After months of being teased, the first-ever footage of Netlfix`s Witcher show debuted during the series` panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. A teaser shown before the panel began was brief, but it was followed by several other clips that provided the first glimpse of the highly anticipated show.The clips included looks at several familiar characters, including Yennefer, Ciri, and of course, the Witcher himself, Geralt. The scale of the show looks incredible, with massive battles teased in the footage, the first of which opened with the quote, `The only certainty on this continent of monsters and mutants is that no one is ever what they seem.`And, fortunately, the footage included a brief peek at what appeared to be an iconic scene that may or may not involve Geralt taking a bath.A second clip showed off a fight scene in a banquet hall. During the panel, Henry Cavill emphasized that whenever Geralt is on the screen, it`s him you`re seeing--including during action scenes.The panel itself included adapter and showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, as well as actors Freya Allan (Ciri), Anya Chalotra (Yennefer), and Henry Cavill (Geralt).Hissrich said 207 actors auditioned for the role of Geralt, but Cavill`s voice is the one she kept hearing in her head.`There was something about Geralt that really struck a chord with me,` Cavill said.Hissrich also teased which of the Witcher`s many stories the show will be based on--she said she read `The Last Wish,` the character`s first collection of short stories, and was asked by Netflix to adapt that specifically.`I read The Last Wish, is where I started, and I absolutely fell in love with the short stories,` the showrunner said. `And Netflix came to me and asked me if I`d want to adapt it. I said no--that I was a huge fan, but I didn`t think I was the right person to adapt a fantasy show.`She was eventually convinced. `What`s great about The Witcher is that it`s much more than a fantasy,` Hissrich continued. `You`ll get your mon ...
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