The Witcher star Freya Allan talks about her bizarre and confusing casting

Netflix's dark epic fantasy, Witcher, is about to make its release today on December 20, 2019. much-awaited series is based on Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski's best selling vels of same name. From very beginning of show's production, it h been marred with controversy and confusion when it came to its casting. While show's protagonist, Geralt of Rivia aka Witcher, was always going to be played by Henry Cavill, re was a lot of confusion when it came to casting of Ciri. British actor Freya Allan was one who was finally selected for role. Recently in an interview, she spoke out about how her casting for part was a bizarre and confusing experience. 

Freya Allan on confusing she experienced during her casting in Witcher

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In interview, Freya Allan revealed that was originally cast to play role of Marilka in Witcher show. She said that she was never quite sure what was going on, or what was truth, or what character she really was going up for. She was t even aware of what was really happening behind scenes. She was given scenes, which she performed. 

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one thing that she was initially certain of was that she h been cast for role of Marilka. However, she later learnt that casting director, Sophie Holland, told writer, Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, that y should really consider her for role of Ciri, even though y were originally considering someone younger than her for part. Freya was later called to test for role of Ciri.

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Kwing that Ciri was one of le roles, she went in for auditions and later found out that she h been cast for role. This confused her greatly, as she was w cast for both role of Ciri, as well as for role of Marilka. Freya mentioned that whole experience was really bizarre and confusing for her. However, in end, she finally knew that she was playing Ciri and t Marilka after shooting for Witcher began. 

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