Michelle Yeoh connected Liam Hemsworth Joining The Witcher: Blood Origin

Henry Cavill won't beryllium going quietly.

The prima of Netflix's The Witcher, who announced his departure from the series successful October, volition beryllium getting a sendoff to rival the Continent's royals, according to showrunner  Lauren Hissrich. The writer-producer explained that since the upcoming play three—Cavill's past arsenic Geralt of Rivia—is based astir "one-to-one" connected writer Andrzej Sapkowski's Time of Contempt book, the plotline was a earthy acceptable for a large goodbye.

"Henry has fixed truthful overmuch to the amusement and truthful we privation to grant that appropriately," Hissrich shared successful a Dec. 21 interrogation with Entertainment Weekly. "Geralt's large crook is astir giving up neutrality and doing thing that helium has to bash to get to Ciri, and to me, it's the astir heroic sendoff that we could have, adjacent though it wasn't written to beryllium that."

Hissrich added that erstwhile Geralt returns successful play four with Liam Hemsworth in the role, the quality volition person a "new ngo successful mind" and beryllium "slightly different" from what fans mightiness expect—which she quipped is an "understatement" due to the fact that of the recasting. 

Fans primitively assumed helium was giving up the relation to play Superman, a relation helium had announced helium would beryllium reprising a fewer days earlier connected Oct. 24. But conscionable 2 months later, helium reversed course, telling anxious fans that DC, pursuing a alteration successful hands successful its TV and movie department, was going successful different absorption for the relation of Clark Kent. 

"I person conscionable had a gathering with James Gunn and Peter Safran and it's bittersweet news, everyone," helium announced successful a Dec. 14 Instagram post. "I will, aft all, not beryllium returning arsenic Superman. After being told by the workplace to denote my instrumentality backmost successful October, anterior to their hire, this quality isn't the easiest, but that's life."

Ahead of Cavill's last season, you tin drawback up connected seasons 1 and 2 of The Witcher present connected Netflix.