The Witcher Season 2 has cast Basil Eidenbenz for the role of Eskel, replacing the previously tapped Thue Ersted Rasmussen.
Swiss actor Eidenbenz will fill the role of Eskel, which was vacated by Rasmussen over rescheduling issues attributed to Covid-19, reports Deadline. Pertinently, Netflix’s The Witcher was among an entire industry-wide slate of productions that halted back in March as Covid escalated to a pandemic level; an occurrence that leaves the series with a lingering issue upon its recent return, since Rasmussen had been filming scenes as Eskel starting in late February before the early-March shutdown. Consequently, the recasting of the character with Eidenbenz calls for reshoots.
The role of Eskel will likely prove important for The Witcher Season 2, since the character is a fellow Witcher peer of Geralt, and also happens to be a childhood friend with whom he came up through the physiology-altering Trial of the Grasses to...
Swiss actor Eidenbenz will fill the role of Eskel, which was vacated by Rasmussen over rescheduling issues attributed to Covid-19, reports Deadline. Pertinently, Netflix’s The Witcher was among an entire industry-wide slate of productions that halted back in March as Covid escalated to a pandemic level; an occurrence that leaves the series with a lingering issue upon its recent return, since Rasmussen had been filming scenes as Eskel starting in late February before the early-March shutdown. Consequently, the recasting of the character with Eidenbenz calls for reshoots.
The role of Eskel will likely prove important for The Witcher Season 2, since the character is a fellow Witcher peer of Geralt, and also happens to be a childhood friend with whom he came up through the physiology-altering Trial of the Grasses to...
- 9/28/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
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