"If You Think It's Woke, Read The Damn Books": Geralt's Voice Actor Hits Back Against People Who Don't Want Ciri As The Witcher 4's Protagonist

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Published May 20, 2025

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Geralt voice actor Doug Cockle thinks people angry about Ciri being The Witcher 4's protagonist are acting stupid.
Geralt's story already had a satisfying conclusion in Blood & Wine.
The Witcher 4 isn't expected to release before 2027.

CD Projekt Red announced 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Witcher 4 at last year's Game Awards with a , which 🐓depicts Ciri, now a witcher, doing battle with a creature called a Bauk. It hits all the right notes — grim, dirty and hopeless, three words that sum up much of the setting.

If it wasn't clear enough from the trailer, CR Projekt Red also confirmed that Ciri will be the game's protagonist. Although many fans saw this as a natural progression for the series, others are annoyed that Geralt is notℱ reprising his role as the story's protagonist. There's also the usual crowd who say that having a woman protagonist is "woke", but the arguments of those people are hardly worth considering.

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It would appear Geralt's voice actor Doug Cockle agrees, 🌳as he expressed this sentiment in a . In the video, Cockle is reacting ꧋to comments and memes created by Witcher fans.

One of these posts references the number of people who spamm🍸ed "woke" when Ciri was unveiled as the game's꧂ protagonist during the Game Awards.

"I think that's just stupid," Cockle says. "It's not woke, there's nothing woke about it. It's a cool character from The Witcher, and they're going to focus on that character. I think that's awesome, we can't just have Geralt for every single game for The Witcher ad nauseam through et𝓰ernity."

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Cockle rightfully points out that The Witcher 3's Blood & Wine expansion was intended to be the end of Geralt's story. Dragging him awa🐼y from his lovely vineyard would be a disservice to the character and the story of the trilogy.

ও"I celebrate Ciri, I celebrate her being the protagonist," Cockle continues. "So all you people who think it's woke... if you read the books, then you understand why CD Projekt went down this avenue. There's a whole rich world of stuff to explore with Ciri, that they didn't do when the𒀰y put her into Witcher 3, because the story was about Geralt. If you think it's woke, read the damn books..."

The Wi൲tcher 4 entered full production at the end of 2024, so the earliest we'll likely se🌊e the RPG is 2027.