We don’t yet have a release date for the next season of Netflix’s live-action adaptation The Witcher However, we have official casting news. The legendary actor Laurence Fishburne, known as The MatrixMorpheus, agent of the Redpill Resistancewill join the fantasy drama series as vampiric barber-surgeon Emiel Regis. The streaming giant announced the news on X/Twitter on January 12th.
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Regis first appears in the fifth book by Polish fantasy author Andrzej Sapkowski The Witcher Series, Baptism of fireand becomes something of a main character until the end of the novel. Although he is mentioned in the games, the higher vampire only shows his face The Witcher 3‘s 2015 expansion, Blood and wine. This will be the fan-favorite character’s first appearance on the television show.
With his cool personality and steely delivery, Fishburne has brought a number of characters to life in both films and games. He played Perry White in the 2013 superhero film man of Steel (alongside former Geralt of Rivia actor Henry Cavill), The Bowery King in the revenge neo-noir action thrillers John Wickhis most famous character Morpheus in The Matrix Games, Dr. Raymond Langston in two CSI-based games and a wide range of other characters. The man has acting skills.
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Fishburne’s introduction to the cast is as follows The hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth steps into the weathered boots of Geralt of Rivia and replaces Henry Cavill. However, given the writers’ and actors’ strikes in 2023, it will still take some time The Witcher is returning to Netflix, but Fishburne joining the cast is an exciting surprise.
