The Witcher team says conversations over Henry Cavill’s exit happened “for a while”

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“We all knew that a change was going to take place,” showrunner Lauren Hissrich tells EW. “And we were excited to think about what that change could be and, from my perspective, how that change could fit into story really well.” Some rumors suggested “creative differences,” a phrase Hissrich says could mean just about anything in this industry. “He had plans for other roles that he really wanted to commit himself to,” she says. “And for us, you don’t want to hold someone and force them to be doing something that they don’t want to do. I think that’s why it felt like a really symbiotic decision.” Meanwhile, Liam Hemsworth stayed off social media to avoid fan outcry over taking over the Geralt role from Cavill. “There was quite a bit of noise and I had to put that aside. It started to become a distraction,” Hemsworth tells EW. “I dealt with that sort of thing in the past a lot and, you know, at the end of the day, I love making movies and I love telling stories and acting. I just don’t want any of that to affect my way of telling the story that I’m trying to tell. I jumped off social media and the internet most of last year.”