The Witcher's Anya Chalotra (Yennefer) discuses her favorite thing about working with Henry Cavill, and the showrunner on why one character doesn't get much screen time

Anya Chalotra plays the role of Yennefer in Netflix's Witcher series, which means she has a lot of screen time with Henry Cavill, who plays Geralt. In an interview with Comicbook.com, Chalotra talks about her favorite part of working with Cavill on the project.

"What was lovely about working with Henry, is that he's such a fan of The Witcher material, and I had no idea that the Witcher existed before I auditioned, so like, to have someone who's been a fan for a long time, that's played the games and read the books, and is so passionate about the work, was so brilliant to work with, and I think on set, by the time we weren't with each other, we'd been playing at this for a long time, and I think that's what we brought on set really, that confidence in each other, in each other's choices. We really did trust our instincts on it. And I think because of that confidence, we were able to really... I don't know, it was because of how well rounded these characters are, we just bounced off each other in a really lovely way, and it was very easy to develop that relationship."

While there's a ton of Geralt and Yennefer action in Netflix's series, one character you won't see much of during the show's first season is Triss, and a lot of fans are wondering why. In another interview with Comicbook.com, showrunner Lauren Hissrich explained the reasoning. (spoilers ahead).

"You will see Triss again, but the most important thing, and I love this question because there have been a lot of questions actually about the choices that we make to change things in the adaptation, and what I've always said is there is always a reason to do it. We're not doing it for our egos. We're not doing it because it's easier. What we're trying to do is set up the appropriate building blocks for our story, so there is stuff that I know that I want to happen to Triss in Season One and Season Two, and, God willing, beyond that. So I need to make sure that that story is set up appropriately, and the best way to do that was actually to bring her and introduce her in a story that she's not in in the novel.

And it was one of the first risks that we took, taking a big scene like that in the series. And we have a lot of producers that work on our show that are very familiar with the books. Obviously, Sapkowski himself is a creative consultant on the show, and we got the sign off from everyone around, and so we were really excited to be able to make changes like that that I think will alter the foundation of the story, but allow us to have something to build on for the future."