Category: Casting

More actors join the cast of The Witcher: Blood Origin as filming wraps in Iceland

After a hectic two weeks, the Blood Origin team wrapped Iceland location filming on Thursday. Filming of The Witcher prequel starring Michelle Yeoh (Scian), Laurence O’Fuarain (Fjall), and Sophia Brown (Eile) started end of July in South Iceland.   While director Vicky Jewson filmed the first ten days of the shoot, director Sarah O’Gorman arrived

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Audition tapes for The Witcher prequel reveal a scientist, a sellsword, a prince and more

Pre-production is underway for The Witcher: Blood Origin, the prequel to the main show that is said to be set around 1200 years before. Main star Laurence O’Fuarain is already frequenting Arborfield Studios for training and more. And recently we also found out that Jacob Collins-Levy would portray the fan-favorite villain Eredin in Blood Origin.

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The Witcher Season 2 adds Eredin, Lara Dorren, Ithlinne, Jarre, Vizimir and more

The last few weeks have been packed with Witcher news: First, Netflix released a big cast announcement, revealing and confirming characters such as Sigismund Dijkstra, Philippa Eilhart, and Mother Nenneke. Then, fans got a glimpse at a Wild Hunt scene on a beach in Southern UK. And yesterday, after more than a year of filming,

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7 confirmed castings for The Witcher Season 2 include Dijkstra, Nenneke, Rience and more

It’s been over a year since The Witcher‘s second season began filming, and we have since learned of the addition of several new cast members that will join Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan (some confirmed by Netflix, others via our sources). Today, The Hollywood Reporter were able to confirm seven new castings with

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The Witcher casts Chris Fulton, who may become one of the series’ cruelest villains

With production gearing up for its final weeks on set of The Witcher‘s second season, the few remaining unrevealed cast members for the Netflix series have slowly begun to surface. Last week, we uncovered the much-anticipated casting for the sorceress Philippa Eilhart, and today we may have identified one of the saga’s most despicable villains:

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