7 Unique and Crazy Facts about The Witcher Netflix Series
Breaking expectations, that’s what the latest TV series The Witcher from Netflix has done, although it was previously doubted, in fact the series ended up being able to captivate the hearts of the audience. There are many things that make this series so likable, from the slick soundtrack, the totality of Geralt’s role, the right setting, to the interesting storyline.
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In addition to the The Witcher series itself, various things and processes behind the scenes turned out to save a myriad of interesting facts. Many of them even look unique and crazy, and here are seven facts from the TV series The Witcher.
7. Henry Cavill Reads The Witcher Version Of The Novel And Plays The Game Version
It seems that it is common knowledge that Henry Cavill is an acute gamer. Being in the “PC Master Race” camp, Cavill often spends hours at home just playing video games. He is of course also a fan of the The Witcher game franchise.
To explore his role as Geralt, Cavill even admitted that he had gone through the playthrough of The Witcher 3 with the highest level of difficulty. This difficulty actually made Cavill feel frustrated and ended up dying often. Not only that, to further deepen his role in the series, Cavill also had time to read Andrzej Sapkowski’s version of The Witcher novel.
6. Audiences Appreciated, But Criticized
Meeting expectations, maybe that’s the opinion of the fans regarding the adaptation of this TV series. Henry Cavill’s charming role as Geralt, as well as an interesting storyline make this new series reap a flood of praise. But who would have thought, even though it was widely praised by fans, in fact the assessment of The Witcher series in one of the giant review bodies actually said otherwise.
On the review site Rottentomatoes, the series received negative numbers with a rating of only 58%. Whereas in the review submitted by the audience through the audience score, the value obtained reached up to 93%. Of course, after the release of the review, Rottentomatoes drew criticism from fans who did not agree with the review site’s assessment.
5. Henry Cavill Dehydrated For Three Days For The Iconic Bathtub Scene
Cavill really does the role in totality in his role as Geralt, he plays every scene to the maximum extent possible. One of them was during the iconic bathtub scene, before the shooting of the scene, Cavill admitted that he had dehydrated himself for three days in a row. So what does being dehydrated have to do with being naked in the bath?
Interviewed on The Graham Norton Show, Cavill said that the reason for dehydrating yourself is so that your skin is thinner and your muscles will automatically stand out. “This is not three days in a row without drinking, on the first day I only drank 1.5 liters, the second day 1.5 liters, and the third day did not drink at all, after that on the fourth day I took pictures,” said Cavill.
4. Move The Mandalorian as the Series with the Most Number of Fans in the World
Breaking expectations, that’s what The Witcher series did, although previously it was doubted, the series in fact managed to captivate the hearts of the audience. Unmitigated, the Netflix series has even been able to dethrone an equally ambitious series – The Mandalorian.
The series with the basis of the Star Wars universe was previously very viral, even being at the top of the list as the series with the most fans with a total of 115 million. But now The Mandalorian’s throne has been shifted, from based on data at the end of December 2019, now it’s The Witcher’s turn to top the rankings “The most-demanded TV show worldwide” with a total of 127 million fans.
3. Henry Cavill Casts His Own Horse as Roach
In both the game and novel versions, we can see that Roach is Geralt’s closest friend, even though he is just a horse. Cavill must have known this, therefore, he decided to choose a horse to play Roach himself.
The horse of his choice is named Zeus, Cavill really wants to build a bond with the horse of his choice in order to appear more natural. He even admitted that he always spent six hours every day just riding the Roach to build a bond.
2. Targeted to Create 7 Seasons
Although the first season just aired last month, it seems that Netflix has thought about the future of The Witcher series. This was revealed directly by Showrunner and Executive Producer – Lauren Hissrich, through his interview with SFX, he said that The Witcher still had a long way to go.
Lauren has mapped out the TV series version of the story and as a result, the entire story will be completed in the seventh season. For now, Lauren and her team are starting to focus on the second season, which will soon start the shooting process in February 2020.
1. Henry Cavill Brings Geralt’s Costume Home to Wear
Cavill is arguably very capable of giving a very accurate persona to his role as Geralt. He also seems to be very obsessed with the Witcher figure, so obsessed, it turns out that Cavill even brought the costume he wore when shooting to wear at home.
Through his interview with NME, Cavill actually had a very difficult time putting on his Geralt costume. “I brought the costume home, it wasn’t easy to put it on, it took two hours for hair and other make-up, I ended up just sitting at home and looking cool,” said Cavill. Furthermore, Cavill also said that Geralt’s character was very similar to him, “Geralt was very familiar to me from the start” he added.
Those are the seven unique and crazy facts from the latest series The Witcher, which facts amazed you the most or surprised you the most? The first season of the series itself is currently available as many as 8 episodes, while the second season will only launch in 2021.
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