Sapkowski on Geralt PREFERRED ACTOR

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Here's another translation I made. Since the last one got pretty popular, I figured - hey, why not make another one? So there you go. Please enjoy!
The original recording can be found here: • Andrzej Sapkowski na k... (Only in Polish)
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[@cristiansosa1512]

He must be bored of everybody asking him about the games.

[@gownerjones2]

Wot? What are you talking about?

[@asneakychicken322]

+Vanillaessence96 lol, sorry if the books realistically describe things could easily happen in a medieval setting, when people were considered adults at like 15 or less and were married off at those ages, and that soldiers and brigands raped people, all that shit happens, and this series both the books and the games aren't ones to shy away from mature themes. By the way it's not porn if it's not intended to be used as such, no one is meant to find that stuff enjoyable

[@gownerjones2]

Alex _ I'm still not sure what we're even talking about. Mistle and Ciri? That's indeed not child porn, they were both close to adults during Baptism of Fire. Plus, there was barely any description of any acts anyway.

[@supremeworld87]

It's not cdprojectreds story to finish though - why do people act so butt hurt when he says only what he writes is canon to the series it's HIS story. As good as what the game developers managed to create, is, it's not really any different to fan fiction

[@gownerjones2]

Benjamin m Who's butthurt about that?

[@fnargler]

I've heard people say he's a bit of an asshole but he just seems honest imo. Dude doesn't care about games and that's fine. He created a cool world.

[@shadymello9454]

Exactly....I don't expect a guy as old as him to play or even know the depth of current games

[@Henrique-gh1wf]

He's an old regular man, idk why ppl get salty from a old man saying he doesnt like playing games, majority of em dont like It lol

[@ukaszbida8999]

a few years ago, after Witcher 3 game success, mr. Andrzej Sapkowski send his lawyer or some letter (dont remember it was long time ago :) ) with demand of something near 15 000 000 USD, because "he felt cheated". But truth is different. Before Witcher 1 game was created, mr Andrzej Sapkowski sold rights to games in Witcher world for CD Project for something like 10 000$ paid before. Not percent for games profit but one low payment, because then, he thought that games are stupid and cannot make real money, because serious people with money do not play games. After this He told not something like here that "books and games help each other" but something like "You sold games because whole world loves my books".

[@shadymello9454]

@@ukaszbida8999 I had known parts of the story....*sigh*

[@kurzackd]

03:08 - this is why he's an asshole. Just listen to how he answers this question. Even his "bodyguard" 's (or whoever the guy on the left is supposed to be...) face goes like "uuugh... what? Really, man? ~_~"

[@Jonayofsweden]

I can see where Gerald got his grumpy cynical attitude from ^^

[@zylcjusz2344]

Geralt not Gerald

[@niccolocarniato]

Sorry, but he's Geralt, not Gerald

[@jarhead3736]

Geralt not gerald

[@Jonayofsweden]

@@jarhead3736 Pretty sure its Gaerold.

[@matijabrajovic6370]

I think he is joking guys

[@dirtydoge756]

The ONLY reason I bought all the books was because of the games. I needed more Witcher than the games could offer, and hell I need more Witcher than the books AND the games can offer. Anyone here agree?

[@JoximusARTpage]

Read the comics

[@michaelmcboomboom7473]

Exactly same reason why I bought the books never even heard of them before and I don’t read much

[@itsme-jane2492]

Same

[@markzak4617]

Same same

[@jorritvanderkooi939]

Watch the series

[@bobbyfowler4943]

This man doesn't even know it, but his stories are the inspiration to one of the greatest RPG's ever made.

[@Alastor255]

it look likes he doesn't really care really, because in his heart, he is a writer who write books. Not that he don't like the games, just that he know it for a different audience than himself

[@gwynbleinn]

Games are so valuable only to us. For many others peoples, games are the same nonsense as other pop culture.

[@x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x]

Witcher 1 and 2 are shtty rpgs. The only good is Witcher 3. Don't even compare W1 and W2 to masterpieces like Gothic series etc.

[@x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x]

@@gwynbleinn XDDDDDDDDD

[@Henrique-gh1wf]

@@gwynbleinn fr, personally I like The Witcher 3 but in a regular way, just a game, played for like 50 hours and never open it again, but the books are just a special part of my day to read them, rly much more awensome to me

[@gandalfhan]

It's so sad that most of the people were asking him questions about games. I would have prepared a lot of questions about books, none about games.

[@DManVI]

Yeah, one question on the games would have been enough. The books are his speciality. Questions about the ending and other stuff would have been great. I think one of the reasons he seems bitter about the games is that people keep bringing them up when he didnt have much at all to do with them. He always seems to be respectful about the developers and say they seem to have done a fine job even though he never played them.

[@ansyngamer3922]

Well, this is just a small cut of the whole thing it seems, didn't you notice the jumpcuts?

[@igMac97]

Well this looks like questions about games specifically extracted from a much longer interview, which probably was mostly about books

[@8mmkyle865]

It's just like with GRRM when people constantly asked him questions on the show. He was a producer but other than giving some advice, and writing 1 episode per season (up to season 4)... he had little to nothing to do with GoT's production.

[@saymyname2417]

@@8mmkyle865 - Yeah, but both took the money for the interview. So what about doing the job without whining? Both book series became known worldwide BECAUSE of a different medium. Of course people ask about the GoT show and the Witcher games. And btw: these authors got asked a million other questions, too but those ARE naturally related to their work. I think anything else would be dismissed as "too private". Sapkowski should stop puking all over people because he's butthurt that he wasn't smart enough to realise that games can make a lot of money. It's he who effed the monetary side up.

[@SignedNaz]

I think he has a hard time admitting the book's popularity grew significantly after the games. I think he's just disappointed its popularity overshadowed the popularity of his books which created the world in the first place. I mean I'd very likely never read the books if the game hadn't introduced the world to me and I think many others had it the same way, especially here in America.

[@saoirsemunn5411]

I read that a lot of them had only been translated too after the success of the games. And yea, he definitely seems upset that the games have become more popular. The same thing happened with Chris Tolkien with the LOTR movies. He didn't like that so many people loved the movies but knew so little about the books which for a large chunk, were very different than the movies. But he has to be rolling in money now with how much his universe has expanded, so he should be thankful in that respect.

[@SignedNaz]

Yeah, agreed.

[@juliocotia]

I mean, lets say he is very afraid of CDPR overpass his hard long years of working writing books. Along with how much videogame is growing on entertainment market instead of reading books nowadays. And yeah, he seems proud enough to say games used his popularity to grow up in videogame's market, even when its obviously the reverse of that. (like, he's the only one who cant see that, really?)

[@h.k.scorner4304]

NazKerpan true he does seem bitter--if this is translated correctly

[@whodatninja439]

i wouldn't have known about Witcher without the games.

[@sagebuchanan9725]

Mads Mikkelsen is one of the perfect actors for Geralt, from the games too, I've seen some fan art of him wearing Griffin school armour and it looks nearly spot on

[@xStanyyx]

I love him as an actor but he looks so damn old man ^^ Cant imagine him in action scenes

[@CookieFlash]

@@xStanyyx Just watch how he dances in Another Round (witchers must fight as if they are dancing; pirouettes, etc.) and doubts will disappear by themselves :)

[@nga5238]

@@xStanyyx You also have to remember that Geralt is quite old, he is just like the mages from the Witcher world chemically and magically enhanced to live longer. A little bit like Aragorn where he is 80 but looks 30. So an older actor playing Geralt isn't the issue.

[@Raiden6277]

@@nga5238 it’s just a matter of making sure the actor can physically perform some of the stunts needed for the role.

[@17MrLeon]

He looks too old to be geralt

[@creamoiss]

he's an old man people! stop asking him things about the games

[@Hello-no7gm]

No.

[@saymyname2417]

Sap should probably stop giving interviews. It's really not easy to speak with his head in his butt.

[@Kasou01]

For years I was rooting for Mads to be Geralt, but now I've seen Cavill did it, I'm not mad at all.

[@georgiy7882]

yes but I still would like to see how Mads fits..)

[@anaical]

Cavill may be ok, but the show itself is netflixshit

[@connor_phillipz5689]

@@anaical Incorrect

[@ramsoofkyo9047]

eh

[@BaneSIlvermoon]

Same man

[@patrycjasieczka5031]

He's right about games gaining from his popularity. When first Witcher game came out it was a hit in Poland because every one knew the books and everyone forgived game's flaws because it was this world that all knew. Only after success of the first game, mostly in Poland, CD Projekt was able to contiune work and make second and then third game.

[@MyPrideFlag]

Tak, ale to działa w 2 strony. Po premierze 3 sprzedaż książek poszła wielokrotnie w górę.To CD Projekt rozsławił Wieśka na całym świecie. Rozumiem, że jest zły, że nie dostał procentu z zysków, ale to była głównie jego wina. Mimo, że mu się należało. Nie wiem na czym w końcu cała sprawa stanęła, osobiście uważam, że CDPR powinien mu coś dać, ale nie tyle ile żądał. Może 10mln zł.

[@MyPrideFlag]

sorry, że po 3 latach odpowiadam

[@MyPrideFlag]

no w tym akurat wywiadzie nie powiedział nic kontrowersyjnego

[@PreziX]

@@MyPrideFlag Jedno drugiego nie wyklucza, możliwe że gdyby nie książki to nie byłoby sukcesu wiedźmina 1 w Polsce i jednocześnie kolejnych części, tak samo gdyby nie sukces wiedźmina 3 to niebyłoby sukcesu na skalę światową i serialu od netflixa. A sprawę o procent z zysków rozwiązali już jakiś czas temu CDPR poszedł na ugodę i dokładnie sumy zdaje się nie znamy ale Sapkowski był zadowolony więc obie strony konflikt finansowy zakopały. Teraz tym bardziej z serialu ma pieniądze AS więc raczej nie ma na co narzekać do końca życia jako autor.

[@MyPrideFlag]

@@PreziX Dzięki, warto wiedzieć, dobrze, że się dogadali. Jak to się stało, że dostałem odpowiedź do mojej własnej pod 3 letnim komentarzem po paru minutach?

[@TheChocopoco]

Thanks a lot for making Mr. Sapkowski's words understandable for us non-polish speakers. Cheers!

[@demonic_myst4503]

The games changed the world socit nit understandable the games confuse things they have characterd who are cannonicly dead in the books or completly change their petsonalities

[@RiviaTV]

Hello to all "the Witcher" fans! I made yet another translation of Mr. Sapkowski. Third in the series. Please enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaDTn5mAiqiMgdE Andrzej Sapkowski on "The Witcher" - COMIC BOOKS, FILM, OPERA

[@snackuilleomeal120]

Damn. Instead of getting Mads Mikkelsen for Geralt, they got Lars Mikkelsen (his brother) for Stregobor. Impressive.

[@kaanbey2034]

I really love this man! Some may say that he is kind of rude but I say that he is a realist who cannot stand some silly and pointless questions. :)

[@fibonacci4919]

i think he is just honnest person he do not play games and dont undastand them so he just says that cant give a score to the games and he is right to say that the 2 sides benefits from this parthership the only + that games have is that the new generation dont read so much books just play games !!!

[@viorp6982]

This way of talking is basically standard in Poland.

[@entewurzel2459]

The general pronounciation is just different. For the english natives this might sound harsh or grumpy, but basically he's doing nothing more than just being a little bit sarcastic😅

[@entewurzel2459]

The general pronounciation is just different. For the english natives this might sound harsh or grumpy, but basically he's doing nothing more than just being a little bit sarcastic😅

[@gugugaga1233]

@Salty Wengiel hahaha this

[@squamish4244]

Given that I never saw his books in the fantasy section of my local store in Canada a few years ago, and now they take up half a shelf, I would say he has benefitted massively from the success of the games.

[@shekelboob]

valar yep they were only very popular in Poland, and around the time they were coming out, they were never popular anywhere else, also, many of the translations were made after the games came out so.

[@urdnotwrex6969]

@@shekelboob in Slovakia and Czechia they were popular also. Even before games.

[@demonic_myst4503]

The games also do more damage the games are none cannon yet thats all that anything gets compared to now

[@keizoxd5623]

@@shekelboob after the fall of the Iron Wall in Europe and the Influence of Western Pop Culture in eastern Europe I think the Books went into the forgotten realms until the first Game came out.

[@17MrLeon]

@@shekelboob thats a BS they were popular fantasy books and Im not even from Poland. Vooks stores usually didnt uave fantasy books you would go to special store for it or find someone who has one.

[@piotrkowalski3869]

Guys as you seem to be confused. Sapkowski was kind of pissed that Red's choose the game art to illustrate the book instead of original books illustrations. It might confuse people that the game was first and the book is an supporting franchise. When its the other way around. The book is the original and first entry into the Witcher franchise. I would argue that one should read the book first. To fully understand the magnitude of work that CD Projekt Red has done to create such a good game.

[@17MrLeon]

Ganes werent even second there was a tv show witcher as well back in the day

[@dumblebee2993]

What is your problem, people? He didn't say anything rude.

[@Jh0nVieira]

Great work in translation! Thanks bro!

[@RiviaTV]

+jhon vieira Thank you too! :D

[@8Paul7]

Sapkowski is so awesome. I do wish some grandkids or something forced him to at least watch the Witcher 2 and 3 being played though :)

[@ozone2031]

This men. Is. Fucking. Awesome

[@demeritnation]

"this men"

[@openalpha01]

This is awesome. Would love to see more translated interviews :-)

[@ProTomDekkers]

Nice translation! Definitely some interesting questions were asked, eventhough I imagine him kinda getting sick of all those Witcher game questions XD

[@Gilthoniel-vk9pb]

Thanks for this - great interview with Mr. Sapkowski. Please if there are more - upload them too! :) thank you

[@itsme-jane2492]

Cześć, stary! Uwielbiam twoje polskie wersje książek. Trzymaj się dobrej pracy!

[@kateshi4280]

3:00 Każdy już wtedy marzył o Wiedźmińskiej wersji Gry o Tron, no ale wyszło jak wyszło...

[@meenickgie4240]

Miała być Gra o Tron a dali nam Xenę.

[@admonster11]

wedlug mnie swietnie napisali scenariusz do gry widac inspiracje sapkowskim

[@itsme-jane2492]

jeszcze raz? Proszę?

[@hydraulik2k12]

I love, and by that I mean hate, how people can praise The Witcher games for its dark and dirty world while at the same time hating Sapkowski for being sarcastic. Good job, people.

[@czopik95]

Ppl hate on Sapkowski not because he is sarcastic, but because he was speaking very rudely about cdpr and witcher games in the past and gamers in general.He is a boomer who doesnt understand that half of his audience are gamers since fantasy genre is generally read by them but of course Andrzej has his head so far up his ass that he cant see that.Funny thing is he tried to sue cdpr for more money when witcher turned out to be great success but when cdpr offered him percentage of every sold copy at the start of the witcher series he refused and took the cash,small amount i will add, even by polish standards.Thats how ignorant he is, he thinks of games as a lesser medium while simultenusely wants to make fortune off of it.Great example of how ppl should make distinction between author and art.

[@thenomad4123]

Dude one is fiction, the other is a real life character.

[@christiansargent6053]

Would reply but u already got torn up

[@djentleman37]

„I hate how people praise Silence of the Lambs but then are upset if the author goes around eating people.“

[@AMaidenlessRunt]

@@czopik95 exactly he's an arrogant old man who doesn't understand that not everybody is a reader. But his fans are going to ignore what you said and continue to blindly defend this boomer.

[@ChikaNeca]

well, its true what he says, his books were popular in Europe before games, and games wouldn't be that popular if they weren't masterpieces gameplay wise, if the game was crap, it wouldnt matter how awesome the world behind it was

[@fibonacci4919]

so true the only + games have now is that the new generation is lazzy and cant read books so they only play games !!!

[@phugindomas]

fibonacci its not about lazy. In the past books were a better source of entertainment. Reading a mindless fantasy fiction is no better than playing a game. In fact, it is more lazy than playing a game. Entertainment will evolve forever.

[@fibonacci4919]

reading books is not just entertainment buddy when you read books you imagine diferent world you can create diferent world in your head when you play game or watch a movie you just axept someone''s image of the world !!!! Games and moves are wide but verry shallow river and the new generation drown in that river very easy !!!

[@phugindomas]

fibonacci in books you entertain yourself by experiencing an imagined world through your own eyes guided by the expert words of an author. In games you experience a world through your own eyes and actions guided by the expert hands of an immense team of developers. They are the same type of entertainment. And yes, that is what it is. People never read textbooks all day. They read to immerse themselves. Games now fulful that role in a more direct way. You need to get with the times.

[@fibonacci4919]

you totaly miss the point here i specifically said that reading is not just entertaintment but again every second your word is entertaintment is obvious you cant understand what i am talking abaut buy some books mate try to read them its not gonna kill you trust me !!!

[@Scirvir24]

This is great! Thank you for the translation! Would love to see more

[@marconeves1979]

Yes, please! Keep more of these translations coming. I love watching these interviews

[@Alfreduss]

well, the only reason I read the books was because I played the witcher, I honestly love the books too, but I would have never hear of them if not for the game.

[@jyejyebinks]

People are so butthurt he doesn't praise the games lmao. He simply said he isn't an expert on video games, though he is pleased with their success. Would you guys prefer he just lied and said he loved the video games? You can tell he is using dry humour for most of the video. Doesn't anyone realize that's where Geralt gets it from?

[@bixense]

He could've read a summary of the story of the games or one of the lists of differences. He probably has also received a transcript from CD Project? Afterall we're interested in what he thinks of the *story* of the games, not the gameplay.

[@am33x]

+Jan Niklas Hasse Exactly. He could've at least read the fucking story made by cd projekt. I don't care bout an old man's perspective on video games, would rather ask teens for that. I only care about his opinion on the story.

[@dawidjagusiak]

I think he got a little bit upset that CDPR didn't offer him a possibility to cooperate on writing the plot for Witcher games, that probably happened because Sapkowski is also a businessman, he could have asked for too much money in return. From a standing point of producing Witcher 1 by CDPR, an experiment no one knew would actually make any money, it was too risky. So there is no simple answer to a generic question whether he likes the games or not.

[@jayyam5341]

No, he's pretty much a bitter old man who asked only a lump sum of money during the deal with cd projekt red in buying the witcher rights on the very first game. He admitted he never knew they will succeed because there was another game developer who tried adapting to his books but didn't make it so he turned down cdpr's offer for a percentage on the games, shooed them away and didn't want anything to do with video games. He also admitted he honestly didn't foresee their success lmao. He's a pretty hard old man to work with from cdpr's pov

[@alrc]

Cavill does a great job as Geralt But Mads Mikkelson would also be a great Geralt no doubt about it

[@paulozhan]

Mads was always my favored for the role as well, he has that Geralt aura that he showed in previous roles like Le Chiffre. Nowadays I think Henry Cavil is doing a good job, but I remember he got so much flack for being "too clean shaven and not scarred" lol

[@qapzuk]

please tell me im not the only one who recognized Mad's mouths from the thumbnail?

[@fathurrochman2469]

No homo but I’d recognized that sexy lip anywhere.

[@GrPełny]

For people that want to know location where it was taken from, this is taken from "Dni Fantastyki" in Poland, Wrocław. Its fantasy con, one of the biggest in Poland. Taking place every year. I was there live when it was recorded. All of the questions were from ordinary folks just attending the event. It lasted for couple of hours. It was very cool opportunity to ask him a question about witcher universe. If you ever happen to be in Wrocław around summer, check the date for Dni Fantastyki, fantastic event.

[@NoblerThanWork]

Thanks a lot for this. Keep them coming, if you are able!

[@haraldmax9685]

Internationally, the games were 100% advertising for his books and most of them only became aware of them through this medium. It may have looked different in Poland. The series adaptation pushed that again, but even that wouldn't exist without the success of the games.

[@Hubert_Cumberdale_]

But there wouldn't be any games without the books either

[@mpetkovic26]

Germany, Russia, France, books were just getting to UK market before w1, sure it pushed but dont underestimate German, Poland and Russian markets for games.

[@Urathamax]

Thanks for doing this! Not speaking much Polish bothers me because I don't have much access to the source material, so this is much appreciated!

[@rayyanali4471]

Mads Mikkelsen's a good choice.

[@MrTaxMan666]

Idk, he doesnt quite pass. Its an interesting choice nonetheless and he's great actor.

[@MrTaxMan666]

The witcher reminds me of the guy from "I come in Peace" movie. Look it up lol.

[@grandfather118]

imagine Matthew McConaughey, but no one will afford him :D

[@yurijedi49]

Mads certainly has the looks and the presence down, he was very commanding in Hannibal.

[@richardbug3094]

Disagree Anson Mount would be better as mads mikkleson is too old.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Mads Mikkelsen. Mads would be the PERFECT Gerald..

[@whodatninja439]

He would be perfect

[@nevotal8366]

Λαυρέντιος Ψαροκάηκας i forgot for a sec who he was and when the google images search results popped up....i was amazed by how spot on Andrej was

[@dapperstache7747]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4m9eGN6Yph2i9k

[@IsraelLuisGeerRivera-ff4cg]

Λαυρέντιος Ψαροκάηκας haha denied Netflix: ha geottem Me: at least their sticking to the books it’s not fringillas black, yennefer Indian and Zoltan a person with literal dwarfism Netflix: ha gottem haha suck on deez nuts ha gottem Me: screw you Npc: have you watched Netflix your missing out on good programming

[@vishaalsukumar]

Thanks for the translation. Make more if you can!

[@DexterTheater]

Thanks for the translation man. I would love to understand Polish.

[@guitaristAustin]

Thanks for the subs, it's cool getting to learn about the author of the books more as an American fan of them. I do agree with him that the mediums cannot clash and that the books and video games are separate, he shares a philosophy I first learned when I became a fan of Alan Moore (and his thoughts about the mediums his stories went on to be portrayed in). Obviously he's been in the business a long time doing a lot of great work and I'm really surprised that I'm only now just discovering him, even with the language barrier I've made an effort to seek out artists of all cultures. Please continue to post translations if it's not inconvenient for you. I just started listening to an audio book version of "The Swallows Tower" after listening to the books before, and each one has taught me a lot not just about writing and culture, but about a way of thinking that I never really been exposed to. I don't like to compare stories that often so I will say that what attracted me most to the style of Sapkowski's writing was that it detailed, intelligent, finely tuned (he definitely put a lot of work into the books, even from the audiobooks I can tell, I would not be able to pronounce half of the names without having to look them up and his attention to detail on the behavior of people I think speaks a lot to what changes environmental factors have on ones life. You can use Geralt's perspective, that he was ripped from his father, brought up as a Witcher, bound to be emotionless, deadly, endurant and precise. Or look at it from Cirilla's perception where despite all she went through, the hardest part of her life I've seen her face so far has been from The Swallows Tower. Personally, one of my favorite characters in the series has always been the video games depiction of Vernon Roche; a smart military mind, with his own emotional flaws or really, deep passions and his willingness to adapt to all type of situation.

[@noop9k]

There’s a polish author who is absolutely huge but largely unknown to English speakers. Sapkovsky is nothing compared to him. Stanislaw Lem.

[@thenomad4123]

I could never see Mads Mikkelsen playing Geralt. Then again I first knew Geralt from the games which may interfere with my imagination.

[@shannonbellamy7099]

He should be grateful. How many thousands of people wouldn’t even know what the Witcher is without the games.

[@P3KaX]

Great work, man. Thank you so much. Cheers from the Canary Islands :)

[@P3KaX]

hahahaha good question. We are spaniaRDS and ethnically, the most of us are caucasians ;) (for example, I am white, tall, green/brown eyes and black hair). Many other have a darker tone of skin, or even blonde hair. You know, a mixture ;)

[@andrewdescombes6129]

Thank you for translating this. He seems delightful.

[@dodgyboy8318]

Thank you for translating this!

[@Beregond1861]

I love this interview so much, THANK YOU!❤️👍📖 The Witcher books are so fascinating as a fictional world which apparently WASN'T TRYING to be as deep, varied, detailed, real-to-life or relatable as Lord of the Rings and other stories of that particular type usually are. That he did everything his books accompmish supposedly without even really intending to do so is BEYOND IMPRESSIVE, and at this point of learning about The Witcher for several years, I anticipate that Andrzej's creations, inspiration and priorities e.t.c. will forthwith be a life-long study for myself personally.

[@mohammadalirashed3103]

He seems upset that they didn't offer to include him in the writing process, but then says that if they did he would have refused. He has the emotional maturity of a teenage girl. I liked the games, but am reluctant to read the books considering the attitude of the author. How is one supposed to write a compelling story with fleshed out characters when he has so little self awareness.

[@herbseinburg449]

Great books I recommend if you’re a fan of the Witcher

[@Kinestezja]

I love his witcher books and yet I still think he likes to act like a jerk :) At first I couldn't believe someone like him has written so empathetic, funny, sad, moving, smart books.

[@Gojoe107]

thanks for making these!

[@Mike23443]

I like what Henry Carville did and I'm perfectly satisfied with him being cast for the role, especially with how much it means to him personally, but by god do I wish Kevin Costner had a shot at it. No offense to Mads Mikkelsen, I think he'd be great too but I'm watching Yellowstone right now and I've discovered a new appreciation for Costner. I mean fuck, he's basically Geralt I'm that show already, minus the hair and beard.

[@joaopcfo]

Great work, man! Thanks for bringing these translations :D

[@fotispanagiotou8230]

Please translate more interviews or speeches from mister Sapkowski

[@mermaid8935]

I would have loved to see Mads as Geralt

[@jankutac9753]

The books actually got translated before the games, and the first film and series are also from the 90s

[@333Vampirewillrule33]

4:09 he answered the question

[@yar3333]

Many thanks for the translation and for the link to the original interview (just for Internet connectivity :) ). Sometimes the translation disappears too quick, imho. Maybe you could do that a bit differently next time.

[@lollopoplogo]

Anyone else knew he would say Mads Mikkelsen just by looking at the lips of the hidden actor in the thumbnail?

[@OfficialBizkit]

Imagine if he would had been implicated in the game writing.The game would have been even more great

[@demonic_myst4503]

They wouldnt be what they are now their is alit of characters that make the games story what it is that are rither desd or gave diferebt personalities in the book

[@codykaetzer2402]

Mads Mikkalsen as Geralt...yeah I really like his pick. That's a damn good pick lol

[@milowadlin]

I enjoyed getting to know the author a little better.

[@rat_magician]

I understand Sapkowski's point and his indifference to games but at the same time I hate how he dismissed them as any source of popularity for his books. Without them, nobody outside of Europe would have any idea about Geralt and there would be no TV series. I hope he's got more sales at least tho

[@MoonLight-hu8ni]

Not even in the entirety of Europe. Probably just in central/eastern europe, because before the games it was nowhere to be heard of here in Spain

[@krzysztofchodorowski9733]

Mr. Andrzej is a pure skeptic and the word is his written magic, but here we are talking about creating something that came out of magic, so, as a form of primordiality, both gained and kept on developing throughout all these years :) And ... I ... Such a reader, a kind of player ... I love this message, a figure and today a symbol ... a symbol of normality, hmm Geralt - Outsider is very close to me :) With all my heart and heart, I greet :)

[@E.Humperdinck]

He's no nonsense, like Geralt...

[@petitpanierdosier3206]

The old man must have dropped the entire salt shaker in his soup

[@Zoltarman]

And now there is a TV show. I want to know how is it that he goes about his text. where he writes. Do he uses an old computer like or a Mac Book air?

[@foxeh123]

I really want someone to show him pictures of the witcher 3 models of yen or ciri and ask him if he liked it.

[@agamemnon9753]

idk why i've never thought about Mads, he would be perfect!

[@cerfreferf6600]

I like how he is interviewed by Brandon Sanderson lol

[@theheavenlyfb4071]

I bought the books because of the games, like a lot of people, but to be fair to him he is right in the sense that the games are why they were even translated at all. It was going to happen anyway, considering his work was becoming quite popular in Eastern Europe and was no doubt being worked on for English-speaking territories such as the UK, US, and so on. People try to come in based on the popularity of Witcher 3, but they forget that the Witcher 1 was CDPR's first-ever game and it was riding on the success of the Witcher name.

[@c0mplex_Ale]

They benefited from each other, of course. The first Witcher game only made enough success for the creation of a second and third because the books were popular in Europe. But The Witcher 3’s popularity is what really skyrocketed the series success worldwide, to the point it overshadows it, kind of like Lord of The Rings did. Nowadays, you are much much more likely to know the series because of Wild Hunt than anything else and Sapkowski clearly has issues with that, treating games with lot of disdain and suing the producers when it got popular, which makes it very easy to assume he sees games as an inherently inferior media, I even read somewhere he called gamers stupid.

[@islamungelogen-dierichtige4596]

i just cant imagine kevin costner as geralt....

[@dapperstache7747]

Islam ungelogen! - Die richtig echte Wahrheit in a silly 90s version I can. Imagine The Saga adapted through the lens of Robin Hood.

[@JetConvoy]

Awesome upload, kind of late request but could you upload all of this interview?

[@surena555]

Oh I love this man😂 He's an amazing person🥰

[@aPoCoTuToDac]

3:42 "W każdym bądź razie..." :-))

[@ajackass5950]

Dude really resents that the games are the only reason most of the world knows his name. If it weren't for the games I wouldn't have picked up my copy of the last wish or any of his other books.

[@angelajohnson1600]

Thank you, was an interesting clip :)

[@itsme-jane2492]

Now i know why Yen and Geralt acted like they did^^

[@C0BEX]

Thank you so much for the translation, I really enjoyed the interview. When did it happen ?

[@a.n.t.94]

That man has a sense for casting. Kevin Costner would've been perfect back in the 90s and Mads would be absolutely perfect now...then again, what role can Mads not play well? As it stands, Henry Cavill does a wonderful job, I love his portrayal. But I believe it only works in a series format. Geralt in a high budget movie would have to be something else entirely.

[@saymyname2417]

Mikkelsen would have been the Geralt from the books. Cavill is the Geralt from W3.

[@laurbster2680]

i agree.. always thought it should be mads mikkelson. he was born for the role

[@RandomBJJGuy]

He's like a grumpy old grandpa

[@maryrosedouglasuk]

Thank you - so interesting!

[@svnwukong]

I can't understand why people from America consider him talking about games as rude. He is honest about what he things and most people from Poland are like him in this regard. People from there can also understand by tone of each others voice if they are being serious, cynical etc. And I can see pretty well that he is cynical and sarcastic, not serious, he is only trying to be funny.

[@Alpharabius99]

anson mount is a better choice than any other actor for geralt of rivia.

[@fabapapa9926]

Im pretty sure, If he would sit down and watch a real good let‘s play of it, were you most belong to the main quest, with a little best of from sidequest and fights, he would be really proud of them!✌️

[@demonic_myst4503]

naybe matters how he feels about the changes the game makes but then he seemed fine with the show so he doesnt seem big on hating changes so

[@compphysgeek]

I might be true in Poland that the games become popular because of his popularity. I guess the games would never have been produced if the books hadn't been popular. Only I never heard of either him or the books before the 3rd Witcher game came out and I am sure a large number of today's fan base came to the books through the 3rd game. Then the netflix series would have given him a third boost. So he might have given the initial boost but it really only took off after the 3rd game as far as I can tell. It's the chicken or the egg kind of problem. I think the biggest contributor to his popularity is the 3rd game. He said at the beginning something like one should do what one knows about, so he wouldn't want to get involved into the games even if they had asked him. But he immediately wants to get involved in Hollywood? So he knows about making movies or tv series? Sorry Andrzej, but you seem to be extremely salty about the games.

[@rocylevr5843]

Just assuming here cuz i havent watched the video yet but is it Maus mikkelsen?

[@zenon661]

Sabkowski created the witcher all of it the world and story . Books are great and they will very popular once the series on netflix starts.

[@itsme-jane2492]

Sorry to spoil but,i think it wont be as great😢😢😢😢😢😣😣😢😢

[@saymyname2417]

@@itsme-jane2492 - Sadly, you were right.

[@daveurbex]

I sometimes think that games have gradually created their own world and have become a bit detached from books. But I can't say that's a bad thing.

[@xdeckard6]

I mean, Sapkowski is super cool and deserves recognition for his books and all but bro... he's not as great as he think he is

[@c0mplex_Ale]

Yeah, he clearly got his head a bit too far up his ass.

[@saymyname2417]

You are too kind... 😁

[@dead7781]

Holy shit I never thought about it, but Mads Mikkelson would make a beast Geralt.

[@michaelbutler5818]

cool translation

[@labret2]

He doesn't really sound like an asshole in this one video, but guys you have to understand that this time he was sober.

[@reegrezsnk5077]

Top 10 moments "5 minutes before tragedy" XD

[@Its_Lu_Bu]

To the comment from the girl about "wandering hero and slaying beasts" Berserk: 1990 The Witcher (first book): 1992 That is all.

[@iwuvwow]

Little did he know at that time, that Netflix would come to absolutely ruin his beloved franchise just a few years later. 😢 I think an authentic Polish reboot of the Hexer would've been so much better

[@haraldmax9685]

There is already such an excellent Polish series adaptation. 🤫

[@NomadUrpagi]

True. Mads Mikkelsen has the eyes, the stature and the demeanour of a man who would be geralt.

[@QuinlanLJ]

Mads Mikelsen would be a brilliant choice! Damn, I would love to thank mister Sapkowski in person for introducing me to the world of The Witcher. I'm in love with the books and the games and while he doesn't count the games as sequels, to me they are. They are a great continuation of the story from the books. The Witcher is a wonderful piece of art wether it be games or books.