Michelle Yeoh shows off her prowess with a sword in The Witcher prequel Blood Origin

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Michelle Yeoh will be entering the universe of The Witcher as she stars in the new prequel series Blood Origin.The 60-year-old acting icon, who is experiencing a career renaissance in English-language media after her roles in Crazy Rich Asians and Everything Everywhere All At Once, takes the lead role in the prequel show as Scian, who is described as a sword–elf.She leads the first teaser trailer for the upcoming Netflix four-part limited series, which was released on Thursday, just under two weeks after it was announced that Liam Hemsworth would be replacing original star Henry Cavill in the main Witcher series.

New face: Michelle Yeoh, 60, leads the upcoming four-part Witcher prequels show Blood Origin for Netflix. The teaser trailer was released ThursdayThe show's synopsis says that the show features Scian embarking on a quest to retrieve a magical blade that has been stolen.The series is set 1,200 years before the quests of Geralt (Cavill/Hemsworth) featured in the original show, which has been a popular property for Netflix, and it reveals the origin of the very first Witcher.

Yeoh makes her appearance at the start of the trailer in a green dress and robe, and she sports the standard pointy ears used to depict elves.She has unnaturally green eyes and has an array of tattooed figures decorating her face.

Taking over: It was previously announced that Liam Hemsworth would be the new star of The Witcher season four. He replaces Henry Cavill, who held the lead role in the first three seasons On a quest: The show's synopsis says that the show features Scian embarking on a quest to retrieve a magical blade that has been stolen Playing the part: Yeoh makes her appearance at the start of the trailer in a green dress and.