The Witcher - A Netflix Series

I've met poles with impeccable English accents.

Likewise I'm sure there's plenty of native English speakers with Polish or Slavic ancestry, acceptable acting skills (by Hollywood standards), and the right physical attributes.

I hope whoever plays Yennefer is hot as fuck, though.

Yvonne Strahovski would probably be a good choice. I've never seen her with black hair in live action, though, so not one hundred percent sure that will work. Otherwise, she pulls off "hot, competent, and dangerous" very well.

edited 26th May '17 7:28:40 AM by Discar

Remember, Book!Yennefer was described as attractive, but not necessairly in the classic sense, as she had some strange proportions, uneven shoulders etc Her being a gorgeous woman came with the games.

True, but Geralt mostly only noticed those oddities when he saw (and felt, for the shoulders) her naked. Like most sorceresses, she did a pretty good job of making herself as pretty as possible, there were just a few problems she couldn't fix all the way.

I would like it if they don't get big name actors.

How big is big? Because, for example, I haven't heard of Anna Rust before last year's rumors... And as far as other SDC productions go, I haven't heard of most of The Expanse cast, save for Thomas Jane and Shoreh Aghdashloo, and recognizing Nick Tarabay as That Guy from Person of Interest.

edited 22nd Jun '17 11:51:09 AM by NotSoBadassLongcoat

I kind of hope they keep Geralt's trait from the games of being a fantasy character that inexplicably has an American accent.

Translation Convention.

I've seen her with black hair in the final season of Chuck it was for a few episodes. Though that might've been closer to brunette.

It also helps that she speaks Polish fluently.

I kind of want them to get actors that are just speaking Polish with subtitles even though I usually hate subtitles if I don't understand the language the actors are speaking.

edited 22nd Jun '17 12:57:41 PM by Halberdier17

Good question. No idea who any of those names are, so to some they might be too recognizable while to others, not so much.

edited 22nd Jun '17 1:54:21 PM by GethKnight

I meant more in that it's inexplicable because most fantasy uses various European (primarily British) accents. I'd like it if they kept it that Geralt and other Witchers used American accents unlike the rest of the characters. It's a quirk of the games I like.

Has anyone else heard the rumors that they want to cast Zach McGowan as Geralt?

Sapkowski was paid a flat fee and I'm fairly certain he never even saw the video games' plot because he's not a gamer.

So, yeah, I'd be annoyed too.

The problem is, that by all accounts, CD Projekt Red asked if they could make a game, he went "yeah, sure whatever" and settled for a flat fee because he assumed it would fail. There's some noise about him actually asking for a flat fee instead of royalties. We do know he refused to be a consultant. Then the first game did okay, the second one did better and the third exploded in popularity.

He basically chose to sell the game rights and then sit out the whole thing before CD Projekt Red even got started. At least, that's what I gathered.

Mac Gowen seems to have the right look, he's old enough to look like he's got some experience.

That makes sense. I mean at the time CD Projekt was a small studio that just did ports and translations and it was a property that was basically unheard of outside of central Europe (they didn't even have an English release at the time). An unproven studio with a property with limited brand recognition in any of the major markets taking a flat fee over royalties seem like a good deal at the time especially since he was pretty much done with the series.It just turned out that it would prove an unexpected hit that would start to change CD Projekt from an unknown studio to a studio to watch.

Yeah, it's understandable why he did that. The TV show he sold the rights for was, well, let's just say it wasn't any good even with the budget it did. So, a megahit is not what you expect. It doesn't help the video games are a fanfiction rewrite of his saga either. Basically, taking the ending and rewriting it.

I don't begrudge Sapkowski's feelings even as I also note he's probably unaware how good the games are.

edited 2nd Jul '17 9:23:41 AM by CharlesPhipps

Don't forget Sapkowski is also annoyed at the games because it's resulted in scores of young audiences to his book readings.

Nah, my question was more about whether anyone else heard that rumor. Because I learned it from a guy, who learned it from his wife, who read about it on a gossip site of some sort. Which means it may be complete bull.

That's oversimplified and you know it.

edited 13th Mar '18 1:37:49 PM by Forenperser

Henry Cavill to Star in ‘Witcher’ Series at Netflix

Wow. I don't see it, but, I haven't seen Cavill in anything(that I can think of) except as Superman. I think they can pull it off; I have an ingrained image of Geralt in my head that is the obstacle to see clearly, probably.

I think my preference for Geralt would have been Jim Caviezel, as he is great at the "heavily deadpan warrior" Geralt is, but Cavil has been good in a number of things. So we'll see.

Do we have the casting for anyone else yet? I still say Yvonne Strahovski would make a great Yennifer.

What else has Cavil been in? The only thing I can think of is the Duke of Somewhere-or-other in The Tudors. While he was alright he wasn't particularly memorable.

Man from UNCLE. Which, incidentally, I highly recommend. Excellent movie.