Geralt of Rivia is not the most effusive fictional character of all time. He's not dull-witted or brutish—quite the opposite, in fact—but he tends to keep his own counsel as he goes about his business. And as a professional monster hunter, that business definitely has the appearance of putting brawn ahead of brains.
We may see a different side of him in The Witcher season 2, which debuts on Netflix in December. Series star Henry Cavill told Total Film (via GamesRadar) that he lobbied to portray the character as more than just biceps with swords in the next season.
"This season, I really wanted to make sure that we represented the book’s Geralt more accurately, and that we saw him speak more," Cavill said. "I pushed really, really hard for that."
That's not to suggest that he's suddenly going to be competing with Jaskier for stage time, of course: "He's still Geralt of Rivia, but he’s definitely coming across as more of an intellectual," Cavill said.
Cavill's remarks about taking a more cerebral approach to Geralt fits with recent comments from showrunner Lauren Hissrich, who said in October that the second season "plumbs completely new emotional depths for Geralt—as a lost love, as a father, as a son, as a brother, as a Witcher. It’s a delight to see."
The actor also revealed how he spent some of his free time during Covid-19 lockdown: A Witcher 3 Deathmarch run. "I decided to put it on the hardest difficulty possible to play, which I’ve done before, and it was really quite stressful!" he said. "I forgot quite how stressful it was."
