Man the news about the Netflix Witcher series keeps getting worse or better depending on what side of the fence you are. For me, it definitely gets worse, first, we have what seems to be an all white (extremely diverse according to them), group of writers having cupcakes and champaign and partying it up. And later holding up signs using The Witcher hashtag to protest the deportation of illegal migrants. And now the news has come in that the role of Gerald of Riviera will be played by Henry Cavill (I fuck you not!), and this came to mind when I heard the news:
Why Henry Cavill of all people!? He has the emotional range of a potato and lacks charisma granted he does well in action movies but that is where his acting skills stop. He just doesn’t seem to be a match for Geralt’s overall personality. This casting seems to be more about name recognition and having a big name Hollywood actor in it so they can draw more viewers. I made my own fantasy list and on paper at least, it looks way better:
If I can dispense one single nugget of wisdom to Netflix and SeanDanielCompany that won’t cost them a failed TV series. Honor the source material, because the lack of knowledge has destroyed many reboots and remakes. And most important of all, market it to the fans. The fans are the ones who will be watching this series and the fans are the ones telling others people to go see these movies. If you are going to market it to any other demography and insert politics into it, your show will fail.