Liam Hemsworth’s Guilty Pleasure Rewatch Is A Perfect Storm - Literally

Back in October 2025, actor Liam Hemsworth joined The Witcher, taking over the role of Geralt of Rivia from Henry Cavill. The change in cast came as a shock to viewers, but although some were sad that Cavill was no longer present, others praised Hemsworth’s book-accurate portrayal of the character. 

Ahead of the release of The Witcher Season four, Hemsworth, along with several other key cast and crew members, sat down with JustWatch. As ever we were primed with our Sorry Not Sorry question and the results were interesting. 

WATCH: Liam Hemsworth & The Witcher Cast Reveal Their Guiltiest Pleasures

The question shines a light onto the films and television shows that those asked feel very passionately about, even if others might not agree. Liam Hemsworth kicked off proceedings for himself and his co-stars, Joey Batey and Laurence Fishburne, by proclaiming his love for The Perfect Storm, “I don’t know what other people think about it… I’m not sorry that I love it.” 

Fishburne backed up his decision, adding, “I loved The Perfect Storm, It’s wild.” Joey Batey opted to focus on what he does, rather than what he watches in his spare time, “my sorry not sorry hobbies are nerdy, Dungeons and Dragons, things like that.” The role-play game has clearly provided the actor with the perfect foundation for starring in fantasy show The Witcher. Laurence Fishburne went with one of his own movies as he simply announced, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3… Sorry not sorry”, before descending into his trademark booming laugh.

How ‘The Perfect Storm’ and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors’ Do and Don’t Work as Guilty Pleasures

Starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg, The Perfect Storm is based on the true story of the inhabitants of the fishing vessel, The Andrea Gail, who became lost at sea during a freak weather event in the North Atlantic back in 1991. Full of tear-jerking melodrama, as well as a whole lot of watery action, The Perfect Storm is an interesting choice for a guilty pleasure, and yet it works. To answer Hemsworth’s uncertainty about the film’s reception, the initial reviews were indeed mixed with The Perfect Storm holding a 47% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which just tips it into rotten territory. 

The Perfect Storm is the type of movie that speaks to those that enjoy watching episode after episode of Deadliest Catch. The courage and bravery on display is inspiring, even more so with the knowledge that it is based on a true story. There is no denying though that The Perfect Storm is a tad cheesy in places, but it is exactly that quality that makes it a solid selection. 

In contrast to the seriousness of The Perfect Storm, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a devilishly fun time. After terrifying teens in two previous films, it was during Dream Warriors that infamous Freddy Krueger started to become a pop culture icon. Freddy was allowed to be more silly this time around, and although the deaths are once more grotesque, there is an edge of comedy to them all. Laurence Fishburne features as a hospital orderly who gets pulled into the plight of the fresh batch of Freddy’s victims. While the film itself is often viewed as one of the best in the franchise, it is likely the snobbish view of horror that has caused Fishburne to view it as a guilty pleasure. Fishburne is wrong, though, as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is brilliant.

‘Come Dine with Me’ is Epic Reality Show Royalty 

Over on the ladies’ side, which consisted of screenwriter Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and stars, Freya Allen and Anya Chalotra, reality shows reigned supreme. Freya Allen stated that “sometimes I watch some trashy reality TV”, to which Anya Chalotra chimed in with Come Dine With Me. Allen immediately defended the show’s honour, proclaiming, “but that’s epic.” Chalotra agreed, but admitted to watching it a potentially unhealthy amount, confirming that, “it’s the amount I watch it that I’m probably sorry, not sorry for.” 

For those somehow not familiar with the 21-year-old staple reality show, Come Dine with Me is a week-long series in which contestants each take turns entertaining one another at a dinner party in their own home. After each meal they secretly score one another’s evenings, before the winner is revealed on the final night. The winning host then takes home £1000 cash. What makes Come Dine with Me so compelling is watching each new group of strangers get to know one another. Sometimes personalities align and everyone gets on, but in more interesting weeks, vicious feuds start to form. Then there is the range in quality of cooking, questionable hygiene standards – we all remember the guy with the whisk, right? – and the random choices of entertainment. It is easy to see exactly why Come Dine with Me is “amazing” to Anya Chalotra. 

A perfect marriage of reality drama and cooking show, the Come Dine with Me format has been released in several other versions, including Come Dine with Me: The Professionals, Come Dine with Me: Teens, as well as celebrity specials, most of which are themed to a particular show. Should the production team ever wish to, it looks as though they’d have at least two participants for a Witcher themed episode. 

Whereas Freya Allen and Anya Chalotra are enamoured with Come Dine with Me, for Lauren Schmidt Hissrich it is “Dirty Dancing across the board”. Her reasons for her selection were simple: “I saw it when I was in fifth grade, and it was such a seminal [movie] for me about growing up, and sexuality, and being sexy.” Her love of the film, one which is shared by most people who grew up in or around the ‘80s, is not about to inspire a spin on Strictly Come Dancing any time soon, though, with the writer admitting, “I can’t dance worth anything.” 

A weird and wonderful collection of titles, in our head, life on the set of The Witcher is almost certainly run around the scheduling of Come Dine with Me. Perhaps with the odd movie night worked in for screenings of The Perfect Storm, Dirty Dancing, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, with a spot of Dungeons and Dragons thrown in, too.