Henry Cavill And Kim Bodnia Discuss Their On-Screen Dynamic In The Witcher
With the release of The Witcher season 2, fans have noticed the fantastic chemistry between Henry Cavill (Geralt) and Kim Bodnia (Vesemir). Now, both actors have united to discuss how they made that on-screen dynamic work.
In The Witcher, Vesemir is Geralt's mentor and father figure and amongst the only survivors of the attack on Kaer Morhan that almost wiped out all the witchers. Netflix finally quenched fans' thirst with the release of an interview between Cavill and Bodnia, where they discussed their process and appreciation of each other's methods, while also noting their similarities.
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They seemed very comfortable with each other as the interview starts with Cavill asking for Scotch. Bodnia, as luck may have it, already had a background playing Vesemir when he lived 20 years in the forest and had a long experience living alone. He then addressed Cavill, saying, «when I was done telling you about my antics traveling and how it is to be alone you said 'You are Vesemir.'» They then started discussing how they tackle the challenge of performing emotional scenes. «I trained every day in a new way of crying,» says Bodnia. «And that's why I have to travel inside my life because you don't know if there is more to cry about.»
Cavill then added, «I have this thing, yes, absolutely. Once I've used something, I've used it, and then I've dealt with it, I've emotionally processed it because I've been crying all day on set.» Cavill then discusses the emotionally complex relationship between Geralt and Vesemir, with him making it a goal to have a more emotional Geralt in the show's second season. They do acknowledge, however, that some filmed scenes of this nature didn't make
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