The Witcher (played by Henry Cavill) left viewers biting their nails through each episode - and it was all thanks to the brutal and viscerally choreographed fight-scenes. The first episode of the Netflix series saw Geralt taking on a number of warriors in Blaviken all at once in an unbelievably set-piece scene. Thankfully, Geralt survived the onslaught, and became the Butcher of Blaviken in the process.

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However the crew member who was responsible for choreographing the fights in the show has now revealed he will not be returning to the show next year.

Vladimir Furdik - best known for his role on Game of Thrones as the Night King - recently revealed he will be stepping away from the show.

The fight coordinator posted a video of himself acting out a fight scene from the show earlier this week.

He captioned the post: “Happy new year everybody. Some fight idea for director. Witcher and Yennefer.”(sic)

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