Production is now underway on Netflix's second season for The Witcher, and though its had a shaky start thanks to the pandemic, we've had a few bits of news.
Kim Bodnia was cast as Vesemir last February, Henry Cavill reportedly injured himself on-set, and Netflix has just revealed seven further cast members arriving in season two.
That includes several prominent characters, and Graham McTavish (previously the voice of Dracula in Netlifx's Castlevania animated series) has signed on as Dijkstra, head of the Redanian Intelligence. Cassie Clare will take the role of Phillippa Eilhart, sorceress and advisor to King Vizimir, whilst Adjoa Andoh (Netflix's Bridgerton) is Priestess Nenneke, head of the Temple of Melitele.
Joining them are Simon Callow (he of Four Weddings And A Funeral fame) and actress, comedian, broadcaster and international disability rights activist Liz Carr (Silent Witness), who'll be playing detective agency partners Codringher and Fenn, respectively. Chris Fulton is playing the mage Rience, and Kevin Doyle (who was excellent in Happy Valley series 2) is portraying an original character, Ba'lian.
After a successful season one, Netflix has big plans ahead for The Witcher. We still don't have a release date for season two, but between this, a prequel series, and the upcoming anime film about Vesemir – The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf – fans have got plenty to look forward to.
Do you agree with this casting? Tell us down below.
[source twitter.com]
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Season 1 could have been a lot worse. Hoping the second season picks up a bit.
Toss a coin to yer Witcher
Simon Callow? That's genius.
Sweet, you know what would go great with this news...Netflix on the Switch!
Sounds good to me, I’m excited for season 2!
Oh wow, so far nobody complained about having this news on a gaming site. Man, the wait for season 2 has been so long already. Really hope it turns out well.
I kinda wish they stuck to the original characters a bit more. Feels like they're just (re)casting for the sake of it.
I wonder if season 2 will be just as boring and trite as season 1 - stay tuned!
@Mr-Fuggles777 Don't call it forced diversity. Call it cultural appropriation, because that's what it is.
@SmaggTheSmug I deleted the comment as I was expecting backlash from the Woke brigade, there's no point being open about these things as they dont want to debate - and the post just gets deleted anyway.
Cultural appropriation is ok as long as they don't replace a person of colour with a white actor/actress
A, here we are again, cultural appropriation that is accepted because apparently you can't be racist against white people. :S
Oh, well, still excited for season 2 though.
What cultural appropriation? Last time I checked "the continent" and its population of elves, crones and harpies are still based on makebelief, so please don't get all rallied up because you feel so misrepresented.
The Witcher is supposed to be Polish folklore right?
I wonder what people would think about the forced diversity in Middle Earth.
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