But there is a bit of everything, as in real life: kindness, humanity, romance, comedy… “ The Witcher is very violent,” she said. On violence, Hissrich offered her assurances that the show will not differ from the books in this regard, but reminded us that there’s much more to the series than that alone. We wanted them to be comfortable with not just sex but intimacy as well, to ensure that the actors feel safe and comfortable.” We talked a lot about this, from the very beginning. Hissrich continued: “There will be nudity, yes, because when people are intimate, sometimes they’re naked. I wanted the sex to have a purpose in our series and it is one of the things we have achieved that I am most proud of.” Not always loving relationships, but those of people who meet each other and connect on a human level. The brutality and violence are all over the show. The Witcher, Hissrich said, will be different. Indeed, many of the controversies which sprouted from the eight-year run of Game of Thrones followed explicit sexual scenes featuring rape or “sexposition” (a term coined early in the show’s run). From the beginning, I said that The Witcher‘s sex scenes would always be shown for a reason, we would’nt show sex as a means of exploitation, power or shock. It’s something I’m very proud of.” When asked about the show’s approach to the latter two, Hissrich was glad the point was raised: “It’s something that was very important to me.
Both tales are filled with politics, violence and sex. Game of Thrones and The Witcher are both set in a dark fantasy land plagued with problems we recognise from our own world. It is only fair, then, that The Witcher will fall prey to these comparisons, especially because the shows do share certain similarities. Amazon is hard at work on two Thrones contenders in the form of Wheel of Time and Lord of the Rings, Disney is launching their own streaming service with The Mandalorian, and HBO (naturally) is cooking up not one but three prequels set in the Thrones universe (as well as an adaption of His Dark Materials). With Thrones coming to a long-awaited, surprisingly controversial conclusion, everyone is looking for the next fantasy king to fill the vacuum left behind, and almost every major network is looking to contend. This isn’t the first time The Witcher is compared to Game of Thrones. What we wanted to create for Netflix is a global series that reaches people with different points of view, different perspectives, different political problems and lifestyles: that is accessible to many different people.” “I think this series has much more magic. Hissrich in a newly published article by Hobby Consolas (translated here from Spanish).
“This is not Game of Thrones,” said The Witcher showrunner Lauren S.
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