He may not be playing a superhero anymore, but it turns out that Henry Cavill is a real-life Superman on set.
Witcher star was so dedicated to his final series of the show that he ended up doing ‘100 percent’ of his stunts on his own.
If that wasn’t impressive enough, he even helped to craft some of the incredible fight sequences on the Netflix show.
Given that he’s a huge fan of the books and games, it’s unsurprising that Cavill would be so heavily involved in the production of the adaptation.
Even as he was gearing up to leave The Witcher though, the actor’s passion for the series never dulled and he became like a ‘second fight coordinator’ – according to crew member, Wolfgang Stegemann.
The stunt coordinator revealed that he and the Man of Steel actor would sit together and plan how to film the fight sequences during season three.
Describing the A-Lister as ‘a hard, hard worker’, Stegemann said the actor constantly trained to master the skills to play the grumpy Geralt of Rivia. He added: “What many people don’t know, they think the stunt team comes together and we start choreographing something and show it to him. It’s not like that. He’s, from the beginning, there and giving all his input.”
Stegemann even explained that the 40-year-old was ‘deeply involved’ in designing shots, saying: “It’s not just having a fight, it’s how we shoot this fight. Henry and I basically sit together on the monitor and we hold the cameras and go through the fight to find the right angles, the right movements. And, yeah, it’s incredible.”
Having already been injured on season two, Cavill still went ahead with the complex choreography and did ‘100 per cent’ of his own stunts on set - as if you couldn’t his love work ethic anymore! ─ via UNILAD
Henry ─ We actually built in originally, some slow motion, fake slow-mo moments, where I would move in slow motion and we’d use a ramp in post to speed it up and it allow Hatchie (cameraman) to get into a position or at least get a moment of breath in. So he could get in the right position.
Wolfgang ─ But it didn’t really suit this fight ?
Henry ─ Right.
Wolfgang ─ Because we wanted to keep this in real speed. And not start tweaking it or tuning it, like when you see it’s um like the true speed
Henry Cavill Breaks Down The One Shot Fight Scene | The Witcher
