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Andrzej Sapkowski is a person who doesn’t mince his phrases, irrespective of how distinguished he turns into on a world stage after Netflix’s adaptation of his Witcher collection turned a smash hit. However even with that status, there’s one thing extremely humorous about how keen the person is to only not give a single care on the planet about discussing his perfunctory relationship together with his streaming success.
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We already talked about yesterday how Sapkowski—talking at an look throughout Comedian Con Vienna—casually dismissed that Netflix’s plans to maintain increasing on its Witcher franchise outdoors of the live-action collection have been simply merely extra issues that might hold him paying his lease. But it surely seems, on the similar panel (through the Hollywood Reporter), Sapkowski was additionally clear on how little Netflix really paid consideration to him outdoors of sending a test.
“Possibly, I gave them some concepts, however they by no means listened to me. But it surely’s regular,” Sapkowski mentioned when requested if he had any enter into the narrative of the present, earlier than imitating an government: “Who’s this? It’s a author, it’s no person.”
It’s maybe unsurprising given, as we mentioned, Sapkowski’s notorious status for saying no matter he rattling properly likes. But it surely’s fascinating contemplating the deepening criticism of The Witcher adaptation because it’s progressed, and additional diverged from the characterization and narrative of Sapkowski’s tales because it’s gone on. In any case, a persistent rumor across the shock exit of star Henry Cavill after the third season was that the actor, an ardent fan of the books and CD Projekt Pink’s Witcher video games, clashed with producers over artistic variations regarding a perceived lack of faithfulness to the supply materials.
However nonetheless, it’s not like Sapkowski is basically complaining. Like he says, Netflix does what it needs; he will get lease cash and might do no matter he needs, too.
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