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Henry Cavill suffered a severe injury while filming "The Witcher", season 2
The famous American actor has always been a huge fan of video games and "The Witcher" was always one of his favorites.
The actor said that then he decided to go deeper into the story and decided to read the books, and it was when Netflix took the project of releasing the series, he wanted to keep the role of "Geralt" immediately.
The new season of "The Witcher" will be released through the Netflix platform on Friday, December 17, 2021. The filming of the series culminated a couple of months ago and the actor Henry Cavill reported that during the filming of one of his scenes suffered a great injury.
Recovery process
Cavill has mentioned on several occasions that the roles of superheroes and action characters carry a great responsibility and are a true privilege to play them. Since, you never know what things can happen during one of the filming, after going through so many dangerous moments.
During a statement he decided to talk about the most serious injury he suffered in his career during a scene from the filming of the second season of "The Witcher".
The injury was to a tendon that prevented him from walking for several weeks, and he had to use crutches while he recovered.
He also stated that the recovery process was too slow and that he had to wait approximately 5 months to fully recover.
This was quite complicated for him, since, while he was recovering, he was not resting at home as many usually do, he decided to take care of some of the work that was within his reach.
"When they allowed me to get back on my feet, I would spend between 1 and 2 hours with the physiotherapist, and then I would roll. By medical prescription they should not be more than 5 hours a day, but unfortunately that is incompatible with the filming of a series", reported the handsome actor.
In addition, he also mentioned his gratitude to the actress who is in charge of playing Ciri, “Freya Allan” for adapting to the schedules and limitations that she had to meet due to her injury.
Henry Cavill gave a reflection for all people
During the entire process of recovering the celebrity from the United States, he saw everything that happened to him as a great opportunity to reflect and take it as a great life lesson.
"It has been incredibly beneficial to fight to get back on track. You realize that the limits are more mental than physical; if we are able to see that, we will be closer to our goals", mentioned the famous actor during a Live that he did through his social networks.
For Henrry Cavill, mental health and physical well-being are the main things to be concerned about, and he mentioned that message of encouragement to foster positive mindset and push ourselves despite our physical limitations.
