Netflix Really Wants THE WITCHER Fans to Know That Henry Cavill Is Still Geralt in Season 3
The first five episodes of The Witcher Season 3 dropped on Netflix last week, and the streaming service has launched a marketing campaign to remind fans that yes… Henry Cavill is still in Season 3 of the series.
As you know, Cavill left the show, and he won’t return to the role of Geralt in Season 4 of 5. He has been replaced by Liam Hemsworth, who has some huge shoes to fill.
Netflix is beaming a message into several locations throughout the UK that says: "Yes, he’s still Geralt in season 3.” That message is being displayed near The Shard in London, the South Bank, Edinburgh Castle, and the White Cliffs of Dover. You can see the images below.
I’m not sure why they felt the need to implement this little marketing campaign unless viewership is down for Season 3 and they are just wanting to remind people that Cavill is still in the show so that they’ll tune in to watch!
When previously talking about Cavill’s final season and the last couple of episodes, Steve Gaub said: "It's a very strong season for Henry, a great final run for him as Geralt. I think the most important thing for us was to make sure he was very proud of those last [scenes], invariably those last moments are the ones you leave an audience with, and those last couple episodes are very strong episodes for him.”
I haven’t had a chance to watch The Witcher Season 3, but I’ll jump into it later this week. Showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich recently said that Season 3 will see a “shift back to the books” and promises that fans will be heard. So, it sounds like fans are in for a solid third season.
In The Witcher Season 3, “as monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri of Cintra into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it. Entrusted with Ciri’s magical training, Yennefer leads them to the protected fortress of Aretuza, where she hopes to discover more about the girl’s untapped powers; instead, they discover they’ve landed in a battlefield of political corruption, dark magic, and treachery. They must fight back, put everything on the line — or risk losing each other forever.”
The series also stars Jodhi May as Calanthe, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson as Eist, Adam Levy as Mousesack, MyAnna Buring as Tissaia, Mimi Ndiweni as Fringilla, Therica Wilson-Read as Sabrina, Emma Appleton as Renfri, Eamon Farren as Cahir, Joey Batey as Jaskier, Lars Mikkelsen as Stregobor, Royce Pierreson as Istredd, Maciej Musiał as Sir Lazlo, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte as Dara, and Anna Shaffer as Triss. New comers include Robbie Amell (Upload), Meng’er Zhang (Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings) as Milva, Hugh Skinner (Mamma Mia Here We Go Again!) as Prince Radovid, and Christelle Elwin (Half Badas) Mistle.
The series comes from producer and showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich who already shared that the upcoming season will adapt Andrzej Sapkowski's Time of Contempt, which is the second novel in The Witcher saga.
The season’s final three episodes are set to drop on July 27th.