Basil Eidenbenz will play "The Witcher" in the second season. The Swiss was filled for the role of donkey.
Basil Eidenbenz (27, "Athena") has landed a special role. The Swiss will be seen alongside Henry Cavill (37) in the Netflix series "The Witcher" as a donkey, as reported by the US industry portal "Variety". Originally the streaming service announced that Thue Ersted Rasmussen (34) will take over the role. However, due to the corona pandemic and the postponement of the shooting schedule, he had to leave the cast. Eskel is a longtime friend of the main character Geralt von Rivia (Henry Cavill).
Among other things, Eidenbenz attended the European Film Actor School and appeared in the Swiss film production "Liebling let's divorce" for the first time in 2009. He later appeared in the series "Best Friends" (2010-2012), "Victoria" (2016) or "The Athena" (2018-2019).
When is season two coming?
The "The Witcher" cast in season two also includes "Game of Thrones" star Kristofer Hivju as Nivellen, Yasen Atour ("Young Wallender") as Coen, Agnes Bjorn as Vereena, Paul Bullion ("Peaky Blinders") as Lambert , Aisha Fabienne Ross ("The Danish Girl") as Lydia and Mecia Simson as Francesca. The shooting had to be interrupted in mid-March due to Corona and resumed in mid-August. The second season should be released in 2021. The "The Witcher" series is based on the books by the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski (72), who are also the model for a very successful video game series.