The Witcher: Blood Origin – Michelle Yeoh says more about her elven character from the Netflix spin-off

After Everything Everywhere All at OnceMichelle Yeoh still has something in store for us with The Witcher: Blood Originthe prequel to the Netflix series.

Whether The Sandman proved again that Netflix cares about fantasy, The Witcher was the formal proof that the spectators also still had an interest in these stories and that the beautiful kids with blond and long hair were always trendy (success confirmed with the Targaryens ofHouse of the Dragon). After the success of the first season showrun by Lauren S. Hissrich and broadcast in December 2019, Netflix quickly jumped on a second season, before confirming in April 2022 that a third was also planned.

After The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolfanimated spin-off centered on Vesemir, Geralt’s mentor, released in August 2021 directly on the platform, Netflix is ​​still pulling the universe a little with The Witcher: Blood Origin, another prequel, but in live action this time. Still inspired by the writings of Andrzej Sapkowski, this new series will take place 1200 years before the adventures of Geralt of Rivia and Princess Ciri. If spin-offs are often scary, the arrival of an actress who beats up in the casting of The Witcher: Blood Origin managed to arouse our interest.

The boss is here

james bond girl in tomorrow never dies, martial arts boss in Tiger and Dragongeisha in Memoirs of a Geisha, to name just these roles, the fantastic Michelle Yeoh has a very exciting career. When she could have played an elf in Everything Everywhere All at Oncethe delirious film on the multiverse, the actress preferred to keep this role for the Netflix series in which she will camp Scian, a fighting elf who seeks to retrieve a holy sword disappeared after the massacre of her clan. The actress recently opened up about this new role in an interview with Entertainment Weekly :

“I was rescued by Raven Clan, who adopted me before I became Éile’s protective sword “The Lark”, here’s our link. Unfortunately for Queen Pryshia, I didn’t just learn Éile to wield her sword. Scian gets to communicate with her ancestors about the future. She is very spiritual. It’s a very exciting role, because this epic journey is also full of magic and love. It’s not not just a journey to find a sword or find peace, it’s a more holistic quest for love.”

The Witcher: Blood Origin : Photo Michelle Yeoh, Sophia Brown, Laurence O'FuarainScian, Éile and Fjall

These four episodes will therefore aim to tell the events that led to the conjunction of the spheres, a cataclysm that brought about the fusion between the worlds of men, elves and monsters and the character portrayed by Michelle Yeoh seems to have a key role in this terrible upheaval. Both nomadic and wise warrior, she finds herself embarked on a dangerous quest alongside Éile and Fjall, the two other main characters played by Sophia Brown and Laurence O’Fuarain.

The four episodes of the miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin will come out on Netflix on December 25, 2022it’s up to you to see if you prefer to spend Christmas in front of the eternal rebroadcast of the Santa Claus is garbage or in front of an elfico-badass Michelle Yeoh.

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The Witcher: Blood Origin – Michelle Yeoh says more about her elven character from the Netflix spin-off