Henry Cavill compares The Witcher with Game of Thrones, says Geralt has a "hideous smile"

Henry Cavill has garnered much appreciation for his portrayal of Geralt of Rivia in Witcher series on Netflix. show is based on book series of same name by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. w Cavill recently opened about his character, Geralt and compared series to Game of Thrones. Re to kw more.

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Henry Cavill compares ' Witcher' with 'Game of Thrones'

During a podcast with a news portal, Henry Cavill was asked what resonated with him about Witcher world. He said that he is a big fan of fantasy and loves genre. actor mentioned that his d used to re books to him before he could re. He stated that it is just slightly different from aver fantasy genre. Cavill said that re is something a bit grimmer about series, and he has been told that is Polish way. So it has a heavy Polish influence. He ted that show has a harder edge which he found kind of fascinating. Superman actor explained that it is in same way as in Game of Thrones. In GOT,  audience did t kw who was going to die. Similarly, in  Witcher, y cant anticipate what is going to happen, because it is quite a grim world.

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Henry Cavill was asked what was it like to be in a grim world and why did he t smile much in Witcher. Answering question, he said that Geralt does t smile much, t in show. He mentioned that when he does, even in books, it is called a “hideous smile”. actor stated that re is a real grimness to it, but re are moments of light and moments of care and loving and strong familial bonds for people who are t actually family. He ted that those moments seem all brighter for darkness in world.

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Talking more about his “hideous smile”, Henry Cavill said that re are a lot of people who eir thinks smile means he is hideous, or it is just an ugly smile. He stated that he does t kw what direct Polish translation is, but it is one of those things where he always saw it, t necessarily as person being hideous, but as intent with smile. Or re was something that smile was trying to achieve that struck horror or me someone feel a certain way. Back n, Cavill hoped that team would t have just given him a big set of dentures for his smile. He ted that it might have been more distracting than a wig and contact lenses, which he wore for his character.