Henry Cavill’s Close Bond With His Dog Helped Him Form Relationships With The Witcher Animals

During his travels as a Witcher, Geralt has a horse companion that he names Roach. However, for fans of the book series and video games, there is an important caveat with this name: every horse Geralt has ever had is named Roach, according to the Witcher Wiki. Although the Roach fans have become accustomed to meets a grisly fate in Season 2, which causes a rare tender moment from Geralt, the next episode sees Geralt recruit another horse into his service, who becomes the next Roach. However, as mentioned earlier, Henry Cavill channeled his real-life love toward his pets on the set of “The Witcher.”

During an interview with Kevin McCarthy last year, Cavill was asked a wide range of questions about Superman, “The Witcher,” and “Lord of the Rings,” the interviewer brought up Cavill’s famous dog Kal, who takes their namesake from Superman’s Kryptonian name. Cavill was asked if he thought his close relationship with his dog helped color Geralt’s relationship with Roach, and Cavill overwhelmingly agreed. He added, “Absolutely it does. Kal and I have a very close bond. When you spend that much time with an animal and it’s not just an animal who lives in the apartment, and you come home to it every day.” Cavill continued, “You develop a very, very close relationship with them, and you start to understand their body languages, and their energies and things which other people don’t see, you notice in your own dog.”