I forbindelse med Henry Cavills exit fra The Witcher-serien, så fremgik det af et specifikt rygte, der pegede på at en af grundene var at diverse showrunnere hånede og udviste fjendtlighed overfor kildematerialet under produktionen på den første, og anden, sæson.
Dette blev set som værende en af grundene til at Cavill er skredet fra serien, men spørger du en af disse showrunnere, Lauren S. Hissrich, så er det, naturligvis, helt og aldeles forkert. I en meddelelse på Instagram fortæller Hissrich, at de her udtalelser om at de ikke kunne lide det kildemateriale de aktivt fortolkede er noget fis:
"I've never mocked the books. The books are my entire livelihood. I have a great relationship with Mr. Sapkowski and writer's rooms are sacred and safe and - more than anything - supportive spaces. Don't believe everything you read."
Den person der beskyldte manuskriptforfatterne for at udvise den her fjendtlighed, Beau DeMayo, får dog ingen direkte kritik af Hissrich:
"I have great respect for Beau and the episodes he wrote. The striga episode is one of my favourites. He wrote the one where people came to Kaer Morhen and [SPOILERS] died which had a lot of backlash, but he was brave in telling the story he wanted to tell. It takes a lot of balls to do that. I respect that."