'The Witcher: Blood Origin' star Laurence O'Fuarain says Michelle Yeoh made a joke about his ears when they first met

• "Witcher" star Laurence O'Fuarain shared how co-star Michelle Yeoh broke the ice on the first day.
• Both play elves in the prequel Netflix series "The Witcher: Blood Origin," premiering this week.

"The Witcher: Blood Origin" star Laurence O'Fuarain said his co-star Michelle Yeoh made fun of his ears when they first met each other.

The pair play two of the main characters of the new Netflix prequel, former enemies Fjall and Scian.

In a roundtable interview attended by Insider, O'Fuarain said Yeoh "demystified herself straight away," which made him feel a lot less nervous about working alongside the movie "legend."

"We were just like buds by the first week," O'Fuarain said. "A lot of pressure meeting her for the first time because you don't know what anybody's gonna be like. She's such a legend. She had one look in my ears — and we all play elves — and she just goes, 'right, I see why they cast you' and just walked off."

He continued: "And I said, 'right, Michelle Yeoh. I'm in love.' So she had my soul from day one."

The showrunner of the miniseries, Declan De Barra, told Insider and other media outlets at a later roundtable that he was surprised by Yeoh's pranks on set.

"I had pictured her as very aloof, and I was a huge fan and was slightly nervous when she came on set," he said. "And she's the biggest joker in the world and constantly pranking and running up and high kicking and just joking. She was a great surprise."

The upcoming prequel, set thousands of years before the main "Witcher" TV series, follows seven warriors (two of whom are played by O'Fuarain and Yeoh) who are forced to band together on a joint quest to take down a powerful elven empire. According to the showrunner, the miniseries is set to explain several mysteries about the creation of "The Witcher" world.

"The Witcher: Blood Origin" premieres on Netflix on December 25.