The Witcher er smuk og grotesk på samme tid

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Netflix stjal fredag showet i San Diego under Comic-Con med den første trailer til The Witcher serien, der debuterer "senere i år" med otte episoder.


Netflix har ikke været voldsom informerende omkring Witcher serien, men vi ved allerede så meget om The Witcher's verden fra Andrzej Sapkowskis bogserie (som serien er baseret på) og CD Projekt Reds trilogi af spil, og vi burde have forventninger skruet op for fuld smadder. Showet vil blive påvirket af eksisterende materiale, men det vil afvige på nogle få vigtige måder. For eksempel, under et interview med IGN, er Ciri beskrevet som at have en “sheltered upbringing”, og det er ikke præcis, man ville beskrive hende i The Witcher 3.

“It’s about just going all in and making what you think it is, and it’s not necessarily conforming to what every single person says on the internet,” Henry Cavill said in San Diego. “It’s different for everyone. You just provide your insight into the character and who you think they are, and you go from there.”

Cavill, mest berømt for sin rolle som Superman, tager fat på Geralt of Rivia's mantel. Til glæde for mange eksisterende fans er Cavill en dedikeret The Witcher gamer selv.

“It would be like playing another run of The Witcher 3 but with a completely different skin on and that I think would be interesting, because I’ve played it through a number of times now and it’s ‘okay cool, I’ve done it, I’ve seen it’ and I still get that same enjoyment out of playing it through. But what if I could play it slightly differently? Then yeah, this is kind of what it is for me when you’re doing the show. Yes, it’s Geralt of Rivia the witcher, but he looks like me now.”

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