What could Liam Hemsworth look like as Geralt in The Witcher series? A question that a special effects artist tries to answer with a new video.
Henry Cavill’s departure from The Witcher series continues to cause a lot of ink to flow, as does his ousting from the new DCU. If he will play Geralt of Rivia one last time for the third season, Liam Hemsworth will take up the torch from the next one. Netflix has a lot of hope in this replacement that it is working hard to convince the most doubtful. The filming of season 4 is not planned for a while, it will be necessary to be patient to see what the little brother of Chris Hemsworth (Thor of the MCU) will really give in the role of the Witcher. Fans, however, are trying to get an idea thanks to the deepfake and the least we can say is that it’s scary.
A deepfake of Liam Hemsworth in the series The Witcher
Liam Hemsworth has a lot to prove. Putting on the mantle of the white wolf after a Henry Cavill who was able to achieve unanimity is not an easy task. The Australian actor is aware of this and is working on all the lore of the saga and is engaged in new physical training to appropriate the role properly before filming the next season of The Witcher series. If Netflix and the actors of the adaptation try to be reassuring by saying that it could bring a kind of renewal, many spectators and fans of the license are far from being convinced by this choice. The most skilled nevertheless have fun creating montages to see what Liam Hemsworth could look like in Geralt de Riv attests to the last deepfake dated.
Created by VFX article Matthew Anthony, the video shows a comparison to the original Henry Cavill scenes. If some shots are scary as the face of the Australian actor does not match the shape of his predecessor, the overall result is ultimately not that bad. This in no way represents what the new Geralt from The Witcher series will look like, which will no doubt be more officially believable. Anyway, we hope so.
For their part, fans continue to sign the petition demanding the return of Henry Cavill to the cast. Netflix has been formal and will stick to its position. We also recently learned that Liam Hemsworth would have auditioned for the role in 2018 and caught the eye of everyone. So much so that the American giant would have immediately turned to him without opening a new casting.
