"The Witcher is a maverick, a lone wolf, a loose cannon who won't play by the rules. He knows no fear, gasps an underling as the Witcher looks at a horse and frowns, fearlessly. But the Witcher is preoccupied. The winds of change howl around his thigh boots and perturb the weave of his wig. Your silence is especially loud today, Witcher, observes sidekick Milva (Meng'er Zhang), as the Witcher who, for the purposes of drama/HMRC, is also known as Geralt of Rivia frowns at another horse."
"But the Witcher/Geralt doesn't want to talk about why he doesn't want to talk. Not because the most recent instalment of the beloved Netflix series with which he shares a name saw his family rent asunder by the forces of darkness (although, to be fair, this probably hasn't helped). But because the wandering monster-hunter has awoken in season four of The Witcher to find he is no longer being played by Henry Cavill, upon whose mountainous shoulders rested the first three seasons."
Geralt is portrayed as a maverick, lone wolf monster-hunter whose silence and preoccupation dominate early scenes. Sidekick Milva notes his conspicuous quiet. The character's mood is partly ascribed to prior traumatic events, but the central cause is a major casting change in season four: Henry Cavill no longer plays Geralt. Liam Hemsworth assumes the role, prompting visible unease and a different physical presence. Cavill's strong, monosyllabic anchoring is described as hard to replace. The final two series must rely on Hemsworth's portrayal to carry the show's protagonism amid a dramatic tonal shift.
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