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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Doug cockle - Caught on Camera

Doug Cockle believes Dandelion is Geralt's real soulmate in The Witcher 3, but 'in a very platonic way'

Geralt x Dandelion ship = Gerdelion.

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After 20 years voicing Geralt, The Witcher 3 star Doug Cockle says revisiting his character for Songs of the Past is "like slipping into a warm bath"

"It's always a pleasure"

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Was Geralt's voice actor inspired by Henry Cavill's take on him in The Witcher series? 'No, because we were first'

"I still haven't got a call for a cameo," says Dandelion VA John Schwab.

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Nobody was more surprised by The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past than Geralt and Dandelion's actors: "They announced the expansion pack before we knew what we were doing"

CD Projekt Red really had us all in the dark

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The Witcher 3's Geralt actor wishes he could "sue every single AI platform" for stealing his voice

Seems fair to me

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The Witcher 3 devs wanted Geralt to have "no emotion," but his voice actor pushed back against CD Projekt Red: "He's an emotional being"

"He does have emotions"

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'I'm so School of the Wolf': The Witcher's Doug Cockle on 21 years as the voice of Geralt of Rivia

Doug Cockle has voiced Geralt in The Witcher for over 20 years. He talks evolution, voicework, and the man behind gaming's most stoic hero

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The Witcher game actor thinks Liam Hemsworth's Geralt is "more energized" than Henry Cavill's version

Doug Cockle admits it was a "really tough" task

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The best Geralt, Doug Cockle, completed The Witcher 3, got the best ending, and was driven 'bonkers' by the Bloody Baron quest

And now we know he's got a thing for red heads.

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The Witcher 3's best romance is Shani, Geralt actor says, and Yen is "more like a naggy mom," but her and Triss are both "absolutely stonkin' ladies"

"Yen is three, Triss is two, and Shani's one"

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The Witcher 3 may have one of the best quests in RPG history, but it drove Geralt actor Doug Cockle completely "bonkers": "I hated running up and down that hill"

If he only could, he'd make a deal with the Bloody Baron

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The Witcher 3 star Doug Cockle says "I really don't care" about GTA 6, regardless of whether Rockstar's long-awaited game beats CDPR's opus on award count or not

"Oh man"

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The voice of Geralt isn't worried about Ciri's recasting in The Witcher 4: 'I think she's going to do a great job'

Passing on the mantle.

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Reviews be damned, The Witcher voice actor Doug Cockle thinks Liam Hemsworth 'holds up pretty well' as Geralt in Netflix's television series: 'I think he's done a fantastic job'

Cockle, who brought Geralt to life in CD Projekt's videogame trilogy, says Hemsworth "made it his own character, and that's what he should have done."

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The Witcher legend Doug Cockle agrees "there's so many great games this year," but Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the highlight: "It's such a beautifully written game, and beautifully conceived and achieved"

Many people are saying this

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Geralt's game actor says he was "sad" to see Henry Cavill go, but that Liam Hemsworth "holds up pretty well" in The Witcher season 4: "He's made it his own character"

Doug Cockle approves of Liam Hemsworth as Geralt

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Baldur's Gate 3 performance director says it's a "shame" video game actors are "not being considered" for adaptations: "Why was Doug Cockle not in the TV series, The Witcher?"

The OG voices behind beloved characters are "being slept on"

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The Witcher 4 dev says "it's very clear" that Ciri is the right choice of protagonist, but that players shouldn't "make opinions" until the game is out

"This is how it's gonna be, and you will see in the game how it will play out"

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'We can't just have Geralt for every single game': The Witcher's Doug Cockle tells the Ciri-haters to 'read the damn books, you won't think it's so woke anymore'

The actor also discusses death, horses and how to talk to girls.

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Doug Cockle wasn't the 'obvious' choice for Geralt in The Witcher—but he kept winning out because he was 'the best at being normal'

"There were some who would have preferred him to have sort of a Texan accent."

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"You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books"

The story was always going in this direction

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Wait a minute, Geralt of Rivia actor Doug Cockle was in Baldur's Gate 3 this whole time

Really playing against type for this one.

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Doug Cockle says that playing Geralt again is like 'slipping into a warm bath': the voice is 'part of me now'

Cockle is back in the saddle for Netflix's animated Sirens of the Deep film.

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Netflix just added an action-packed new 'Witcher' movie — and it's already crashed the top 10

Netflix just added 'The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep', and we think it's a fun addition to the franchise that fantasy fans shouldn't skip.

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The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep review – "A satisfying new anime adventure that harks back to the Netflix series' heyday"

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