Nu har The Witcher været ud i et stykke tid, og mange har efterhånden fået gjort Geralt of Rivias første store rejse færdig som seriefænomen. Til trods for lettere lunkne anmeldelser er serien gået hen og er blevet et gigantisk hit verden over, og også herhjemme i Danmark er det Netflix' mest populære program i hele 2019, til trods for at det var tilgængeligt i bare 11 dage efter lanceringen d. 20 december.
Men mange har haft nogle problemer med serien, og disse adresserer showrunner Lauren Hissrich i et nyt interview med Collider, hvor hun ser lidt indad, og fortæller om hvad hun har lært af oplevelsen.
"With any job, there is the experience of writing it, and then we shoot it. Sometimes when you're shooting something, you'll be like, 'Oh, wow, I am way too clever when I write. I'm trying to do little jokes, and I just need to let the words be themselves and stop trying to be so clever.' Then, you get into post-production and you're like, 'Wow, okay, not only am I trying to be too clever, but I'm also trying to be way too long-winded.' You learn by doing and you learn from the rhythm of your own show. That's the important thing, every show has its own rhythm. Every show has its own internal ecosystem, of what works and what doesn't work. We took a lot of lessons out of Season 1. For me, personally, I took a lot of creative lessons. This was my first time doing this job, as a showrunner, and it was daunting. This is a really big show to cut my teeth on. But what I brought into it was a certain amount of, 'Okay, I'm here, let's get this done.' So, I personally feel like I've learned a lot and, creatively, I feel like I have a better understanding of what worked and what didn't work, from the script."
Hun forsikrer dog om at de vil rette ting i anden sæson, og at produktionen vil gå en del hurtigere denne gang.