“The Witcher”: why did Liam Hemsworth play the role of Henry Cavill? Remember

The fourth season of The witcher arrived this Thursday, 30, at Netflixwith great news. The actor Liam Hemsworth instead he plays Geralt of Rivia Henry Cavillwho left the series after the third season.

The move was made official that day October 29, 2022when Cavill announced in a post on Instagram that he would not be returning for the show’s fourth season. In the same text he had already revealed that he would be replaced by Hemsworth.

“My journey as Geralt of Rivia has been full of monsters and adventure, and unfortunately I will be putting my medallion and swords aside in season 4. In my place, the amazing Liam Hemsworth will take on the role of the White Wolf.” The third season, also starring Cavill, premiered in June 2023.

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The actor’s departure was shrouded in speculation, with many fans pointing to the possibility that he was dissatisfied with the changes made to the character from the original work, the books Andrzej Sapkowski. However, none of this has been confirmed.

Cavill had another character planned

In a recent interview given to Weekly entertainmentthe executive producer Lauren Hissrich admitted that he talks about Cavill’s future with The witcher were already happening and that the actor’s departure was not sudden.

“He had plans for other characters that he really wanted to get into,” the producer said. “For our part, we didn’t want to hold a person down and force them to do something they didn’t want to do. I think it was a symbiotic decision.”

The announcement of his farewell The witcher it arrived just days after Cavill himself announced on his Instagram that he would be reprising the role of Superman. At the time he had participated in the closing credits of Black Adamwhich had just debuted. The plan was for him to return to play the hero in new films in light of DC’s reformulation.

The video with the announcement, published in October 24, 2022it was accompanied by an image of Cavill portrayed as the Man of Steel.

“I want to make it official: I’m back as Superman,” the star said. “The image you saw in this publication and what you saw in Black Adam They’re just a little taste of what’s to come.”

In the caption, she wrote, “There’s a lot to be grateful for, and I’ll talk about it in due course, but most of all I wanted to thank you. Thank you for your support and patience. I promise it will be rewarded.”

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Much to the disappointment of his fans, however, the promise did not materialize. The launch of Black Adamhero Dwayne Johnsonit occurred before the change in creative direction for the DC Comics films.

James Gunn AND Pietro Safran were announced as creative control of the label’s upcoming film adaptations just one day after Cavill announced his return to the role of Clark Kent. In the following months the duo formalized that they would follow new directions, with David Corenswet taking on the mantle. According to Cavill, his October announcement was made at the studio’s direction.

“This isn’t the easiest news to break, but that’s life. The changing of the guard is something that happens, I respect that. James and Peter have a universe to build,” he wrote.

Source: Terra