Many fans aren’t ready to say goodbye to Henry’s Geralt (Picture: Netflix)
The Witcher showrunner has vowed that Henry Cavill will have a ‘heroic send-off’ in season 3 as fans continue to try to wrap their heads around his unexpected exit.
In October this year, it was announced that the actor had quit the Netflix fantasy series, with Liam Hemsworth replacing him as Geralt of Rivia from season 4.
While fans are gutted to see Henry go amid the news that he also won’t be returning as Superman in the DC cinematic universe, the 39-year-old shared last week that he’s embarking on a passion project of bringing the world of Warhammer to life on screen as a lead star and executive producer.
Ahead of Henry’s last season of The Witcher, the TV adaptation’s creator Lauren S Hissrich revealed some details about how his final outing will play out.
‘Henry has given so much to the show and so we want to honour that appropriately,’ she told EW.
She explained that the third season is ‘the closest thing that we’ve done as a one-to-one adaptation of the books’, outlining how the fourth book in Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher series, formed some of the inspiration for the new episodes.
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Addressing the narrative surrounding monster hunter Geralt, Lauren continued: ‘Geralt’s big turn is about giving up neutrality and doing anything that he has to do to get to Ciri [Freya Allan]. And to me, it’s the most heroic send-off that we could have, even though it wasn’t written to be that.
‘Geralt has a new mission in mind when we come back to him in season 4. He’s a slightly different Geralt than we expected. Now, by the way, that’s an understatement.’
At the recent premiere for the prequel series The Witcher: Blood Origin in London, Joey Batey – who made his debut as the bard Jaskier in the original show – shared his upset reaction to Henry’s departure.
Hunger Games star Liam has big shoes to fill (Picture: PA/Getty Images)
‘I was very sad. I mean, I’m not gonna lie. It was a little gutting because Henry just brings the show,’ the 33-year-old said.
‘He has had this show on his shoulders for four years now and brings this strength on the bad days, and the joy on the good ones. So he will be really missed. I’ll miss him, like nobody’s business.’
However, he also expressed his excitement over Liam’s portrayal of Geralt, stating: ‘I’ve been talking to Liam and Liam’s so keen and is already throwing himself into every little corner of this world and this universe.’
In his statement announcing he was stepping down from the show, Henry wrote: ‘As with the greatest of literary characters, I pass the torch with reverence for the time spent embodying Geralt and enthusiasm to see Liam’s take on this most fascinating and nuanced of men.’
Paying homage to his successor Liam, he added: ‘Liam, good sir, this character has such a wonderful depth to him, enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find.’
The Witcher is available to watch on Netflix.
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