The Witcher Interview: Kim Bodnia on Vesemir’s Decision to Give THAT to Ciri

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for The Witcher, Season 2, Episode 5, “Turn Your Back.”] The Witcher Season 2 pushes the main ensemble’s storylines forward significantly, but with the help of a few new key players including Kim Bodnia’s Vesemir and Kristofer Hivju’s Nivellen. In Season 2, Geralt (Henry Cavill) and Ciri (Freya Allan) are finally together, and Geralt decides his childhood home of Kaer Morhen is the best place to keep her safe. While making their way there, they bump into an old acquaintance of Geralt’s, a man named Nivellen. But since their last encounter, Nivellen’s been cursed with the head of a boar, tusks and claws. After dealing with Nivellen’s situation, Geralt reunites with his brothers at Kaer Morhen and also with Vesemir who’s like a father figure to him. Vesemir is the oldest living Witcher and the one who’s largely responsible for the group’s future, a future that looks quite bleak given the lack of resources needed to create more Witchers. However,