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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why did they boot Henry Cavill?[/quote]

maybe because he is a terrible actor?[/quote]

He was fired from The Witcher because he's a big superhero and game nerd and wanted to be in control of the character, rather than just do what he was told. For superman, he was a victim of DC's unsuccess.  [/quote]

That's one way to put it, but things were more nuanced than that. Apparently he is a huge and serious fan of the Witcher books and is extremely familiar with them and the character as portrayed in the books. The series' creative directors and writers were departing from the books and the books' character pretty quickly in the series. I'm not aware of his outright fighting not to "do what he was told" but he was known to tell the makers of the series that there were a lot of departures from the books' character and canon. Basically, more than a "superhero and game nerd" he was a book nerd about these novels and the writing for the series didn't track with the novels and wasn't going to, so neither side was happy. (Full disclosure: Not a Witcher or Cavill fan myself, but my adult DC is, and showed me some of the coverage of the dispute. A lot of the book fans apparently think Cavill was right.)[/quote]

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