The Witcher's Yennefer Casting Was Intended to 'Challenge' Beauty Standards

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Casting director Sophie Holland says Anya Chalotra's casting as Yennefer of Vengerberg in Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher was intended to "challenge" beauty standards. https://t.co/HcBDe914Jw pic.twitter.com/ohenoeUL0b
- Comic Book Resources (@CBR) July 25, 2023
The Witcher casting director Sophia Holland discussed pushing for Anya Chalotra to

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[einodia]

As a brunette currently wearing both of those things, my ugly ass is called OUT!

[beeach_comaaa]

She’s got paint on her overalls!

[bet_on_me]

NGL my dumb ass internalized this instead of understanding its satire and for like a decade, I could wear glasses or I could wear a ponytail but NEVER BOTH.

Now every day as I scrounge my scraggly, unbrushed tresses into yet another sloppy momtail and shove my toddler finger-besmeared goggles onto my dull, unexfoliated face, I think of this line and laugh.