Eamon Farren is an Australian stage and film actor. Before joining the cast of “The Witcher”, he became known to the international audience by, among others, thanks to roles in such productions as the new season of “Twin Peaks” from 2017 (he played Richard Horne) or the movie “Winchester. House of Ghosts” with Helen Mirren in the lead role. In 2018, he played one of the main roles in the series adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic detective story “ABC” – he played Cust, and the famous detective Hercule Poirot was portrayed by the outstanding actor John Malkovich. Interestingly, in the same production you can also see Rupert Grint, known for his role of Ron in “Harry Potter”, as well as Anya Chaloltra, or Netflix’s Yennefer.
Another actor from the cast of The Witcher wanted to play Geralt
Farren met fans at the MCM Comic Con in London. Then he also confessed that he auditioned for the main role. And this one was long and detailed, although it reported to the creators of the production when they barely started working on the project. – I discovered games, then books, and the world of The Witcher immediately became important to me. I’ve often thought about playing Geralt. I just got an opportunity, and I didn’t let that opportunity pass me by. I didn’t even have to prepare for the role, because I live in this world, I breathe it every day. I thought about Geralt many times when I was playing games. I prepared for the role before the casting even started – he told in 2019.
Eamon Farren as Cahir Netflix / ‘The Witcher’ / frame from the trailer
So Eamon Farren must have gone quite far in the interrogation process, since, as reported by cbr.com, in London he said:
I started by auditioning for the role of Geralt. And I didn’t get it, which was shocking to me. I did an approach to a different character – a mercenary or a warrior, an assassin. I sent a tape recording and I didn’t expect anything. And then I got the role and ended up shooting in Budapest. It was a wild, no-holds-barred ride.
As we know, he was cast as the Nilfgaardian commander Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach. Eamon Farren can also be seen in another movie available on Netflix. In the picture “Excavations” he starred alongside another member of the Harry Potter series – we are talking about Ralph Fiennes, i.e. the film’s Lord Voldermort. The film also stars known for the Oscar-winning “Promising. Young. Woman.” Carrey Mulligan and Lily James.
Meanwhile, the third season of “The Witcher” is the last series with the participation of Henry Cavill – foreign critics unanimously emphasize that it is the best of the seasons of the series, on Rotten Tomatoes it received an 83 percent rating. (although viewers are just merciless).
The third season of ‘The Witcher’, ratings RottenTomatoes.com / printscreen 7/3/23
The character of Geralt from the fourth series will be played by well-known m.in. from “The Hunger Games” Liam Hemsworth, younger brother of Chris Hemsworth, known for his role as Thor in the Marvel universe, and ex-husband of Miley Cyrus, about whom she sang one of the biggest global hits of recent hits, i.e. the song “Flowers”.
Source: Gazeta
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