Back in 2022 a TwitLonger surfaced on Twitter claiming that Henry Cavill was a gaming addict that hates women and was impossible to work with during the production of The Witcher.
Henry Cavill is undoubtedly among the most adored actors at the moment. His geeky charm paired with his utterly gorgeous appearance is an unbeatable mix. This was especially evident in his depiction of Geralt of Rivia in Netflix's The Witcher series.
His genuine passion for the original work resonated deeply with fans, given their shared love for the source material. However, in 2022 a Twitlonger has emerged, aiming to portray Henry Cavill as a problematic, gaming addict who was difficult to work with and hated women.
Henry Cavill Accused Of Being Video Game Addict That Hates Women
The text starts with the biggest "trust me bro" source I have ever seen. Apparently, the person who wrote this text just got some random message and was like "sure, tell me what happened” and didn't question it in the slightest.
In the text, Henry gets called out for misogynistic behavior, creating a toxic environment and blaming all of that on “the gamer world”.
- Maybe that person should try gaming for themselves? I recommend a PS5 to get into it (not as demanding as building a PC)
Apparently, Henry would try to overrule the showrunner, implying that it was due to her being a woman, make changes to scenes without any informing people and, worst of all, he refused to do shirtless scenes!
The writer of this, attributed all of these negative tendencies to Henry being a gaming addict and even compared it to working with other addicts.
The hate against gamers continues, as the author says, “a lot of people think that the misogyny came from gamer world. Video game bro language is not how you talk to coworkers”.
The term “video game bro language” is something I haven't heard yet, but attributing misogyny to a gaming background is kinda toxic in and of itself.
This just reinforces the claims by former writer Beau DeMayo, that "some writers actively disliked the books and games". Guess they just hated gamers overall.
So far, Cavill hasn't responded to this, and I doubt he will, as nobody seems to take this text seriously, but it is still pretty wild to see that somebody actually published sh*t like that.