Another loss for Netflix's “The Witcher”. Horse that played Roach passes away

Hector the horse, who “played” Roach in seasons 2 and 3 of Netflix's “The Witcher”, has passed away at the age of 12. This was announced by Laca Juhasz of Team Juhasz, the company that provided horses for the show's early seasons.

Hector was relatively young for a Friesian, whose average lifespan is 25–30 years. In 2018, Henry Cavill grew fond of him, but the horse was too young for filming the first season. At that time, the role of Roach went to another horse, Zeus.

Hector not only appeared in “The Witcher”, but also in the first season of “Shadow and Bone”, where he was the mount of Ben Barnes' character. In 2021, he returned to “The Witcher” as the new Roach following the death of the previous horse in battle with the Chernobog.

After completing work on the third season, Hector returned to Hungary. Now he is gone forever.

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Illustration source: Redanian Intelligence

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