The Witcher's Liam Hemsworth hadn't watched Netflix show or read the books before Geralt casting
The Witcher's Liam Hemsworth hadn't watched Netflix show or read the books before Geralt casting
Liam Hemsworth had not watched Netflix's The Witcher adaptation or read the original book series before being cast as Geralt of Rivia.
Netflix: "He won't know how bad we're fucking this up!"
They should have just canned this series after Cavill left... Who likes watching series where the MAIN cast is replaced??
Doctor Who fans, too. Eventually.
They changed their strategic direction for the show.
Go back and re-watch the first season, then try to watch the next two.
The first season is trying to compete with what HBO used to be known for: high-budget spectacles. It's like a blockbuster movie stretched out into a series. The lighting, the costumes the editing, the special effects, the casting, the writing, the sound design. It's comparable to Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, Band of Brothers, Wanda Vision, The Last of Us, Breaking Bad, the Walking Dead, the Mandalorian, American Horror Story, Westworld, etc. Of course, those shows aren't all perfect but they have high production values (or at least started that way) and were meant to be premium technical showcases. Back before the days of streaming, this was the quality of show where you'd have to pay your cable company extra to get that channel.
Immediately with season 2 of the Witcher, everything feels worse. The most obvious to me is how Yennifer went from her ridiculous outfits to dresses that look like they're on sale at Kohl's today. The lighting, the makeup, everything. It's the quality of basic daytime cable TV, the kind that is still broadcast over the air for free.
So they basically had a must smaller budget for season two and the following seasons it sounds like.
Not surprising. The issues they had with Cavill were directly related to the fact that he knew the source material and how they were fucking it up.
Especially egregious since they were extremely vocal about staying true to the source material in the books, then immediately throwing that out the window after they got the names of places, characters, and general occupations.
I gave up on the show after the second season. Which is weird because I loved the first one. It’s Altered Carbon all over again. May it rest in piss.
First season was mostly fine, but those penis armored nilfgardians...
Second season completely undermined established characters' morals. Yen acting like a 60s "irrational female character" archetype because "I want a baby", Vesemir just being OK with the prospect of creating more witchers, the way they made Eskel out to be an asshole and then just killed him...
I damn loved the first season of Altered Carbon
I don't think an actor needs to be a fan before taking a role. It can provide a fresh perspective.
But it definitely helps.
I don’t think the actor does, but the director and/or production has to. If it’s not similar to the source material just call it something else, but I do get saying “based on XYZ” makes for easier marketing.
Oh absolutely. Production needs to know and understand it. 100%
Because he is not a fan of the series doesn't mean that he will do a bad job or skip on source material study. I guess I will reserve my judgment until I see a couple of episodes.
Why they would ignore a primary source like Cavil, I dunno. Dumb move.
Because they didn't want a primary source. Especially not one that would try to correct them instead of letting them make their own shitty story in the universe and destroying existing characters in the process.
There is no Geralt of Rivia on-screen without Henry Cavill (exc the games, yes)
Sadly the only good thing that came out of it was a catchy song.