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Netflix's 'The Witcher' Adds New Characters and Cast to the Continent in Season 3
Today, Netflix confirmed the following actors will be joining the cast of The Witcher season 3:
Gallatin - Robbie Amell (Upload, Code 8, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City)
Character description: A born fighter, Gallatin leads an army of guerrilla Scoia'tael fighting on behalf of Nilfgaard. Unafraid to speak his truth, Gallatin's loyalty to his people ultimately leads him on a collision course with Francesca over power.
Milva - Meng'er Zhang (Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings)
Character description: A human adopted by the dryads of Brokilon Forest, Milva is a fierce and talented huntress. Exact archery skills coupled with a stone-cold aptitude for survival make her a formidable adversary in the unforgiving Continent - those that cross her, do so at their peril.
Prince Radovid - Hugh Skinner (Mamma Mia Here We Go Again!, Falling For Figaro, Fleabag)
Character description: Royal playboy and younger brother to King Vizimir, Radovid finds himself suddenly a man on the inside of the Redanian Intelligence. With his good looks and often drunken charm, Radovid surprises with how incisive he can be in matters of politics, but it's all games until someone gets hurt.
Mistle - Christelle Elwin (Half Bad, Bloods)
Character description: Mistle is a member of The Rats, a gang of misfit teenagers who steal from the rich and give to themselves - and sometimes the poor. She is street hard, suspicious of everyone and out for revenge, until a chance meeting that will change everything.
The Witcher Season 3 Logline:
As monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri of Cintra into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it. Entrusted with Ciri's magical training, Yennefer leads them to the protected fortress of Aretuza, where she hopes to discover more about the girl's untapped powers; instead, they discover they've landed in a battlefield of political corruption, dark magic, and treachery. They must fight back, put everything on the line - or risk losing each other forever.
Returning cast for Season 3 are Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Joey Batey, MyAnna Buring, Tom Canton, Jeremy Crawford, Eamon Farren, Mahesh Jadu, Terence Maynard, Lars Mikkelsen, Mimî M Khayisa, Royce Pierreson, Wilson Mbomio, Anna Shaffer, Therica Wilson-Read, Cassie Clare, Mecia Simson, Graham McTavish, Bart Edwards, Simon Callow, Liz Carr, Ed Birch and Kaine Zajaz.
Lauren Schmidt Hissrich acts as showrunner and executive producer.
Executive producers include; Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, Tomek Baginski, Jason F. Brown, Sean Daniel, Mike Ostrowski, Steve Gaub and Jarosław Sawko.
The series will be directed by Stephen Surjik, Gandja Monteiro, Loni Peristere and Bola Ogun.
Based on the novels by Andrzej Sapkowski, the episodic script writers are: Mike Ostrowski, Tania Lotia, Haily Hall, Rae Benjamin, Clare Higgins, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Matthew D'Ambrosio and Troy Dangerfield.
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