The latest report shows that a fan and the favorite viewers Game of Thrones actor, Kristofer Hivju, could be entering the show in a vital role. Hivju played Tormund Giantsbane in the popular HBO series, and will reportedly play the cursed nobleman Nivellen in the second season of The Witcher.
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Cameras are now rolling on The Witcher season 2, and more details regarding who will be joining the Netflix series through its second story arc are starting to emerge. According to The Witcher news reporter Redanian Intelligence, Hivju was a character as “Nigel,” a cast defined as “a charismatic, witty, and funny man who is from an aristocratic family and has been cursed for the crimes he has done in the past.
Sources said that the report, which remains unconfirmed by Netflix and entirely unofficial at this point, indicates “Nigel” is being used as a code name for Nivellen in order to keep the stories being adapted for the new season a secret. If the report proves true, Hivju’s role will be related to The Witcher novelist Andrzej Sapkowski’s short story A Grain of Truth, part of his prequel novel The Last Wish.
In the story, Geralt finds a man, Nivelles, who is doomed with a bestial form and inhabits an old, crumbling manor. In an apparent nod to the classic Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, Nivellen’s struggles to remove his curse have involved a succession of beautiful women living with him, to no avail.
