Entertainment Weekly published an interview with Loren Hissrich (Lauren Hissrich) – Showranner of the Coming series "Witcher" from Netflix. Especially for you, we have translated key quotes from the material.
About the plot core
When Netflix I turned to me [with a proposal to do the project], I re -read the stories [Sapkovsky] and began to think about what I could do with them. Three characters immediately came to the fore – Geralt, Yennifer and Ciri. If you remove all the elements of fantasy, if you remove the story, magic, cruelty and sex, three characters will remain – this broken family whose members are needed for each other, even if they do not want to admit it.
About games and the first season
We do not adapt video games: [show] – this is a direct adaptation of books. This is normal, because games are also adaptation of books. They just went in the same direction, and we decided to choose another. Stories gave us a lot of information about the world, laid the foundations of the continent and politics on it, and also allowed us to understand the people inhabiting it. All this was in the spotlight in the first season.
About the villain
[In the series] there is no villain. One of the things that we liked to explore is the shades of the gray of books. The characters that you emphasize at first at the end may turn out to be different. And those heroes that you hate and consider evil drives something very understandable, both human and emotional. I think that in the end you will experience sympathy for characters that you did not expect to experience it.
About Henry Caville in the role of Geralt
He is a large fan of this intellectual property. He read all the books, played all the games. I met him at the very beginning of production. He said: “I would gladly play this character”. Then I met 207 other potential herals, but in the end I returned to Henry. The meeting with him was the very first, and after four months I called him and asked if he was still interesting [role], and he said yes. He embodies this hero as no one could.
In the books of Geralt to a certain extent silent. He perceives everything that is around him, and comprehends it internally. But there can be no [main character] in the show, which digests everything silently. Therefore, in the first episode, I wrote a lot of replicas for Geralt. Henry won them all, and then we began to remove some of them.
Henry adds a subtext to this hero, finds an emotional response in the little things and plays so subtle that you understand – the character will work without long dialogues. On the set of episode 108 [that is, the end of the first season – we did not even remove half of the phrases, because we knew: Henry could play a lot so that words are not needed.
About Freya Allan as Ciri
I think when you make a casting for the role of a character who has many fans, you will hear many opinions about whether [actress] coincides with a vision of fans. This franchise has millions of fans. We knew that we could not please everyone. When we found Freya, we immediately made her an offer. She is incredibly special. She is young, but at the same time there is mental maturity in it. She endowed the character depth. When Freya plays with Henry, they are not inferior to each other.
About the age rating
Now I am reviewing the shot material. After one of my children saw what I should not have seen and scared, I forbade them to look at the screen. This is a very adult show. I will add – it was important for me that sex and violence to develop history and are not designed to simply shock the viewer. I think the audience is very smart and notices when we try to shock it, and when we develop the plot.
About the novelty of the show for the fantasy genre
As for monsters and https://bigwinscasino.uk/login/ horror. Similar in fantasy TV shows was done before, but often it gave way to magic. Geralt is a hunter for monsters, so from the very beginning we talked about how to show these monsters and people with whom they interact. I think people will surprise how many monsters we were able to do and how important they are for the plot. Stories about monsters seem to echo with larger events that are now taking place in the world in different areas of politics.
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How many people who are satisfied with their appearance? If Geralt were so dumb, so many sorcerers would not have pecked at him. WITH:
It will turn out the 8th season of "Game of Thrones".
Too many controversial solutions in visual terms. If the design of the monsters is as “good” as an armor from the cow’s cow’s ate from Nilfgard soldiers, then this is the last nail.
Focus on books and adult history likes. One problem is all in an interview, and we all know how far the realization is (looking condemningly at the IP). Let’s see what will happen on the screen.
In any case, I am glad to look at their film adaptation, he will not take anything from a person who read the book, but if he is lucky, he can bring something-another look, an interesting visual, some nuances that he himself did not think about. The games have already done this quite successfully, it is great that now there will be television. Seriously spoils my impressions so far only Kavill, I do not see him in this image. There is a weak hope that there will be a different impression in the dynamics. Although pleasantly surprised that he read-player, if not embellished for the sake of a red word.
“Don’t come up,” the second witcher said hoarsely and grinned. – Don’t get close, Geralt. I will not allow me to touch myself.
“Well, my smirk is lousy,” Geralt thought, reaching for a sword. – Well, the lousy muzzle. Well, I feel like lousy eyes! So that’s how I look! Infection!"
How Wilhewforts could appear in the game if her events occur after books? Geralt is alive in the real world of books with a big stretch, if we assume that Ciri came out and yen on the island of apple trees and then returned them to the real world. Theoretically, Ciri can move at a time when WilhephoFors still alive and transfer him to the present to Geralt, but why does she need this.
Well, yes, but looking at Kevil, I have 2 questions: when he finally shakes up and why only sorceresses peck at him, and not everyone in a row?
Beautiful sorceresses can change in packs every day. But with such a character and deeds on all sorcerers will not be enough.
There are enough strange solutions from the moment of the announcement, but I want to believe in the best, because only this remains to do.
“The stories gave us a lot of information about the world, laid the foundation of the continent and politicians and allowed us to understand the people inhabiting it. All this was in the spotlight in the first season." – and therefore we are drinking to the universe of the darling, like the black frigilla of Vigo, or completely unlike himself, Ciri, the specific appearance of which the author of the books stably paid attention (especially to the last parts), because this was justified by the Laor of the world and even the plot itself. The Witcher’s world is really well spelled out, therefore, the changes in it will have consequences.
This is such trolling from the creators of this craft, or really impenetrable durable? I am not against gags as such in the works based on the motives, but here they are claiming exactly what books. “Work on motives” or “Work on the Universe” – no complaints. "Book film adaptation" – well, do not try to hang noodles on your ears.
P.S: Cavill is good in itself, but he is not a herald. Neither book nor game.
Just the same heralt norms, unlike Nilfgard armor. The main problem of this series is that he takes books as a basis, while the majority got acquainted exclusively with the game and all the book they simply will not understand and not accept
The murder of a vampire by another vampire is a gag game in order to shove for the Fanservice. In books, he faded from Wilhefor’s finally and irrevocably. But to kill a vampire is quite and a person can if he knows how.
But what can I say, the armor of Geralt with the promo photo above is also not enough stars from the sky. But the horse at least be beautiful.
The regis, by the way, was not just killed. In general, the Witcher does not take vampires in the world of the Witcher, and Wilhewors burned it so that the columns of the fortress were melted. So yes, in theory, Regis would be extremely unlikely to survive this. Especially considering that from his own recognition of him somehow “drunk” a crowd of ordinary peasants almost killed, and then also buried, after which he “drink” and threw.
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