Update: Latest rumor shows casting for a white Ciri | Original: Netflix looking for non-white actress to play Ciri in the Witcher tv series

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shikamaru317 said:

The good news is that the showrunner, Lauren Hissrich, is being bombarded by negative feedback after this news broke. Her latest tweet is filled with people asking her to change her mind and open up the casting to white actresses, including alot of people asking her to cast a Polish actress for Ciri. Multiple people have tweeted her this Reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/9e0wa6/im_polish_and_heres_why_i_think_that_changing/

If Lauren doesn't change her mind after seeing all this backlash then she is truly an idiot. I had high hopes when she was first announced as showrunner, because she said she would be faithful to the books. The books literally describe Ciri as having pale, ashen skin...

I'm not following extensively what's been going on with the show, is there any backlash about Henry Cavill?

I was expecting for Netflix to use some serious cash and get either of these two:

Mads Mikkelsen

or

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau