Anya Chalotra talks about Yennefer and Ciri meeting in "The Witcher"

• Season 2 of The Witcher will be available this Friday on Netflix. 

• Anya Chalotra, the interpreter of the charismatic Yennefer de Vengerberg, talks for

  20 Minutes about

  her relationship with Geralt and her meeting with Ciri.

• The actress promises a "more mature" Yennefer. 

A cult literary saga, a successful video game franchise and one of the ten most watched series in Netflix history! After two years of absence,

making its long-awaited return this Friday on the Los Gatos platform. On this occasion

return on the most charismatic character of the first season, Yennefer de Vengerberg, with his interpreter Anya Chalotra, with whom

spoke during a videoconference organized by Netflix.

“I feel less under pressure.

I put so much of myself into Season 1. Having this shown to the world has freed me and the perfectionist in me to leave me a little bit alone, even though she's still here.

With

I learned to enjoy the present moment without this fear, ”says the British actress.

Remember, at the start of Season 1, the hunchbacked and abused young Yennefer is taken in and roughly trained at the Aretuza Academy of Magic by her mentor, Tissaia de Vries (MyAnna Buring).

Metamorphosed through magic, she becomes one of the most beautiful and powerful magicians in the universe.

When his path crosses that of Geralt de Riv (Henry Cavill), they begin a hot affair.

"Yennifer has changed a lot"

At the end of Season 1, the magician's fate was left hanging in the air as she unleashed all the might of her magic on the Nilfgaardian forces and ended the Battle of Sodden Hill.

The trailer for season 2 shows that the heroine is not dead, but held captive by the Nilfgaardian forces.

At the start of season 2, "she's changed a lot as a woman, but she's staying on her feet," says Anya Chalotra.

"Yennefer and Geralt have a bond that cannot be broken"

In season 1, Yennefer faced a terrible ordeal, the inability to become a mother.

“I'm happy that women can project themselves into

even though the series takes place in an imaginary world.

Yennefer's infertility, the fact that she can't bear a child… She goes through so much that we can relate to.

".

In season 1, Yennefer and Geralt's relationship changed after Geralt made a wish in the presence of the witch.

And at the start of season 2, the Witcher believes her dead.

What will happen to their love affair?

“Yennefer and Geralt have a bond that cannot be broken, no matter what”, promises the actress.

"Yennefer will become more maternal"

At the end of Season 1, Gerald decides to take Princess Cirilla (Freya Allan) to the safest place he knows, Kaer Morhen, where he spent his childhood. Will Yennefer find him there while he is preoccupied with protecting the young girl from the mysterious power that she possesses within her? One thing is certain, Yennefer will finally meet Ciri! “I was so impatient! Freya and I built a trusting relationship off camera, and playing that on screen was awesome. I couldn't wait to see what the dynamic would be between us. We've been friends for a long time, but working together is not the same, ”remembers Anya Chalotra, who finally discovered“ that it's great to work with someone you know so well. "The relationship with Ciri will change Yennifer:“A part of Yennifer will become more maternal, more mature and less selfish,” rejoices Anya Chalotra.

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