Cavill, the star of the TV series The Witcher: Living in the Witcher Universe every day

Recently, the crew of Netflix's "The Witcher" TV series was interviewed by the French magazine Premiere. Henry Cavill, who plays Geralt, said: "The novels and games of "The Witcher" are of great significance to me. I have dreamed of playing Geralt, so when the opportunity came, I grabbed it... I don't even need to prepare for this role because I live in the "Witcher" universe every day. When I was playing the game, I kept thinking about this character..."

Producer Lauren Schmidt Hissrich said her team did not copy anything from the games, and the TV series is directly based on the Witcher novels. Schmidt said her goal was to create a third version of the story while keeping the spirit of the original. She wanted to reshape the characters that people love, put them in a new coherent structure, and build a reasonable story.

"It's important for a TV show to stay true to the original," Schmidt said. "Because The Witcher games are so good, I didn't want the TV show to look the same as the games."

The French magazine also interviewed the TV production designer Andrew Laws, who said that although The Witcher TV series has similar narrative elements to other fantasy dramas, it is not a scaled-down version of Game of Thrones or The Lord of the Rings. Even during the battle, he will reduce the use of CG. Because personally, he doesn't want to see actors playing in front of a green screen, talking to a green ball, etc. They want something more real.

The Witcher TV series will be officially launched in the fourth quarter of 2019, and Netflix remains tight-lipped about the specific date.