Connect with us

Uncategorized

Henry Cavill’s ‘The Witcher’ Is Still the Only One We Want to Watch


In The Witcher Season 3, Henry Cavill is working overtime to make sure we miss him when he’s gone—and not just by giving us another steamy bath scene.
Cavill’s monster-hunter Geralt of Rivia has been undeniable from the start. The White Wolf moves steadily, and his eyes glimmer with lupine concentration. Yellow eyes never look goofy on Cavill; his expressions make them believable. He’s is a force during fight scenes and a droll comedian during slow beats. And then there’s his low, apathetic growl—both compelling and, frankly, irresistible.

But, hey: Liam Hemsworth will do, right?
Fans found out last October that the former Man of Steel would leave the show after Season 3 and that the Hunger Games actor will take his place. “I think, holistically, Henry gave us an incredible three seasons of Geralt,” executive producer Steve Gaub recently told Radio Times about the recasting. Still, he said, plenty of franchises have swapped out lead actors.

“You always have the strength of the property to lean into, and we’re trusting that the world of The Witcher, the continent, the IP itself is what is drawing a lot of fans,” Gaub said. His fellow EP Tomek Baginski has said the transition from Cavill to Hemsworth will be “flawless.”
There’s still a few episodes left to go in Season 3 come July, but after that, Cavill will be gone. After watching Volume 1, which debuted Thursday, I’m not so sure about the changeover.

The Witcher Season 1 was peak first-season fantasy. Like Netflix’s other big fantasy series, Shadow and Bone, this show’s world was immersive and packed from the start with compelling characters, like Geralt, the sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg (Anya Chalotra), the impertinent bard Jaskier (Joey Batey), and the half-elf Princess Cirilla of Cintra (Freya Allan). But then there was that incomprehensible timeline: Season 2 scaled back to something more cookie-cutter a (and, unacceptably, way less sexy), and we’re just not going to talk about that prequel series last year.
Now, we appear to have course-corrected—you can tell by the fact that Yennefer’s got her magic again. (Thank god.)

Season 3 pays off much of the show’s early promise—particularly between Geralt and Yennefer, whose shared scenes could snap any second from the romantic and sexual tension. For a brief, precious moment at the beginning of the season, Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri get to slow down and enjoy time as a cobbled-together family, while Yennefer teaches Ciri to harness the chaos of her supernatural potential into real power. Before long, however, it’s back to fighting elves, hired mages, and anyone else who might be after Ciri.
Everyone on the planet is still trying to chase down this poor, oh-so special girl down, and each group seems to have their own reasons. As Yennefer brings Cirilla to Aretuza to further her training, Chalotra and Allan also spend more quality time together. (It certainly beats fighting the abomination Geralt winds up fending off—absolute nightmare fuel on par with something out of Silent Hill.
One delightful addition this season is W1A and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again alum Hugh Skinner, who plays the rakish Redanian Prince Radovid. No spoilers, but he also gets a romance sultry enough to rival that of Yennefer and Geralt. (Well, almost.) If you liked Skinner’s dopey romantic energy in Mamma Mia!, then you’re really in for a treat here. Also, it must be said: Every outfit Cassie Clare wears as the Redanian adviser Philipa Eilhart is better than the last.
Yes, there’s still a lot of complicated political intrigue in the background, and yes, the elves are still divided and angsty. (Francesca really needs to watch her back.) But time and again, Season 3’s story returns to its core characters—both who they are individually and who they become when they’re together.
Hemsworth will have some heavy boots to fill when he steps in as Geralt—and not just because Cavill appears to have zero buccal fat and does all his own stunts. The power behind this performance comes not just from the actor himself but also from the chemistry he shares with fellow cast members like Chalotra and Allan. The “flawless” mechanism behind Cavill’s exit has yet to reveal itself, but it’ll take some real precision to make it work.
Actors are not action figures, and although viewers might’ve originally watched the series because they loved the original video games or books, they’ve now also emotionally invested in Cavill as Geralt. His exit might’ve been inevitable, but it’s also obtuse to suggest that swapping a show’s star out mid-series is the same as re-casting James Bond. (Predictably, some Witcher fans threatened to boycott the show as soon as they heard the news of Cavill’s impending exit.)
All of that said, Volume 1 does at least reveal a formidable, unexpected enemy for Cavill to smite on his way out. As tragic as it is to see Cavill leave this delightfully dark, witchery world, it’s reassuring to know he’ll at least go out swinging.

Post navigation

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Uncategorized

‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

Post navigation

Continue Reading

Uncategorized

Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

Post navigation

Continue Reading

Uncategorized

‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

Post navigation

Continue Reading

Trending