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The Witcher's Liam Hemsworth hadn't watched Netflix show or read the books before Geralt casting (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] ALilOff 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don’t think the actor does, but the director and/or production has to. If it’s not similar to the source material just call it something else, but I do get saying “based on XYZ” makes for easier marketing.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

Oh absolutely. Production needs to know and understand it. 100%

[–] Anticorp 2 points 4 months ago

The atrocity that is Amazon’s Wheel of Time is evidence of this.