The “Game of Thrones” actor is unrecognizable in the first glimpse of his character from “The Witcher” from season 2 (photo)

“Game of Thrones” actor Kristofer Hivju joined the cast of Netflix’s medieval-inspired fantasy “The Witcher” for its second season in December, but he looks very different in this series.

Hivju is slated to appear in the first episode of the season as Nivellen, a gang leader. In the books, Nivellen rapes a woman in a heist, who turns out to be a priestess of Coram Agh Tera, the lion-headed spider cult. Before her suicide, she cursed Nivellen to become a “monster in the skin of a monster”, instead of the “monster in the skin of a man” that he already was.

And, thanks to “The Witcher” star Henry Cavill, fans are discovering some of the insane details that went into the creation of this monster.

“Kristofer was extraordinarily brave for season 2 of The Witcher and decided to play his Nivellen character without makeup or visual effects, as you can see above,” Cavill joked on Instagram. “Kristofer, we are all so proud.”

Here is the official description for Season 2 of “The Witcher”, which suffered several production delays related to COVID: Convinced that the life of Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) was lost at the Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia brings the princess Cirilla (Freya Allan) in the safest place he knows, his childhood home in Kaer Morhen. As the kings, elves, humans and demons of the continent fight for supremacy outside its walls, he must protect the maiden from something far more dangerous: the mysterious power she possesses within her. inside.

Returning cast of “The Witcher” Season 2 include Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Joey Batey, MyAnna Buring, Tom Canton, Lilly Cooper, Jeremy Crawford, Eamon Farren, Mahesh Jadu, Terence Maynard, Lars Mikkelsen, Mimî Ms. Khayisa, Royce Pierreson, Wilson Mbomio, Anna Shaffer and Therica Wilson-Read.

Joining the cast this season with Hivju are Yasen Atour as Coen, Agnes Born as Vereena, Paul Bullion as Lambert, Basil Eidenbenz as Eskel, Aisha Fabienne Ross as Lydia, Mecia Simson as Francesca, Kim Bodnia as Vesemir, Adjoa Andoh as Nenneke, Cassie Clare as Phillippa Eilhart, Liz Carr as Fenn, Graham McTavish as Dijkstra, Kevin Doyle as Ba’lian, Simon Callow as Codringher and Chris Fulton as Rience.