Another element on the Witcher Netflix sequence has come round, this time on the casting name for Ciri. That name continues to be going out, so we don’t know who’s enjoying her, however we do have two pertinent particulars on what the oldsters behind the sequence are searching for. More particularly, they need Ciri to be younger, and so they need her to not be white.
The casting for Crilla, the ‘The Lion Cub of Cintra’ reads “looking for a 16 or 15 year old BAME” – that’s ‘black, Asian, and minority ethnic’ for those who’re not from the UK – “girl who can play down to 13/14. Must not be older than 18 years old.” Certain corners of the web are preemptively upset about the potential for Ciri not being white, although there’s little justifiable purpose for it – until you’re married to the concept that Polish fantasy requires Polish ethnicity throughout all its fictional nations.
This comes by way of an enormous listing of auditions from the National Youth Theatre, and the itemizing additionally provides a short abstract of Ciri’s position within the story.
“Ciri can often be found rough-housing with the Palace hands instead of sitting in finery at the knee of the Queen Calanthe, her grandmother. That is, until Cintra is massacred by the Nilfgaardians and Ciri is orphaned, left to traverse the Continent, alone. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s a direct descendent of Lara Dorren, an Elven Mage – which is why everyone in our series is after her. We follow Ciri as she evades her captors, and in the meantime, discovers her magical talents, her dark side, and the role she is to play in the coming apocalypse.”
Eventually Ciri finally ends up with Yennefer and Geralt – who can be performed by Henry Cavill – because the three begin travelling the the Continent collectively. “Geralt and Yennefer reliaze that they must protect this girl,” the outline continues, “who might just destroy the world.”
Filming is about to start in October and finish in May, a minimum of for Ciri’s half. The Witcher sequence is presently set to release next year, having not too long ago been pushed ahead by Netflix.
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