THE WITCHER Producer Teases How Season 4 Will Explain Henry Cavill's Recasting
Henry Cavill’s time on The Witcher series is over, and the next time we see Geralt of Rivia in action, he will be played by Liam Hemsworth. The upcoming fourth season will explain this change in casting, we just don’t know exactly how.
In a recent interview with Wyborcza, executive producer Tomek Baginski teased what we can expect from Season 4 and the change with Geralt. He explains that the story will be inspired by author Andrzej Sapkowski’s fifth and final novel, Lady of the Lake, saying:
“I’m not talking about specific events, but the narrative framework that was introduced in this book. Suddenly, at the beginning of the book, we learn that everything we’ve read so far might not have been true, and this cannot be compared with, for example, the currently popular concept of the multiverse, where out of nowhere there are many different realities.”
With Geralt’s new appearance, fans have speculated that the show would play with the multiverse concept. When previously talking about how Hemsworth’s Geralt will be introduced in the series, producer Baginski said:
"We have a very, very good plan to introduce our new Geralt and our new vision for Geralt with Liam. Not going deeply into those ideas because this will be a huge spoiler, [but] it's also very, very close to the meta ideas which are deeply embedded in the books, especially in book five."
In the fifth book, Ciri goes through a portal and finds herself in a different world, which is what got fans speculating that the creative team was planning on Hemsworth’s Geralt being a variant of sorts from another universe. But that seemingly won’t be the case. He went on to say:
“I’ll say this: I remember the discussions even during the release of the books. 20 years ago, when the 5th book was released, people were very frustrated. In this context, the world built by Andrzej Sapkowski seems to me one of the most flexible in all of fantasy.”
So that’s why they feel like they can change things up as much as they have! How do you think The Witcher creative team is going to explain the recasting aspect of the series?