FIGHT OF FANTASY
Before The Witcher Season 1 dropped on Netflix in December 2019, it’d be fair to say fans held their collective breath. The monsters-and-mages fantasy already had hardcore admirers of the original books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowksi and the videogame series by CD Projekt Red. How would an eight-episode TV series match up? Thankfully, the reaction was overwhelmingly positive to a show that went some way to plug that Games Of Thrones-sized hole left by HBO’s seminal series.
“I’ve definitely spent a lot of time reading through all the commentary,” admits British star Henry Cavill, sporting a cashmere jumper that clings to his muscular frame. As the taciturn Geralt of Rivia, the monster-hunting Witcher of the title, Cavill was “excited to see what the world thinks” of a role that took him up, up and away from his turn as Superman in the recent slew of DC movies. “As much as I’m the guy playing this character, this character belongs to a lot of
