This is one of the most iconic scenes in the saga, although it became a meme thanks to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Geralt de Rivia naked taking a well-deserved bath. Oddly enough, that is one of the most iconic scenes in the saga, at least since The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt turned it into a meme. That same picture can be seen in The Witcher, the new Neflix series, which is now available on the platform. Henry Cavill, the actor who plays Geralt, and Lauren S. Hissrich, showrunner of fiction, have explained why that scene was introduced.
"We constantly return to the original material for the series," Hissrich explained in an interview with GamesRadar +. “It's fun to make a visual nod to the fans, to say, 'see you too, we know you're here.' And we wanted them to be happy with what we were doing too. ”
In the case of Cavill, he has argued that they wanted Geralt's context to be adequate. “I am the meme. That people are happy is what really matters to me. Yes, it will be amazing to see the meme everywhere. If people are enjoying with my Geralt, if I did my job well and interpreted a faithful Geralt, then I will be happy. If that means it generates memes, be it. ”
Based on the original books
The Witcher of Netflix is composed of a season of eight episodes in total. However, the sorcerer's universe will expand with a second season, as the fiction was renewed weeks before its premiere. The team plans to shoot at least seven seasons. The saga is based directly on the novels written by Andrzej Sapkowski, who has collaborated with the series as a consultant.
For its part, the Netflix project is not linked to the Projekt RED CD video game franchise. After The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the studio published Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, a spin-off of its Gwent card game.