With “The Witcher” season 3 coming to an end, Henry Cavill will bid adieu to the character of Geralt of Rivia.
Five years ago, the actor lobbied for the lead role in Netflix’s adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s “The Witcher” book series, citing a love for the novels and the video games which they spawned.
Since then, the “Man of Steel” star has dedicated himself to portraying the titular monster hunter, displaying his characteristic commitment by testing his physical limits and suffering some near career-ending injuries in the process.By the time filming began on season 3, Cavill had basically become an unofficial stunt coordinator, not only performing all Geralt’s action scenes himself, but helping design the choreography and generally demonstrating the innate drive to push himself that served him so well on previous projects like “Mission: Impossible — Fallout.” That penchant for going above and beyond physically was mirrored…
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