Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra, and Others Join Netflix's 'The Witcher'

[mammary_glands]

Exclusive: @Netflix's 'The Witcher' finds its female leads https://t.co/ci6EGqYDSf pic.twitter.com/YtHrfNWleB
- Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 10, 2018

• Freya Allan (The War of the Worlds, Into The Badlands) has been cast as Ciri and Anya Chalotra (The ABC Murders, Wanderlust) has been cast as Yennefer. They join ONTD favorite Henry Cavill, who

Comments

[ahkna]

I absolutely love Jodhi May. I honestly don't know how these people expect to get an entire series out of Henry Cavill's cardboard face. That he has negative charisma, even with spectacular actors, just doesn't bode well for carrying a whole show.

[zazie_toujours]

Jodhi is fantastic. Idgaf about this but glad she's collecting checks.

[ahkna]

She's in the new Sally Wainwright lesbian drama Gentleman Jack that comes out this year

[zazie_toujours]

Oohoho!

the cast

[mammary_glands]

Okay, you got us: The enigmatic sorceress Yennefer will be played by Anya Chalotra. Then there's Ciri. From the court at Cintra: Queen Calanthe is Jodhi May. Fledgling sorceress Fringilla is played by Mimi Ndiweni. pic.twitter.com/0njcnyKTk2
- NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 10, 2018

Re: the cast

[bellwetherr]

oh i see the princess from the last kingdom, i love her! she's great!

Re: the cast

[therearewords]

Quite bright.

[oltschi]

Ciri is great. Yennefer... looks way too young, I'm sorry. And I guess the 'plenty of Polish actors' thing is bullshit.

[beaucadeau]

mte, and they're not even shooting in poland...

[oltschi]

I'm holding out hope for Triss and Dandelion. Joanna Kulig would be perfect for Triss.

[beaucadeau]

yessssssss, i loved her in les innocentes. i might have missed it too but it would be great if there was a polish composer and more poles behind the scenes, i mean, there are some great filmmakers to tap :////

[beaucadeau]

i can't find anya chalotra's age online and tbh if she is younger than henry i'm gonna be annoyed

[benihime99]

I think I saw on tumblr she's 21

[beaucadeau]

well now i really am annoyed

[arsenicsugar]

ugh wtf

[shangman]

Yennifer looks about 10 years too young, the rest is fine I guess

so much for all that stupid upset about Ciri maybe being Asian

[arsenicsugar]

I'm disappointed but not surprised that Yennefer looks that young :/

holy shit, I'd forgotten that they opened the casting to Asian actresses for Ciri! aw. that could've been cool (but I wouldn't wish that resulting nerdrage on any actress tbh).

[fauxkaren]

Yeah, in my mind, Yen definitely looks around 30-35, but whatever. lol. She uses magic to alter her appearance so I guess she could choose to appear 22 or whatever. I just liked the idea of her projecting a slightly older appearance.

[plznodecomp]

esp w/ her acting as ciri's mother figure when ciri looks like her peer. it's a weird casting choice