Rising from the dead to gather a little bit of wild gossip in one place. Take this with many grains of salt, but mounting evidence seems to suggest that Henry Cavill was fired from The Witcher for creating a pretty toxic workplace environment.
The fandom has mostly bought into the unconfirmed narrative that Henry left because the writing wasn’t honoring the source material. This new theory shared by Deuxmoi on their Deux U podcast doesn’t deny that there were creative differences; in fact, it doubles down on that read of the situation. Rather, in addition to those differences, it paints a bleak picture of an actor’s escalating disrespect toward the women on set.
This podcast alone isn’t evidence of much because it’s anonymous celebrity gossip. But paired with recent comments on Reddit by individuals who claim to be familiar with the writers and crew, there seems to be some fire to go along with that smoke. For her part, showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich says she’ll have something to say about Henry’s exit in six months, presumably when season 3 airs.
This doesn’t even touch on the whole situation with Beau De Mayo and what his fellow writers have alleged about his behavior in the writers’ room, but it is worth noting that he’s the gamer/writer in question that Deuxmoi says Henry allied with in trying to undermine production. If anyone needs a primer on the Beau situation, let me know.
Anyway, read on for a transcript of the podcast’s statement as well as some screenshots of relevant Reddit comments.
