Netflix's The Witcher TV Series Casts Revealed
Showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich of Netflix’s The Witcher has finally found its lead female casts.
Based on the original work of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher has become a successful media franchise and is being proceeded to be adapted into a TV Series for Netflix starring British actor Henry Cavill (Justice League, Man of Steel).
Showrunner of upcoming Netflix's The Witcher, Lauren Hissrich leaves social media after major backlash on unconfirmed news of casting a non-white actress for Ciri spread and she returned to reveal casting some of series' most important roles.
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According to her interview with Hollywood Reporter, actress Freya Allan (Into the Badlands, The War of the Worlds) and Anya Chalotra (The ABC Murders, Wanderlust) will join the show alongside Cavill as female leads Ciri and Yennefer respectively.
In contrast to the central character Geralt of Rivia, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon is known as Ciri, princess of Cintra and his adoptive daughter. On the other hand, Yennefer is a sorceress and a love interest to Geralt, also came to be a mother figure to Ciri.
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Lauren S. Hissrich, who has previous history of working on Marvel's Netflix TV universe, is serving as showrunner and an executive producer for the upcoming fantasy series alongside Alik Sakharov (Game of Thrones, House of Cards).
After Polish video game developer company CD Projekt Red launched The Witcher as an action role-playing game back in 2007, it gained insane popularity and become the primary standard of visual representation of the entire lore worldwide.
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Though she is a fan of the games but for the interpretation of the show, she does not want to rely heavily on the best-selling video game franchise and states the following.
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Although no premiere dates for Netflix's The Witcher has been confirmed yet, production will start soon for an eight episodes run. Hissrich is aiming for a depiction sophisticated from games as the author did not always specify diversity of people in books.
When she ditched Twitter last month due to the controversy over a casting call for Ciri, they hired a casting director for the show, who has already cast 50 people total and Freya Allan was picked from over 200 young women of Europe.
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Rest of supporting cast includes Jodhi May (The Best Man, The Escapist) and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson in role of Queen Calanthe and king of Cintra, Eist. Adam Levy (Before I Go to Sleep, Knightfall) and MyAnna Buring are to play Mousesack and Tissaia.
Millie Brady (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) plays the role of Princess Renfri while Mimi Ndiweni (Cinderella, The Legend of Tarzan) and Therica Wilson-Read (Fox Trap, Suicide Club) is cast as novice sorcerers.
Based on the original work of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher has become a successful media franchise and is being proceeded to be adapted into a TV Series for Netflix starring British actor Henry Cavill (Justice League, Man of Steel).
Showrunner of upcoming Netflix's The Witcher, Lauren Hissrich leaves social media after major backlash on unconfirmed news of casting a non-white actress for Ciri spread and she returned to reveal casting some of series' most important roles.
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| Netflix’s The Witcher TV Series Casts Revealed |
RELATED: The Witcher Is Coming to Netflix
According to her interview with Hollywood Reporter, actress Freya Allan (Into the Badlands, The War of the Worlds) and Anya Chalotra (The ABC Murders, Wanderlust) will join the show alongside Cavill as female leads Ciri and Yennefer respectively.
In contrast to the central character Geralt of Rivia, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon is known as Ciri, princess of Cintra and his adoptive daughter. On the other hand, Yennefer is a sorceress and a love interest to Geralt, also came to be a mother figure to Ciri.
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| Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra Cast as Ciri and Yennefer |
RELATED: Henry Cavill to Star in Netflix’s The Witcher
Lauren S. Hissrich, who has previous history of working on Marvel's Netflix TV universe, is serving as showrunner and an executive producer for the upcoming fantasy series alongside Alik Sakharov (Game of Thrones, House of Cards).
After Polish video game developer company CD Projekt Red launched The Witcher as an action role-playing game back in 2007, it gained insane popularity and become the primary standard of visual representation of the entire lore worldwide.
RELATED: Netflix Still Wants Stranger Things Game
Though she is a fan of the games but for the interpretation of the show, she does not want to rely heavily on the best-selling video game franchise and states the following.
We needed to create our own visual representation. As I’ve been developing the series I’ve actually pulled back from playing the video games because I wanted to make sure the show we were creating was its own unique thing.
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Although no premiere dates for Netflix's The Witcher has been confirmed yet, production will start soon for an eight episodes run. Hissrich is aiming for a depiction sophisticated from games as the author did not always specify diversity of people in books.
When she ditched Twitter last month due to the controversy over a casting call for Ciri, they hired a casting director for the show, who has already cast 50 people total and Freya Allan was picked from over 200 young women of Europe.
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| Netflix’s The Witcher TV Series Casts |
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Rest of supporting cast includes Jodhi May (The Best Man, The Escapist) and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson in role of Queen Calanthe and king of Cintra, Eist. Adam Levy (Before I Go to Sleep, Knightfall) and MyAnna Buring are to play Mousesack and Tissaia.
Millie Brady (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) plays the role of Princess Renfri while Mimi Ndiweni (Cinderella, The Legend of Tarzan) and Therica Wilson-Read (Fox Trap, Suicide Club) is cast as novice sorcerers.
