Henry Cavill won't be returning to 'The Witcher' despite losing 'Superman' role - CNN

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Henry Cavill volition not instrumentality arsenic Geralt of Rivia successful Netflix deed “The Witcher,” contempt losing his Superman relation pursuing a shake-up of the DC Extended Universe.

“We tin corroborate determination are nary changes to Season 4 of The Witcher,” Netflix told CNN successful a connection connected Friday.

Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s caput of US and Canada scripted series, archetypal addressed the determination to proceed play 4 with Liam Hemsworth arsenic the pb during a wide-ranging Variety interview published Wednesday.

“Henry is an bonzer Geralt and I deliberation Liam volition proceed and besides beryllium an bonzer Geralt,” Friedlander said.

He added that helium was assured the casting power wouldn’t alteration the show’s popularity, due to the fact that “there has been a bequest of amazing, iconic characters wherever the actors person changed and we’re hugely optimistic astir this. We volition proceed to grant the IP, the fans, the storytelling, each the mode through.”

Cavill announced his departure from “The Witcher” successful October, days aft revealing helium was reprising the portion of Superman. He told fans astatine the clip that helium was passing the torch with “enthusiasm to spot Liam’s instrumentality connected this astir fascinating and nuanced of men.”

While the British histrion did not connection a crushed for his exit, it was wide speculated that helium near the Netflix bid to perpetrate to his instrumentality arsenic Superman, the DC Comics quality helium archetypal portrayed successful the 2013 movie “Man of Steel.” He adjacent made a cameo quality arsenic Superman successful a mid-credits country astatine the extremity of “Black Adam,” the DC movie starring Dwayne Johnson.

However, things took an unexpected crook this week erstwhile it was revealed that Cavill would not beryllium donning the reddish cape again aft being dropped from the role. Director and writer James Gunn, who joined DC Studios arsenic co-chair with Peter Safran successful October, confirmed plans to constitute a caller Superman movie that would absorption connected a younger mentation of the superhero. (Like CNN, DC Studios is simply a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery)

“It’s bittersweet news, everyone. I will, aft all, not beryllium returning arsenic Superman,” Cavill wrote connected Instagram connected Wednesday. “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. The changing of the defender is thing that happens. I respect that.”

The quality reignited calls for Netflix to recast Cavill alternatively of allowing Hemsworth to instrumentality over, with 1 instrumentality tweeting: “@netflix truthful tin you get Henry Cavill backmost arsenic Geralt for #theWitcher since he’s not doing Superman anymore…no hatred connected Liam Hemsworth but the bid volition vessel without Cavill.”