About a week ago, Henry Cavill announced his departure from the fantasy/adventure series, the witcher, after playing the macabre character of Geralt of Rivia for three seasons. The Steel man the star also mentioned the death “the torch” at The hunger Games actor, Liam Hemsworth in his permanent absence. But that wasn’t the only time the Aussie actor caught the attention of showrunners.
Apparently, Liam Hemsworth had auditioned for the role of Geralt of Rivia a long time ago when the Netflix series was still at a relatively more nascent stage. And he wasn’t the only one. Besides him and Henry Cavill, a certain Romanian-American actor, best known for his work in Marvel Studios’ superhero franchise, was also reportedly one of the candidates to audition for the role.
Marvel’s Sebastian Stan reportedly auditioned for the witcher
According to sources, Sebastian Stan, who is popular for playing the character of Bucky Barnes aka the Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, had been one of the favorites for a role in the witcher in 2018. Although the rumors have not been debunked or confirmed, the Captain America: Civil War The star is said to have auditioned for Geralt de Riv in the series.
Many rumors also claimed that this was not the monster hunter role that Stan was going to play, but rather he was supposed to play the protagonist Eskel’s adoptive brother, a witcher from the school of the wolf, whose character is currently represented by Basil Eidenbenz on the show.
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However, no official confirmation on this has yet been issued.
Besides Stan who would have tried his luck in the role and Cavill who ended up successfully winning, Liam Hemsworth would also have been one of the top contenders in the race. And now The sewerr star is going to portray the very character he apparently didn’t have at the time. Fate really does work in mysterious ways.
Liam Hemsworth will play Geralt of Riv from S4 from the witcher
Following Henry Cavill’s unexpected resignation which the actor announced just a week ago, Liam Hemsworth will now take his place as Geralt of Rivia on the show from season 4.
It’s highly likely that this recast of Hemsworth in Cavill’s absence simply didn’t come to fruition, as sources say the former had already been one of the contestants back when the star cast still hadn’t. been decided. So the showrunners clearly didn’t pick his name from the hat.
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However, the most interesting part of all that remains now is how much the state of the empire the actor will settle into his newly claimed role of The witcher’the main character. And given how fans reacted to the news of Cavill’s replacement for Hemsworth, there’s certainly a lot of pressure on the former.
Let’s just hope he does Geralt of Rivia justice.
The first three seasons of the witcher are available to stream on Netflix.
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Source: Redanian intelligence
