When Lauren Hisser was asked to adapt the Witcher into a show for Netflix, she faced a

garrot like dilemma, forced to choose between two distinct paths.

She could adapt the short stories, which are more about Garro's journey through the continent,

or she could adapt the saga, the set of serialized novels that follow not just

Gerald, but also the two characters that really

pulled Lauren into the books.

Jennifer Vangerberg?

Nobody's smart, plays fair.

And Cirilla, the lying cub of Sentra.

Maybe he's the other edge of my destiny.

I was in the shower one morning where all good ideas come from.

This is Lauren. The Witcher showrunner, executive producer, and writer.

And all of the sudden I thought, what if I told the stories of Garalt, Siri, and Jennifer the way that Dunkirk did?

You know Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan's award-winning film about the Battle of Dunkirk.

Yeah, the movie with Harry Styles. And while we all love

Harry, that's not what Lauren was thinking about. Dunkirk is told in a nonlinear fashion.

We see three separate missions with three completely different timelines, but all given equal real estate on the big screen.

So, Lauren wondered, what if I did that with the Witcher?

What if I were able to adapt both the short stories? did that

with the Witcher? What if I were able to adapt both the short stories and introduce a

saga all in season one?

And I hopped out of the shower and I found my husband and I said,

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