, although, we have got The Witcher season 3 (opens in new tab), which is able to characteristic Cavill within the lead function. It is anticipated to launch someday in summer season 2023.
