'The Witcher' and 'House of the Dragon' star Graham McTavish says it's 'strange' he keeps being cast in fantasy shows

• "The Witcher" star Graham McTavish has starred in three major fantasy series in recent years.
• McTavish told Insider that it is "strange" that he keeps being cast in high fantasy dramas.

"The Witcher" star Graham McTavish said it's "strange" that he keeps being cast in fantasy shows.

In recent years, "The Hobbit" actor has appeared in three major fantasy series, first playing Dougal MacKenzie in "Outlander," followed by roles as spymaster called Sigmund Dijkstra in "The Witcher," and knight Ser Harrold Westerling in "House of the Dragon."

"It is strange that I seem to spend a great deal of my career now just riding around on horseback, wearing cloaks, carrying candles, armed with a sword," McTavish told Insider ahead of the premiere of "The Witcher" season three.

"Obviously, they are very different in lots of ways, but what the fantasy world allows you is a sort of latitude that you don't get in some other genre," explained McTavish. "So, if I was sat behind a desk as Dijkstra with a cellphone, it wouldn't be as interesting."

He continued: "I am a big fan of that genre so the opportunity to perform in it has been absolutely fantastic. That's what I want to do, so it's been very fortuitous. So I started with 'The Hobbit,' I suppose, and I've never worn a suit since."

"The Witcher" season three, volume one, is now streaming on Netflix, and marks the final season with Henry Cavill playing the lead hero, Geralt of Rivia.

Last year, Cavill announced that he is stepping down from the show and passing the role of Geralt over to Liam Hemsworth for future seasons.

Freya Allan, who plays Ciri in the hit series, told Insider that the cast only found out Cavill was leaving from the show's creator, Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, "a few months after" they had wrapped filming season three.

"We just wrapped a season like any other season and I think we were all exhausted," Allan said. "We've all put in so much hard work and really kept as a team throughout the whole process, so it was nice lasting memories. But we found out quite after so it wasn't really like we knew at the time."

"The Witcher" season three, volume one, is now streaming on Netflix. Volume two premieres July 27.