One Line From Liam Hemsworth in The Witcher Season 4 Has Fans Calling for Henry Cavill's Return
Fans already wary of The Witcher Season 4 say the trailer confirms their fears: with Liam Hemsworth replacing Henry Cavill, one line of dialogue has them worried Geralt isn’t just a new face—he’s a different character.
If you were already side-eyeing The Witcher without Henry Cavill, the Season 4 trailer probably did not win you back. Yes, we all knew Geralt would have a new face. What fans did not expect was a different vibe. And one line in the trailer has people convinced the character they know got swapped out along with the actor.
The trailer moment everyone is arguing about
Liam Hemsworth officially takes over as Geralt of Rivia in Season 4. The face swap was inevitable. The personality shift? That is what set off the alarms. Viewers zeroed in on a single line from the trailer that, to a lot of fans, sounds less like the laconic, lone-wolf monster hunter and more like a platoon commander barking orders. Across socials, the refrain has been blunt: that is not how Geralt talks.
Over on Reddit, a widely shared post from user u/Skelligean in r/witcher was literally titled 'Geralt would never say this' and that is the energy surrounding the clip. The bigger complaint here is not about Hemsworth himself, but about a portrayal that feels uncharacteristic of the canon Geralt: calm, stoic, few words, no rah-rah speeches.
Hemsworth says he is a fan too
This is where things get a little eyebrow-raising. Part of why Cavill worked so well is that he was borderline obsessive about the lore, from Andrzej Sapkowski's books to the CD Projekt Red games. Hemsworth, for his part, has said he is a longtime fan of the game specifically, and that Netflix approached him a while back to take the mantle.
'I had not seen the TV show. And I had not read the books. But I played the video game like ten years ago or something. And it is still to this day one of the best video games of all time. And Netflix came to me almost two years ago now and said that they wanted me to just step in and take over.'
So yes, he knows The Witcher 3 and clearly loves it. But admitting he had not read the books or watched the series at that point is the kind of detail that will not calm worries from book-first and lore-stickler fans. Still, he took the gig and is leaning in as the new face of Geralt.
Why Cavill's exit still stings
The show lost more than a lead when Cavill left after Season 3. He was the built-in quality control, constantly pushing for fidelity to the source material in character work, pacing, and story choices. When the writers room started steering away from the books and games to carve a looser, original path, that is reportedly where the friction started. Fans were not thrilled with those detours either, so when Cavill walked, many viewers took that as the sign the show would keep drifting. If Season 1 did not lose them, Season 3 was the exit ramp for a lot of longtime watchers.
The basics
- Series: The Witcher
- Showrunner: Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
- Main cast: Henry Cavill (through Season 3), Liam Hemsworth, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Eamon Farren
- Current scores: IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%
- Where to watch: Netflix
- Season 4 premiere: October 30, 2025 on Netflix
Bottom line: the trailer did not do much to ease the handoff. If the new season can lock back into Geralt's trademark restraint and the spirit of the source, there is a path to win skeptics over. But that path just got steeper.