Liam Hemsworth Says Response to Henry Cavill ‘Witcher’ Recasting Inspired Him to Avoid the Internet for ‘Most of Last Year’

Liam Hemsworth broke his silence Thursday on what it was like taking over for Henry Cavill on Netflix’s “The Witcher,” admitting that the fervid response to the recasting had him avoiding social media and the rest of the internet for “most of last year.”

“There was quite a bit of noise and I had to put that aside. It started to become a distraction,” Hemsworth told Entertainment Weekly of the high-profile switch-up. “I dealt with that sort of thing in the past a lot and, you know, at the end of the day, I love making movies and I love telling stories and acting. I just don’t want…