Here’s Why Henry Cavill Talks That Way inThe Witcher

Geralt of Riviahas his own path of doing thing . Whether it’skilling monsters , inspiring ballads , or accidentally attending orgies . Yes , even his accent , which ( when not just grunt ) be somewhere between gruff assistant cricket coach and cigarette - smoking great - auntie . In an interview withPolygon , Cavill shared details about his accent pick forThe Witcher — which is , let ’s just say , interesting .

The boob tube show and volume series it ’s free-base on are inspire by European folklore , and most of the worker in the series talk in a British accent mark . Cavill himself is British ( a fact that never fail to storm me when I hear him talk ) , and he told Polygon that “ it would have worked ” if he ’d used his normal accent . But rather , Cavill gave Geralt something else alone . It ’s curt , it ’s hoarse , and it uses a great deal of “ hms . ”

He said he want to make a articulation that could say a lot in just a few intelligence since his version of Geralt was n’t very garrulous , partially because he was sharing the season with two other independent characters ( Yennefer and Ciri ) . He was heavily breathe in by Doug Cockle ’s performance in The Witcher games , but made his version of Geralt slightly more British instead of American .

Toss a throat lozenge to your witcher.

Toss a throat lozenge to your witcher.Photo: Katalin Vermes (Netflix)

“ I in spades pull and borrowed from Doug Cockle ’s performance in the plot , which was extraordinary . He did an American accent and he had it in a slightly dissimilar registry . He had a snatch more of a whisper to the tone . And I want to bring it down to a British [ accent ] , and have a bit more stone and gritrock in there so it could all the necessary things that Geralt necessitate to bring in , in a few countersign rather than in a whole light story , ” he said .

That said , I would n’t go calling it any kind of specific regional accent . Even though Cavill deal that Geralt , in the books , does indeed have a “ Rivian accent ” ( mean the land he call home even though he was n’t born there ) , that ’s not what Cavill was going for . He toldThe Wraphe was n’t actively endeavor to excogitate a Rivian accent because he was worried that if other thespian ended up doing a similar accent , it would confuse the audience . Instead , he just made something he thought would be cool for Geralt .

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“ For me , it was n’t needs about impart Geralt a specific accent which was dissimilar from everyone else , because that would be insufferable because there are a lot of English accent and finally you ’re gon na run into someone who has a interchangeable accent because they are render something different , ” Cavill sound out . “ It was about bringing a voice to Geralt which was expressing the essence of who he is in the playscript and bringing that to the space in the format that was allowed within the show . ”

Of naturally , it ’s not like we get to hear him speak all that much anyway . This Geralt is a reasonably strict lad and there ’s a reason for that . In anearlier interviewwith io9 , showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich divvy up that she changed the part of Geralt to be less talkative after casting Cavill , saying that the actor could do a hatful “ in looks and grunt . ”

“ One of the things that in all probability shifted the most once we cast Henry is that Geralt speaks a portion less than I initially mean . In the books , Geralt ’s actually quite chatty . He talks a lot . What I found , though , is that on - covert — especially with Henry portraying him — a fortune can be done in look and in grunts . Henry ’s a big grunter . I mean that in the best mode possible , ” she allege . “ It ’s kind of amazing what is accomplished in silence , and I think have him that much more powerful of a character . ”

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