Anyone who has watched The Witcher on Netflix will attest that, other than Henry Cavill’s monster slayer and Anya Chalotra’s sorceress, the breakout performance of the season belongs to Joey Batey and the bard Jaskier. Though Batey managed to bring the novels’ character to life quite admirably, one important change sets him apart from the original: the hat, fashioned with an egret’s feather. These next few images shared on costume designer Tim Aslam‘s website reveal Batey’s original costume design, hat included.

We actually like it! What do you think?

“We built the hat,” said The Witcher showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich explained in her Reddit AMA. “We own it! But when on Joey’s head… we didn’t love it. We worked hard not to make the character just one-dimensional comic relief. Unfortunately, the hat made it that.” When she was later asked whether they would consider redesigning the hat and including it in season two, this was her response: “Ah, yes, the hat! It was made, we tried it on Joey, and we couldn’t stop laughing. Will we try again? Sure. Nothing is impossible.”

This lore-friendly Jaskier look is just one of several surprises found in the costume directory of The Witcher on Aslam’s website. A series of new pictures gives us a glimpse at one of the show’s deleted scenes: a flashback to Renfri’s childhood.

Lila Prideaux as Young Renfri

The younger Renfri can be seen in the pictures above wearing a red cape reminiscent of the fairy tale of “red riding hood”, and Renfri’s iconic broach is fastened to it. The actress behind this version of Renfri was Lila Prideaux, and she played a younger version of Millie Brady‘s version of Renfri (costume seen below). The role was later recast ahead of extensive pilot reshoots, with Emma Appleton becoming the exiled princess and wearing an entirely different costume.

On the left, Millie Brady’s stunt double wearing the original Renfri costume

Two important characters join Young Renfri in the cut flashback sequence, and we have both of them here as well. The first is the dubious mage Stregobor, played by Lars Mikkelsen. As explained in the first episode, Stregobor played a role in Renfri’s exile, and also sent a huntsman to assassinate her once she escaped the castle (we see him here as well). Next is Queen Aridea, Renfri’s stepmother, as played by Inge Beckmann. This character was entirely cut from the show.

From left to right: Aridea, the huntsman, Stregobor

Another interesting image from a deleted scene shows Stregobor performing an autopsy on what appears to be a child. This must be a child born under the Curse of the Black Sun, and is very likely another flashback cut from the original pilot. As well, this catalogue reveals the original look of the girl Marilka (played by Rebecca Benson).

No children were harmed during the filming of The Witcher: that’s just a prop!

Next up, another scene cut from the show. This one is set in the town of Vengerberg and is likely part of Yennefer’s childhood. We can see a lot of extras wearing colorful clothes walking around the town set in Mafilm Studios.

For more on the show’s cut material, including a look at the original fight scene in the Blaviken market, check out the article linked below.

Aslam’s website also provides a wealth of behind the scenes images that showcase the show’s costume, including this next one of Visenna, Geralt’s mother (as portrayed by Frida Gustavsson). Visenna appears in Geralt’s fever dream in episode eight, so we didn’t get a very clear look at her or her costume until now.

The Witcher season one is available now on Netflix. Meanwhile, season two is set to enter production very soon. Recently, we were able to reveal that the crew is scouting the Scottish Isle of Skye as a possible filming location alongside a new director (linked below).

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