News Movies and TV Series ‘The Witcher’ Showrunner Defends Geralt’s F-Bomb: “You Never Know What Will Work and What Will Spark Debate”

‘The Witcher’ Showrunner Defends Geralt’s F-Bomb: “You Never Know What Will Work and What Will Spark Debate”

Eduard Zamikhovsky

October 30, 2025, 08:33 AM

The latest trailer for The Witcher has racked up 196,000 dislikes against just 23,000 likes. Viewers criticized the recasting of Henry Cavill, the show’s deviations from the source material, and several lines of dialogue — particularly Geralt’s “Let’s f**king move!” before a battle scene.

A few weeks later, showrunner Lauren Hissrich addressed the controversy and defended the writers. She said the line fits perfectly within the scene, though it’s often hard to predict what fans will take issue with.

Let’s f**king move! It's one of those lines. I mean, you never know what is going to be controversial. You never know what's going to work.

If prior to season 1 airing, you would have told me that ‘Toss a coin to your Witcher’ was going to be a hit, that's it's wild to me. What I think is, that line in the context of the battle that we're in – it makes total sense. It's also a kickass line.

It's one of those things that it's like, you may go, 'Oh, that's not what my Geralt would say.’ Well, it is. It's what our Geralt would say. And in this moment, it suits it perfectly. So I'm eager for audiences to take those moments from the trailer and actually see them in the context of the scenes.

Season 4 of The Witcher premieres today and will feature eight episodes in total.

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Eduard Zamikhovsky

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News writer at VGTimes. I've fallen in love with games since childhood and began writing about them professionally in 2018. Equally passionate about Fable, PlayStation exclusives, and The Legend of Zelda.

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