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The Witcher star Liam Hemsworth breaks silence on Geralt recasting as stars prepare for the final seasons

The "Hunger Games" alum sits down for his first interview since taking over for Henry Cavill as the White Wolf, while Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra, Joey Batey, and more preview the show's final two seasons.

The "Hunger Games" alum sits down for his first interview since taking over for Henry Cavill as the White Wolf, while Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra, Joey Batey, and more preview the show's final two seasons.

Freya Allan, Liam Hemsworth, and Anya Chalotra for EW's 'The Witcher' season 4 cover shoot. Photo by Charlie Gray.

Liam Hemsworth is experiencing a true baptism of fire. Surrounded by lit torches and blaring overhead lights, the 6-foot-3 Hunger Games veteran, who's taken over from Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia on The Witcher, leaps through a stained glass window while decked out in heavy armor. You can see the sweat hanging off the medieval wigs on the background extras and seeping through the back of the gaffer's T-shirt. Every time the director calls for a reset is a chance for cast and crew alike to cool off.

Freya Allan, playing Princess Cirilla of Cintra, might have it the worst. She fans herself with her hand in between takes while donning a plumy tearaway gown over trousers.

"That was hell," she tells Entertainment Weekly of that balmy, closed-off stage. "That was actually probably the hottest the stage has got, to be fair."

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‘The Witcher’ Gets Season 4 Premiere Date; First Footage Of Liam Hemsworth As Geralt

Netflix has set October 30 for the fourth season premiere of The Witcher with Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia, a role played by Henry Cavill in the first three seasons. The streamer also dropped the first footage of Hemsworth as Geralt. You can watch it above.

Netflix has set October 30 for the fourth season premiere of The Witcher with Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia, a role played by Henry Cavill in the first three seasons. The streamer also dropped the first footage of Hemsworth as Geralt. You can watch it above.

After the shocking Continent-altering events that close out season three, the new season follows Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri who are faced with traversing the war-ravaged Continent and its many demons apart from each other.  If they can embrace and lead the groups of misfits they find themselves in, they have a chance of surviving the baptism of fire — and finding one another again.

Also, as previously reported, Laurence Fishburne joins the upcoming season as Regis, the fan-favorite character from The Witcher books and games. Introduced in Andrzej Sapkowski’s novel Baptism of Fire, Regis is a world-wise Barber-surgeon with a mysterious past who joins Geralt on his journey in Season 4.

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