One star of ‘The Witcher’ wants us to stop comparing Netflix’s new show to ‘Game of Thrones’

If you do even a cursory search for articles and blog posts about Netflix's forthcoming fantasy series The Witcher, starring Henry Cavill as monster hunter Geralt of Rivia, you'll be confronted with at least one comparison over and over again. This buzzy new show, adapted from a series of The Witcher books, could end up doing for Netflix what Game of Thrones did for HBO, the thinking goes -- and, as such, the Netflix series is repeatedly mentioned in the same breath as Thrones. That, of course, would suit all of us who were captivated by HBO's game-changing series just fine, and definitely serve as another feather in Netflix's cap.

But while early looks at the show certainly make it seem like this will definitely be as epic in scale as HBO's dear, departed 8-season blockbuster about the fictional land of Westeros, one The Witcher actor actually has a request: Please stop comparing the two.

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One star of ‘The Witcher’ wants us to stop comparing Netflix’s new show to ‘Game of Thrones’ originally appeared on BGR.com on Sun, 6 Oct 2019 at 16:21:20 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.