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Henry Cavill will not return as Geralt of Rivia in season 4 of Netflix's The Witcher series, despite recently losing his role as Superman. Netflix confirmed there will be no changes to the casting of season 4, where Liam Hemsworth will take over the lead role of Geralt. While Cavill announced his departure from The Witcher to focus on playing Superman, he has since lost that role as well. Netflix and the show's producers remain confident that recasting Geralt with Hemsworth will not negatively impact the popularity of the series.

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Henry Cavill

Henry Cavill will not return as Geralt of Rivia in season 4 of Netflix's The Witcher series, despite recently losing his role as Superman. Netflix confirmed there will be no changes to the casting of season 4, where Liam Hemsworth will take over the lead role of Geralt. While Cavill announced his departure from The Witcher to focus on playing Superman, he has since lost that role as well. Netflix and the show's producers remain confident that recasting Geralt with Hemsworth will not negatively impact the popularity of the series.

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Henry Cavill won’t be returning to ‘The

Witcher’ despite losing ‘Superman’ role


Credits: CNN.com
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN
Updated 6:42 AM EST, Fri December 16, 2022

 
Henry Cavill will not return as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix hit “The
Witcher,” despite losing his Superman role following a shake-up of the
DC Extended Universe.
“We can confirm there are no changes to Season 4 of The Witcher,”
Netflix told CNN in a statement on Friday.
Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s head of US and Canada scripted series, first
addressed the decision to continue season 4 with Liam Hemsworth as
the lead during a wide-ranging Variety interview published Wednesday.
“Henry is an extraordinary Geralt and I think Liam will continue and
also be an extraordinary Geralt,” Friedlander said.
He added that he was confident the casting switch wouldn’t change the
show’s popularity, because “there has been a legacy of amazing, iconic
characters where the actors have changed and we’re hugely optimistic
about this. We will continue to honor the IP, the fans, the storytelling,
all the way through.”
Cavill announced his departure from “The Witcher” in October, days
after revealing he was reprising the part of Superman. He told fans at
the time that he was passing the torch with “enthusiasm to see Liam’s
take on this most fascinating and nuanced of men.”
While the British actor did not offer a reason for his exit, it was widely
speculated that he left the Netflix series to commit to his return as
Superman, the DC Comics character he first portrayed in the 2013 film
“Man of Steel.” He even made a cameo appearance as Superman in a
mid-credits scene at the end of “Black Adam,” the DC film starring
Dwayne Johnson.
However, things took an unexpected turn this week when it was
revealed that Cavill would not be donning the red cape again after being
dropped from the role. Director and writer James Gunn, who joined DC
Studios as co-chair with Peter Safran in October, confirmed plans to
write a new Superman movie that would focus on a younger version of
the superhero. (Like CNN, DC Studios is a subsidiary of Warner Bros.
Discovery)
“It’s sad news, everyone. I will, after all, not be returning as Superman,”
Cavill wrote on Instagram on Wednesday. “After being told by the
studio to announce my return back in October, prior to their hire, this
news isn’t the easiest, but that’s life. The changing of the guard is
something that happens. I respect that.”
The news reignited calls for Netflix to recast Cavill instead of allowing
Hemsworth to take over, with one fan tweeting: “@netflix so can you get
Henry Cavill back as Geralt for #theWitcher since he’s not doing
Superman anymore…no hate on Liam Hemsworth but the series will
tank without Cavill.”

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