THE WITCHER Rounds Out Its Cast; HARRY POTTER Actress Anna Shaffer Will Play Triss Merigold

THE WITCHER Rounds Out Its Cast; HARRY POTTER Actress Anna Shaffer Will Play Triss Merigold

On the heels of our first official look at Henry Cavill as Geralt, Netflix has announced a whole host of The Witcher's supporting cast members, including Anna Shaffer as fan-favorite character, Triss...

By MarkCassidy - Oct 31, 2018 06:10 PM EST
Filed Under: The Witcher
Source: Via THR
Earlier today, Netflix shared our first glimpse of Henry Cavill (Justice League, Mission: Impossible - Fallout) as Geralt Rivera in some test footage from The Witcher, and now the streaming giant has rounded out the cast of the highly-anticipated adaptation.

Joining Cavill and other previously announced cast members Freya Allen (Ciri) and Anya Chalotra (Yennefer) will be (deep breath): Eamon Farren (The ABC Murders, Twin Peaks) as Cahir, Joey Batey (Knightfall, Strike) as Jaskier, Lars Mikkelsen (House of Cards, Sherlock) as Stregobor, Royce Pierreson (Wanderlust, Judy) as Istredd, Maciej Musiał (1983) as Sir Lazlo and Wilson Radjou-Pujalte (Jamillah & Aladdin, Dickensian) as Dara.

We also have Rebecca Benson (Marilka), Shane Attwooll (Nohorn), Luke Neal (Vyr), Matthew Neal (Nimir), Tobi Bamtefa (Danek), Sonny Serkis (Martin), Roderick Hill (Fletcher), Inge Beckmann (Aridea), Charlotte O’Leary (Tiffania), Natasha Culzac (Toruviel), Amit Shah (Torque), and Tom Canton (Filavandrel).

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Arguably the biggest cast addition, however, is Anna Shaffer (Harry Potter, Hollyoaks), who will play Geralt's on-again-off-again love interest Triss Merigold.


Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski's series of fantasy novels - which have since spawned a hugely popular video game franchise - focus on monster hunters known as Witchers who develop supernatural abilities at a young age. The main character is Geralt of Rivia (Cavill), a solitary Witcher who struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.

The Witcher will premiere on Netflix at some point next year.
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LaserKing
LaserKing - 10/31/2018, 6:14 PM
Henry looks creepy.
Kryptonmatters
Kryptonmatters - 10/31/2018, 6:29 PM
How is it she looks more like Yennifer than the actress playing her.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 10/31/2018, 6:55 PM
Henry looks straight out of twilight.
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 10/31/2018, 6:59 PM
I was hoping the psycho kid from Twin Peaks would pop up in more things, dude was great.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 10/31/2018, 7:05 PM
Is she going to dye her hair red? I mean, there is incredible cosplay out there that nails the look 100%.


GhostDog
GhostDog - 10/31/2018, 7:07 PM
Thats a FINE WOMAN
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 10/31/2018, 7:08 PM
Harry Potter? I'm a pretty dedicated fan to that series of movies and I don't recognize her at all.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 10/31/2018, 7:14 PM
@CaptCoulson - She's in this scene.

4thMaster
4thMaster - 10/31/2018, 8:12 PM
I'm currently getting through the books (I've read the first 3) and I have absolutely no idea when this series is supposed to take place. They're casting tons of characters that have yet to appear, yet there's still no Dandelion, no Ciri's parents, no other witchers this are all more or less important players this far in.

I'm going to wildly guess: they're skipping the first 2 books and will play around with the events of the third and following books, with flashbacks to the fall of Cintra and Geralt meeting Ciri (this events happen in the 2nd book). It would be a shame since the first 2 books do a ton of the world-building, they present the important characters well, and they're anthologies that follow a subtle story-arc (like Doctor Who) so it's good for an adaptation. OR they plan to very loosely adapt the first 2 books in their 8 episodes and just have an older Ciri for the events that transpire.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 10/31/2018, 8:22 PM
Hopefully she's in every scene with Cavill, because as it stands if there isn't some seriously distracting elements I'm going to be giggling most of the time at how he looks like Christopher Lambert from Mortal Kombat.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/31/2018, 8:57 PM
@Reeds2Much - As an aside, when are we getting a Highlander reboot? Such a great premise, with such terrible execution.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/31/2018, 8:55 PM
I didn't comment on the other article, but.... what's up with that Geralt wig?

(Hehehehehe. But seriously, I'm hoping for the best. Don't [frick] up Witcher for me, Cavill. You're on thin ice already, buddy.)
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 10/31/2018, 9:19 PM
is there a shortage of redheads in hollywood
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