Two Reasons Why Liam Hemsworth’s Substitution Works In ‘The Witcher’ Season 4

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Like a rubbernecker eyeing a crash on the side of the highway, I’ll admit there was no way I wouldn’t be tuning in to the latest season of Netflix’s The Witcher . Sure, I like the show - and the novels, and the video games - but mostly I wanted to see how that much-publicized recasting worked out for them. Back in 2022, when it was announced that Henry Cavill would be stepping out of Geralt’s soaking tub to be replaced by Liam Hemsworth, our own Nate Parker called the decision an “obvious downgrade.” As hard as it was to imagine Cavill no longer playing the Butcher of Blaviken, it was even harder to picture Hemsworth taking up that mantle himself.

The public pessimism was so

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