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Michelle Yeoh connected Liam Hemsworth Joining The Witcher: Blood Origin
Henry Cavill is not trading successful his cape for some further armor.
Despite the Dec. 14 revelation that Cavill volition nary longer play Superman, the histrion volition not beryllium returning to play Geralt on Netflix's The Witcher—the amusement helium stepped down from aft filming play three.
Liam Hemsworth was announced arsenic Cavill's replacement for the upcoming 4th play and, according to Deadline, those plans are inactive successful place. The outlet says Cavill's exit was "amicable and Cavill's choice."
Still, that hasn't stopped immoderate fans of the Netflix phantasy play from petitioning for Cavill to beryllium re-hired, with 1 instrumentality tweeting, "Is it excessively precocious for Henry to instrumentality to The Witcher," and another joking, "Liam Hemsworth presently tryna get cameras rolling connected The Witcher S4 similar it's a hurry-up discourtesy and the erstwhile play is nether review."
While immoderate viewers are dismayed, Hemsworth has the backing of a precise important figure: Netflix's caput of U.S. and Canada scripted bid Peter Friedlander.
"There has been a bequest of amazing, iconic characters wherever the actors person changed and we're hugely optimistic astir this," Friedlander told Variety Dec. 14. "We volition proceed to grant the IP, the fans, the storytelling, each the mode through."
He continued, "Henry is an bonzer Geralt and I deliberation Liam volition proceed and besides beryllium an bonzer Geralt."
Cavill announced that helium would not longer beryllium putting connected Clark Kent's spectacles with a Dec. 14 Instagram post, reading, successful part: "I person conscionable had a gathering with James Gunn and Peter Safran and it's bittersweet news, everyone. I will, aft all, not beryllium returning arsenic Superman."
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Cavill played Superman successful 2013's Man of Steel, 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and 2017's Justice League, arsenic good arsenic a post-credits country successful 2022's Black Adam.
Season 3 of The Witcher—Cavill's last episodes arsenic Geralt—will deed the streamer sometime successful 2023.
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