I gave you all I could give, Tissaia de Vries says.
What more do you want?
In the years since she left Aretuza, Yen has grown hungry for authority, status, and power.
I felt a lack of pressure because I knew we were focusing on Yennefers backstory, Chalotra tells me.
We get that opportunity in this series.
I hope the fans really enjoyed delving into that and seeing what’s behind that stern, cold exterior.
She breaks fantasy stereotypes and she doesn’t take no for an answer, Chalotra explains.
But not only that, you see where she’s come from.
I’ve definitely fallen in love with her from where she’s come from to where she is now.
That’s what the audience sees as well, you see that whole journey.
You get to invest in that.
Youll still love her, Chalotra says.
All the additions to the scripts just bring a fullness to them.
It’s not to damage their character in any way or it’s not one sided.
Its so the audience sees the whole of them and makes their own opinion of each character.
It’s up to the audience.
We get a fair view by watching the Witcher because you see the whole of it.
Obviously, not all of Yennefers arc will be original.
We do meet in season two, Chalotra says.
I think fans know from the books that we will continue to stay true to that relationship.
From what we have established in season two, I think we’re on a really exciting journey.
I’m very happy with the way it’s going right now.
Nothing really is figured out in season two.
We’ve got a long journey to go on.
Hopefully we’ll get to play that out.
They need each other, I think.
Its worth noting that the journey Chalotra and her co-stars have been on has already been longer than expected.
It wasn’t [easy], Chalotra tells me.
We have an onsite testing centre and I felt safer inside the studios than I did out.
In one aspect it was fine.
In another, it lasted a year and a half for goodness sake.
But you have to pinch yourself and remember Im playing Yennefer of Vengerberg.
It was hard, sometimes, but equally quite liberating.
That’s why I got into acting, Chalotra says.
She’s changed my life.
Everything she goes through is a new experience for me, especially in this magic world.
I just bloody hope I bring the best version of truth to the screen.
The Witcher season two will debut exclusively on Netflix on December 17, 2021.
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