The Witcher S3 Will Once Again Divert from the Books but… In a Good Way?
Freya Allan just gave an update on The Witcher S3 and it doesn't sound that bad, honestly. But what is it with these guys and the timings for their statements?
To start this off, here's a little riddle for you.
What should you do if your lead actor is leaving the show due to deviations from the source material while your audience is supporting him and claims that you should follow the original books more strictly?
Obviously, you should send one of your other actors to promise more deviations from the books in the nearest future! That's PR 101, section "Crisis Management," come on, people. What else would you possibly want to do in this scenario?
Amid the controversy surrounding the current state of The Witcher and Henry Cavill 's exit from the show, this very same thought somehow occurred to the showrunner, too.
There is no other explanation for Freya Allan's most recent statement.
Freya Allan, The Witcher's Ciri, disclosed that there will be more deviations from the source material in the next season. Admittedly, those changes don't sound all too bad…
We're afraid to type it out loud, but they even sound reasonable in terms of character building: in season 3, Ciri's getting more action than in the books.
"In the original script, I didn't have as much action. There was a lot of me standing around, waiting to get saved by Geralt and Yennefer," admitted Freya.
Apparently, it was partially her call to add more action scenes to her character, Ciri, as otherwise, it was going to feel weird and illogical in the next season.
"If we are not seeing her do anything yet, and then in season 4 she is going and joining a gang of killing Rats, it's not really going to add up. I wanted it to feel like she started to use that training and put that into real life, although she's not killing anyone yet, or shouldn't be," explained the young actress.
As we said, these changes don't sound terrible right off the bat.
If Ciri's not getting insane murder spree scenes (which Freya Allan promises she isn't), it's actually a very reasonable deviation since even in the original books, this sudden change in Ciri's behavior didn't feel justified.
The show merely intends to fix this issue.
It's going to be a welcome addition if executed correctly, but… Seriously, whose idea it was to send Freya on the quest to promise more deviations from the source material while the entire community is fuming about the unnecessary changes?
Source: SFX Magazine (via GamesRadar)