Netflix’s The Witcher series has cast Ciri and Yennefer

Freya Allen will play Ciri and Anya Chalotra will play Yennefer in Netflix's forthcoming The Witcher series. The two relative newcomers will join Superman star Henry Cavill, who plays protagonist Geralt of Rivia. A number of lesser roles have also been cast. Jodhi May (Game of Thrones, Genius) will play Queen Calanthe; Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson (Fortitude) is her husband, the knight Eist; Adam Levy (Knightfall, Snatch) plays Mousesack the druid; MyAnna Buring is the head of the magical academy at Aretuza, Tissaia; Mimi Ndiweni and Therica Wilson-Read will play a pair of novice sorcerers; and Millie Brady is the outcast Princess Renfri. The announcements come via showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissirch in a new interview with the Hollywood Reporter. She says she wasn't "specifically" looking for lesser-known actors for these roles, "nor were we looking for a movie star when we cast Henry. We're looking for the best actors for these roles. Period. End of story." Hissirch says the casting for Ciri was especially exhaustive: "we ended up seeing over 200 young women from all over Europe", but that "we knew it right away" when she met Allen.

from PCGamesN https://ift.tt/2QK6T7x