The Witcher: Blood Origin opens with an action-packed battle scene. However, a fan favourite’s musical number was originally filmed as the opening sequence.
The Witcher: Blood Origin tells a prequel story to The Witcher series on Netflix. During production, various sequences were completely removed. And one was even completely reshot. The opening scene with bard and fan favourite Jaskier/Rittersporn (Joey Batey) was originally supposed to look completely different.
The Witcher: Blood Origin on Netflix actually started with a musical number
The series begins on Netflix with a bloody battle between rebels and soldiers of the Northern Kingdoms. The first version was very different from that. Joey Batey told SciFiNow :
” It was a big musical number. [Composer] Bear McCreary wrote a song especially. The scene was a lot of fun. […] Then I got a call from [series creator Declan De Barra] who told me, “We’re shooting it all again [and] completely different. With mayhem and carnage!”
Unfortunately, there is as yet no video footage of the original, already filmed version. However, the well-informed fan site Redanian Intelligence already described the structure of the sequence several months ago. In the scene, Knightspur is apparently about to sing a song about the events of Blood Origin to the audience in a tavern. He is then interrupted by an elf who thinks he knows the story quite differently.
Watch part of the actual Blood Origin opening scene in English here:
Whether swapping out the opening scene is now a loss is for each fan to decide for themselves. Rittersporn’s tavern appearances are among the iconic moments of the mother series. But the current beginning of Blood Origin also has a lot going for it with its chaotic atmosphere and lots of action.
