(Warning: This post contains spoilers for “The Witcher” Season 1)
Geralt of Rivia has many a badass monster fight during the first season of Netflix’s “The Witcher,” battling it out with a kikimora, striga, hirikka, Torque, golden dragon, roach hound, djinn and doppler. But when TheWrap asked Cavill to pick his favorite among those beasties, the actor decided none of them compared to the real monsters in the show: humans.
“I’m going to give a bit of a truly backwards answer here,” he told us. “My favorite monster fights were probably the human monsters I got to fight in Episode 1.”
To be fair, that was a pretty cool fight. But we pressed him again to find out what actual monster he enjoyed sparring with best.
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“OK, OK. I would say the striga fight would probably be my favorite monster fight out of the show,” Cavill said.
Here’s the striga (that was actually princess), in case you don’t remember it from Episode 3:
Cavill broke down what shooting the fight was like for us.
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“Well, the funny thing is with anything you shoot is what ends up on screen may be very different from what you see on screen,” he said. “There’s always the editing process, which is where storytellers get to express their vision for the story and that means the whole thing you shoot may end up looking very, very different. But as far as that actual fight went, I was fortunate enough to be working with a stunt performer in a suit for parts of it. So I had a fairly good idea of what it would look like. And we were doing practical stunts for both me and the performer. I know they added the effects after the fact, but everything that was happening there on the day was a version of what you see on screen.”
“The Witcher” Season 1 is streaming now on Netflix.
45 Most Shocking TV Character Deaths of 2019, From ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Stranger Things’ (Photos)
If there was one thing 2019 taught us, it’s that “shocking” is a truly relative term — and we’re not even talking about real-life instances here. Yes, it’s pretty hard to blow anyone’s mind these days, including that of TV viewers, making truly gasp-worthy small-screen character deaths few and far between. But that didn’t stop several showrunners from doing their worst — er, best, to totally kill you with these on-screen passings. Click through TheWrap’s gallery to see the 45 most shocking TV character deaths of 2019. Obviously, spoilers ahead. And yes, most of these are “Game of Thrones” characters.
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Logan Echolls – “Veronica Mars”
Hulu
Selina Meyer – “Veep”
HBO
Lex Luthor – “Supergirl”
The CW
Billy Hargrove – “Stranger Things”
Netflix
Alexei – “Stranger Things”
Netflix
Fred Andrews – “Riverdale”
The CW
Angela – “Mr. Robot”
USA Network
Pennsatucky – “Orange Is the New Black”
Netflix
Dorothy Walker – “Jessica Jones”
Netflix
Mad Sweeney – “American Gods”
Starz
Tabitha – “Gotham”
Fox
Jeff Kingsley – “Empire”
Fox
Chris LaSalle – “NCIS: New Orleans”
CBS
Judd Crawford – “Watchmen”
HBO
LaKeisha Grant – “Power”
Starz
Simone – “The Good Place”
NBC
Trade Minister Nobusuke Tagomi – “The Man in the High Castle”
Amazon Prime Video
Thatcher Grey – “Grey’s Anatomy”
ABC
Quentin – “The Magicians”
Syfy
Swanny – “SEAL Team”
CBS
Candy – “Pose”
FX
Jack – “Supernatural”
The CW
Riz – “Mayans MC”
FX
Asher – “How to Get Away With Murder”
ABC
The Night King – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Daenerys Targaryen – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Cersei and Jaime Lannister – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Sandor (“The Hound”) and Gregor (“The Mountain) Clegane – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Theon Greyjoy – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Melisandre – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Varys – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Missandei – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Jorah Mormont – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Dolorous Edd – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Lyanna Mormont – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Beric Dondarrion – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Maester Qyburn – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Euron Greyjoy – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Rhaegal – “Game of Thrones”
HBO
Tara Chambler – “Walking Dead”
AMC
Enid – “Walking Dead”
AMC
Henry – “Walking Dead”
AMC
Siddiq – “Walking Dead”
AMC
And ending with a *maybe* death here: Jim Hopper – “Stranger Things”
Netflix
Credit: TheWrap