"Henry Cavill is the only one out of the cast and crew that knows anything about the source material and cares about it."
Joey Batey has read the books more times than Henry Cavill has. (3 times as of 2023 vs once in 2018.)
Henry Cavill himself has basically admitted that he wouldn't want to go up against Joey when it comes to knowledge of the books and both Freya Allan and Kim Bodnia have praised Joey for how knowledgeable he is and that he could "give Henry a run for his money."
Henry Cavill also hadn't even read the books and had likely only ever really played TW3 (and not even the DLC for it) when he first met with Lauren and, given that he thought that the books were based off the games, it's likely that he never bothered to google or wiki or research the franchise in any way (despite proclaiming himself to be a lore buff) as surely he would've found out that the games were actually based off the books if he had (or, y'know, if he had just been paying attention to the game credits as the books are the first thing in the credits.) Yet despite all of that, he's said this:
"I didn't even have the need to prepare myself for the role. Because I breathe, I live this universe every day. I already got numerous opportunities to think about this character while I was playing the games. My preparation was already made before the casting started!"
Meanwhile Therica Wilson-Read had played the games, she set out to read the books as soon as she had the opportunity to audition, she goes back and reads bits of the books if not the full series before each season, and she even goes on the wiki and watches youtube videos to refresh herself on the universe.
Therica's book collection (with color coded notes!), btw:
Mecia Simson also jumped straight into the books and read them all as soon as she was cast and will go on the wiki to research things.
Cassie Clare on her preparation as Philippa.
Btw, Joey had less than 24 hours to prepare for his audition and in that time he memorized 2-3 scenes, wrote an entire song, and showed up in costume to audition.
Therica is also so knowledgeable about the books and the franchise that MyAnna Buring will go to her for advice on her character and understanding what's happening when she needs things explained to her.
Mahesh Jadu also went to Joey for advice on his character when he was first cast because Joey's known to be so knowledgeable about the books.
Joey's also the one who's gotten book scenes and characters written into the show, btw.
Freya talking about getting things from the books into the show, too:
Anya talking about book moments she's a fan of:
Also Anya making a book reference to BoF:
Joey making a book reference to what a diary by Jaskier would look like:
Lauren's talked about her hiring process for the writers which obviously includes having read the books.
Tomek Baginski, who worked on all three games btw, has talked about growing up with the books as a teenager in Poland.
There's loads more examples than this, but this argument is quite obviously complete and utter bullshit anyway and I don't really want to look up every little example proving that, so. I'll just let the post end on this note:
There is something endearing and fascinating about The Witcher 3 male's face characteristics. The moles. Aquiline noses. Greek features for some. Prominent Renaissance-like foreheads. I am IN LOVE.
You can understand so much about their physiognomy just by staring at them.
This is how you make a character attractive. It is not about how "clean" or "neat" they are. The wrinkles, the frown, the eyes, the shape of the lips.. This is so much more enticing to me.
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