Less than two weeks after Netflix officially welcomed Laurence O'Fuarain (Vikings, Game of Thrones) to the cast of The Witcher: Blood Origin, the streamer finds itself having to say goodbye to co-lead Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim, Nightflyers) Deadline Hollywood first reported that Turner-Smith was forced to leave the role of Éile after the production start on[...]
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But that changed Monday morning, with Netflix announcing that Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim, Nightflyers) has been cast in a lead role in the six-episode live-action limited prequel series Turner-Smith's Éile is an elite warrior blessed with the voice of a goddess, who has left her clan and position as Queen's guardian to follow her heart[...]
Jack Reynor and Jodie Turner-Smith have also signed on to star in the picture, to be directed by the Guard Brothers (The Uninvited) The film should be going in front of cameras in the UK in early 2021 if everything is back up and running by then The Guard Brothers wrote Borderland with the help[...]
Panelists included Mol and Sampson as well as cast members Eoin Macken, David Ajala, and Jodie Turner-Smith, as well as writer and producer Jeff Buhler Karama Horne, producer for Syfy Wire, moderated the event.
The pulse-pounding clip was the beginning of the very first episode, according to Buhler.
And at times, the cast was just as in-the-dark[...]