Look, we’re all unhappy that Henry Cavill will not be Geralt anymore (opens in new tab). And I feel loads of us additionally harbor doubts that his substitute on Netflix’s hit fantasy sequence, 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, type of a headache, extra liable to getting himself into avoidable hassle that he is not fairly as much as dealing with. Slightly brother determine, I suppose, though that might simply be preconceived notions talking. Hemsworth is in fact an precise little brother—to Thor actor Chris Hemsworth, who’s no doubt a person of Cavillian stature.
That stated, Hemsworth hasn’t landed the function simply because he occurred to be standing close by when Henry give up. In response to 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.
In actual fact, Hemsworth made such a optimistic impression that when it got here time to discover a substitute 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 arduous time envisioning this man:
As this man:
However then once more, I stated the identical factor about this man:
And all of it labored out very properly in the long run. So for now, I am feeling a bit extra optimistic about Hemsworth’s casting, and I am going to positively be sticking round to look at The Witcher season 4—though if Henry modifications his thoughts someplace between every now and then, that’d be tremendous too.
Some followers are already sharing mockups of Hemsworth within the Geralt function, and whereas it is fully speculative, it isn’t a horrible look. Perhaps a bit extra Thor-like than I would want, however there’s most likely not a lot to be performed about that.
Earlier than any of that, although, we have The Witcher season 3 (opens in new tab), which can characteristic Cavill within the lead function. It is anticipated to launch someday in summer time 2023.