Jodie Turner-Smith has departed Netflix’s six-episode prequel series, The Witcher: Blood Origin.
“Due to a change in the production schedule for ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ limited series, unfortunately Jodie Turner-Smith will no longer be able to continue on in the role of Éile,” a Netflix spokesperson informed Variety. The character Éile is described as a “fierce warrior” with “the voice of a goddess.” In the show, Éile leaves her queen in order to pursue her true passion as a nomadic musician. However, she is forced to return to her old role when a “grand reckoning” sets her on a path in search of redemption and revenge.
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Turner-Smith is a British actor and model who’s best known for her roles in Syfy’s TV series adaptation of the George R.R. Martin sci-fi/horror novella Nightflyers and the 2019 crime film, Queen & Slim, in which she starred opposite Daniel Kaluuya and earned critical acclaim for her performance. Up next, Turner-Smith will play Anne Boleyn in Channel 5’s miniseries about the final months in the onetime Queen of England’s life.
Announced in July 2020, The Witcher: Blood Origin is set 1,200 years before the events of Netflix’s The Witcher series. The show will explore the history of The Continent’s elven society prior to its fall, in addition to following the creation of the first Witcher and the events that led to what’s known as the Conjunction of the Sphere in the original Witcher novels. During this cataclysmic event, separate worlds were merged into one, flooding The Continent with elves, humans, monsters and magic.
Declan de Barra is serving as an executive producer and showrunner on The Witcher: Blood Origin, having previously written The Witcher Season 1 episode “Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials,” in addition to contributing vocals to four songs on the show’s official soundtrack. The Witcher Seasons 1 and 2 showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich is also serving as an executive producer, along with Hivemind’s Jason Brown and Sean Daniel, and Tomek Baginski and Jarek Sawko from Platige Films. Andrzej Sapkowski, the author of the original Witcher novels, is a creative consultant on the prequel series.
The Witcher stars Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg, Freya Allan as Cirilla, and Eamon Farren as Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach. The Witcher: Blood Origin has yet to receive a premiere date.
Source: Variety
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