{"id":35220,"date":"2023-07-27T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1864223"},"modified":"2023-07-27T13:48:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T11:48:14","slug":"how-does-henry-cavill-leave-the-witcher","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/how-does-henry-cavill-leave-the-witcher\/","title":{"rendered":"How does Henry Cavill leave The Witcher?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> We&#8217;ve said goodbye to Cavill as Geralt of Rivia. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Louise Griffin\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">2023-07-27 10:00:39<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><strong>*Warning: Major spoilers for The Witcher season 3 volume 2 ahead.*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The time has come to say goodbye to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/the-witcher-cast-henry-cavill-exit-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Henry Cavill<\/a> as Geralt of Rivia, with the actor stepping down from his role in <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/witcher-season-4-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Witcher<\/a> after three seasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/the-witcher-liam-hemsworth-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Liam Hemsworth<\/a> will take over in the role, with exec producer Tomek Baginski previously teasing to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> how the switch will happen <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/the-witcher-liam-hemsworth-season-4-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">in the upcoming season 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, though, fans have got the final episodes of season 3 to enjoy, with Geralt (Cavill) and Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) determined to protect <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/ciri-witcher-netflix-season-3\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ciri<\/a> (Freya Allan) with just about everyone on the Continent after her.<\/p>\n<p>With the three final episodes of season 3 now out, here\u2019s exactly how Cavill\u2019s exit went down.<\/p> <h2><strong>How did Henry Cavill leave The Witcher?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The final episode of The Witcher season 3 sees Geralt finally leave the dryads after being mortally wounded in his fight with Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu).<\/p>\n<p>As he and Jaskier (Joey Batey) embark on their journey to rescue Ciri, who they believe is being taken to Nilfgaard, they encounter a group of nasty and overbearing guards, who demand identification. Of course, they don\u2019t have any and offer payment instead \u2013 which they don\u2019t have much in the way of either.<\/p>\n<p>As Geralt offers up payment, a letter from Yennefer, in which she speaks about Geralt losing everything, is spoken over the top and the pair walk on. They hear a commotion behind and see a family being denied entry, with the guards telling the parents: \u201cAny more out of you and she will leave here an orphan.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6330178308112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p>Jaskier urges Geralt to keep walking, but he goes back to confront the guards. After Geralt tells one of the guards to let the family go, he responds: \u201cMaybe I\u2019ll take her home and see what use she can be put to,\u201d dropping the girl\u2019s doll and stamping on it.<\/p>\n<p>Geralt punches the guard before taking on every other guard in the vicinity in a brutal battle. Jaskier helps the family hide under a nearby wagon and Milva (Meng\u2019er Zhang) comes to Geralt\u2019s aid, helping him defeat the guards and joining him and Jaskier on their journey.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving one guard alive, Geralt gives him a message for <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/witcher-netflix-white-flame-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Emhyr<\/a> if he reaches Nilfgaard first: \u201cNo matter his armies, no matter his wars, I will free Ciri.\u201d He then returns the doll to the terrified girl.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/EE306Unit00414-copyRT-dbc1538.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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title=\"&quot;Freya\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra in The Witcher season 3.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix\/Susie Allnutt<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Yennefer\u2019s letter ends: \u201cI know in my heart, Geralt, you will find Ciri. And I will make sure there\u2019s a safe world for her to return to. And if we must face the cold blue eyes of death, we will, but we will be the last to fall. Of that I am sure. All my love, Yennefer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Geralt, Jaskier and Milva collect their horses and, with the light shining through the trees, walk into the distance.<\/p>\n<p>Executive producer Baginski told <strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong> of that final scene: \u201cAt the time, the crew were not aware, I was not aware that Henry was leaving, so it was just the perfect ending for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe disappearance in[to] the light is so symbolic for me. Many things may happen\u2026it\u2019s just a symbolic ending for Henry in this role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baginksi also remembered the final day on set, recalling: \u201cOn the last day with Henry, we were doing one of the action scenes from one of the last episodes. I think it was the the training with the dryads. It was a really dense day, we had to move very fast, we had to go very fast\u2026and we\u2019re going set-up by set-up by set-up, going through all the move, it was beautiful. It didn\u2019t feel like the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Witcher season 3 is available to stream on Netflix now. <a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">You can sign up for Netflix from \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. 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