The Witcher: Blood Origin stars revealed the possible return to wider Witcher franchise
Zach Wyatt, Lizzie Annis, Lenny Henry, and Mirren Mack discussed the plot of the prequel miniseries, which is set 1,200 years before the events of the main series, in an exclusive interview with Digital Spy.
The actors have discussed the possibility of crossovers, and given that the show makes use of a number of flashbacks and time travel elements, there is plenty of room for the events of Blood Origin to be weaved into Geralt’s plot.
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“Absolutely and always, would be my answer to that [returning]” said Annis, who plays Zacaré on the Netflix show: “It was the most special experience. It would be a total privilege. I suppose we’ll see where it takes us. We’ll see what emerges – fingers crossed.”
Similarly to her co-star, Mack, who plays Princess Merwyn, expressed her desire to return to the world: “I can only hope. I would so much rather return and rejoin this universe, she declared. Playing Merwyn was so much pleasure for me. I consider her to be quite intricate and complicated. I could only hope to return in some way.
Henry, who just appeared in The Rings of Power, said that playing Balor proved to be physically taxing, but he would be open to making a comeback if it made sense for the story.
“I think [I would return] if there was another character [or] if Balor came back in another guise,” he said. “It’s an extraordinary place to be, where everyone swears a lot. There’s a thrill to it, [but] there’s a lot of hard work. But I would love to do something in this milieu again, because this is my jam. I can see myself in a loincloth, with a broadsword. Come on! Let’s go.”
The actor who portrays the mage Syndril, Wyatt, stated that he “definitely” would like to return in the role and that there were “so many viable” justifications for doing so.
The Witcher: Blood Origin Stars Revealed FAQs
Is The Witcher and The Witcher blood origin the same?
Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich's fantasy miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin is a loose adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher novel series. It acts as The Witcher's prequel.
Are there witchers in Blood Origin?
Blood Origin tells The Witcher series' origin story over the course of four episodes, demonstrating not only how the witchers—superhuman warriors created to hunt the monsters that plague humankind—came to be, but also how their world was formed as a result of the "Conjunction of the Spheres," a catastrophic occurrence that first brought about humans.
Do you need to watch The Witcher to watch Blood Origin?
Our stories define who we are in the Witcher universe. And I adore the notion that Blood Origin dates all the way back to the first Witcher. You can watch the show and utilise it as a pretty fantastic starting point whether or not you are familiar with the Witcher universe.
Can I watch the Witcher Blood Origin before The Witcher?
A journey against an all-powerful empire is undertaken by seven exiles in an Elven world more than a thousand years before the events of "The Witcher." Observe all you want.
