Henry Cavill in The Witcher (Picture: Netflix)

Henry Cavill has opened up on the importance of finding the right look for new TV adaptation The Witcher.

‘We had the description from the book but me and showrunner Lauren [Schmidt Hissrich] had many conversations via email and phone,’ he said at San Diego Comic Con.

‘It was about eyes and hair – it took a long time to get the hair right. It was tricky and we had to get the skin tone right but we found the right balance. We had plenty of tests but we settled on something we are really happy with.’

‘It was about eyes and hair.’ (Picture: Netflix)

Starting life as a series of books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher has since spawned extra life with the highly popular video game series.




The series follows Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, who struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.

But when destiny hurtles him toward a powerful sorceress, and a young princess with a dangerous secret, the three must learn to navigate the increasingly volatile Continent together.

Henry plays Geralt, while Anya Chalotra will star as Yennefer, and Freya Allan as Ciri.

Ciri in The Witcher is played by Freya Allan (Picture: Netflix)

The Superman actor told ET at Comic Con that he was ‘passionate’ about the project and ‘annoyed the living daylights out’ of his agent to get the role.

‘I called them every day, and they said “look they’ve got a showrunner and we’ve called them but they said they are nowhere near that process.” Then I sat down with Lauren and found out where it was going, and my passion, but she was frank and said “we haven’t started the process of casting and we have along way to go”.

‘Then it was a four-month break and I was just hoping when they came round… and I was fortunate enough to land the role after my audition.

‘It was fun but nerve wracking because I really wanted it.’

The Witcher is expected to be released later this year on Netflix.

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