As part of the fan unrest, Driver wants to celebrate the chance for Geralt of Rivia to become the new Doctor Who.
Minnie Driver may be joining the world of “The Witcher” at a time of fan excitement, but she doesn’t mind.
Drive will be seen on Christmas Day in the four-episode prequel to Netflix’s “The Witcher: Blood Origin” as the Seanchaí, a time-traveling shape-shifting story. The character may also appear in future seasons of the main “Witcher” universe, with Season 3 featuring Henry Cavill for the last time before being replaced by Liam Hemsworth. However, Driver doesn’t understand all the fuss about the redesign.
“We come from this tradition of ‘Doctor Who,’ where the Doctor regenerates,” Driver emphasized to EW in a recent interview. “I think we need to look at it a lot more like it’s amazing. He’s an amazing person, he’s an amazing character, and we should play it with different people.”
And while Driver shared that she has yet to connect with Cavill about their “witchy” connection, the two do share a past. Cavill and her brother were classmates, and Driver had known Cavill since they were teenagers. “I love him,” she said. “I can confirm that he is the most beautiful person since he was young. He is divine.”
Cavill famously left “The Witcher” earlier this year after two seasons, seemingly set to once again become Superman for DC Studios. But that was before new DC Studio co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran decided to take the character in a different direction. Cavill is now attached to the Warhammer 40,000 video game adaptation for Amazon Studios.
As for what Seanchaí has in store for “The Witcher: Blood Origin,” Driver will only be seen at the beginning and end of the prequel, though he serves as narrator for all four episodes.
“I was like, ‘Okay, so I’m not in every episode.’ It’s less cool, but it’s still more their problem than mine,” the actress said. “But I really like the character. Who wouldn’t want to be a shape-shifting elf? You have to be tough enough not to want to do that.”
Created by Declan de Barra and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, “The Witcher: Blood Origin” stars Michelle Yeoh, Sophia Brown and Laurence O’Fuarain in the prequel to “The Witcher,” set 1200 years earlier and premiering on the 25th. December on Netflix.
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