The world’s most handsome male god’s movie plummeted, the reason came from the crew’s confusing decision

The most handsome man in the world was expected to build a blockbuster film brand that would surpass Game of Thrones but received a bitter ending after only 3 seasons.

The Witcher was once expected to become one of the best fantasy-action series in the world, even equal to or surpassing the blockbuster Game of Thrones. The film stars Henry Cavill – who was recently voted the most handsome man in the world by TC Candler at the end of last year. The script is based on the best-selling novel series of the same name by writer Andrzej Sapkowski. At the same time, The Witcher brand also attracted a huge fan community with a series of video games produced by CD Projekt RED.

Henry Cavill stars in The Witcher series

However, the series is facing a series of storms after only launching season 3 a few days ago. According to Screenrant, the number of viewers watching the show has dropped by about 15% compared to season 2 and by 60% compared to season 1. When acquiring the copyright of The Witcher brand, Netflix did not hide its plan to turn it into a film universe with a series of series, animations, and films to exploit the existing large fan community. However, that dream is becoming increasingly distant.

According to Screenrant, one of the biggest reasons for the audience turning their backs on The Witcher is the decision of the male lead Henry Cavill to leave the brand. Late last year, the actor suddenly announced that he would not continue to play the main role of Geralt after season 3 ended. Netflix then announced that Liam Hemsworth would be the one to replace him in this responsibility.

Henry Cavill Decides to Leave The Witcher After Three Seasons

Many sources say that Henry Cavill’s decision to leave his beloved role came from disagreements between him and the production team. The actor believes that the studio is taking the work too far from the original. For adaptations, fans often demand that the crew respect the original stories.

However, The Witcher crew wants to insert many creative details to refresh the script. Right from season 1, the crew has created many more stories about the characters, constantly changing both their appearance and fate. This happens so much that many viewers are upset.

Many characters in The Witcher have been criticized for having different appearances and personalities from the novels and video games

Henry Cavill has also hinted that he was not satisfied with these changes: “The hardest thing for me in this project was balancing the filmmakers’ vision with my love for The Witcher. I wanted to convince them to bring that version of Geralt to the screen… What I fought for was not for the character to have more dialogue, but for more details from the novels to be added to the film. All I asked and begged for was for them to stick closer to the source material.”

Another reason for the decline in views of The Witcher is that the quality of the previous season was quite poor. While season 1 achieved a “fresh” score of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, season 2 only achieved 58%, very low compared to a work with a lot of investment. Most critics have criticized the film for its storytelling, with a series of timelines that are not set up properly and make it difficult for the audience to follow easily.

Obviously, Netflix was very successful in inviting Henry Cavill – who has the right appearance and knowledge of The Witcher – to join the project as the main character. However, changing too much about the story and surrounding characters has upset the actor as well as many fans of this brand. From a series that was expected to become the next global blockbuster after Game of Thrones, the future of the series is now even more uncertain when choosing Liam Hemsworth – a not-so-famous actor – to replace it.