We know that henry cavill it’s a intense when it comes to fantasy themes, role-playing games and the like -these are some of his great hobbies- and in fact that involvement is one of the things that fans of The Witcher. And it is well known that the actor has been quite involved in the development and evolution of the character during the series, something that now culminates with a new task: to personally take care of to coordinate all the fight scenes you can see in its third season.
Bye Cavill, it was my pleasure.
The third season of The Witcher is inevitably marked by a painful fact: it will be the last time we see henry cavill play The Witcher. As you well know, the actor announced at the end of last year that he was saying goodbye to the Netflix series, which will continue the story with a new actor as the lead, Liam Hemsworth.
The news did not sit well with the followers of fiction and it is that although some were not entirely convinced that Superman played Geralt of RiviaFinally, everyone has surrendered to the character that the actor has been able to imprint on the character, among other things, and as we have commented, knowing that Cavill has always been quite involved in his development and interpretation.
To say goodbye through the front door, it seems that the good old Henry wanted to go a step further and that is that, as we have learned thanks to a recent revelation, he has also been fully involved in coordinating all his fight scenes.
The Shadow Stunt Coordinator
We know that since the first season Herny Cavill has never wanted to use a double for the series. All the action scenes and fights that you see have therefore been recorded with the actor, who has not hesitated to prepare thoroughly to get into the role.
For this third season, he wanted to get a little more involved if possible and has ended up coordinating the fight scenes together with Wolfgang Stegemann. This stunt coordinator, in charge of managing precisely this task, has been the one who has revealed “the secret” in a recent interview:
It’s what a lot of people don’t know, they think the stunt team gets together and we start choreographing something and we show it to them. It is not like this. He is there from the beginning and giving all the feedback from him.
As collected in the middle Unilad, Steggemann and Cavill met before shooting to discuss and plan how to approach the scene and the narration, something that resembles “composing a song.” The leading actor was thus “deeply involved in the entire process” of creating fight scenes in The Witcher, not only planning and “designing” the combat but also taking into account the Camera movements and even the selection of shots, always looking for the correct angles and movement.
We don’t doubt that Cavill will have had a blast as a kid in the process of his final season as The Witcher.
[Vía Slashfilm]
