Netflix’s The Witcher series was almost written with Ciri as the main character and narrator.
Showrunner Lauren Hissrich has revealed that the first draft of her script for the TV adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher books was very different to the final version we’ll get to watch.
Speaking in a new video on Netflix’s YouTube channel, Hissrich talks about how she wanted the three main characters – Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri – to flourish as individual characters before they start interacting with each other.
She says that this is made difficult for those two female characters if you’re following the books as they’re first seen through Geralt’s eyes before you get to know them properly. This led to her initially trying out a completely different take on the story that she hasn’t talked about before.
Source: IGN.com Netflix's The Witcher Series Almost Had Ciri as the Star