Exclusive: Anna Popplewell and William Moseley talk Prince Caspian
WILLIAM MOSELEY
The first film was a children's Narnia. This film is going
to be an adult Narnia, and I say that with every implic-
ation, as in we're fighting adults this time, we're not
fighting mythical creatures anymore. Even Tilda
Swinton as an actress is definitely a mythical creature!
We've got a whole army of humans to fight this time.
Narnia's changed. It's 1300 years later, it's not pastoral
anymore, or idyllic. It's dark and nasty and all the crea-
tures we once knew, who roamed the land freely, have
been pushed into the forest and the woods and forced to
live this closed lifestyle.
Peter has changed too. He used to be a very nice, considerate,
moral person. Very selfless. And this time he's quite selfish and
he's quite angry and frustrated and thinks he deserves more. The
film starts with this huge fight sequence where he's just angry and
he's lashing out because nobody respects him as a High King in
London - of course. He has to learn an important lesson of humility.
It's also Peter and Susan's last time in Narnia. To some deg-
ree we're passing Narnia on to Caspian. It's almost like
we're passing the torch and going back to England
because we've learnt our lessons from Narnia. And it
does feel like I'm passing the torch on to Ben Barnes
too. It sounds weird and ridiculous, because I know
we're just actors in a film, but when you put so
much of your heart into something you really do
want to pass it over and to have someone accept
it with respect and I really think Ben Barnes will
pull up trumps. And if he doesn't then I think
Skandar will knock him into shape and get him
there!
This film is pretty epic, I've got to say. This one-
on-one fight I do with Miraz - I know I'm complete-
ly biased and don't take my judgements as
told, but I really think it's going to be one of
the best one-on-one fights anyone's ever
seen on screen. We had a camera on a 360-
degree dolly and they had three cameras
pitched in. I was with the head stunt guy
because he wanted to do it with me.
We're spinning around fighting, and
there are these three cameras filming
at 90 frames a second so it's in slow
motion spinning all around and it
looks so cool! This huge battle-
field in the background. It's
pretty epic.
The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian is released
in the US on 16th May,
Australia on 5th June
and the UK on
26th June.
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minderbinder writes: on Apr 25 2008 11:19 AM What's up with the text on top of the pix? Makes it a mess to read, especially if you change the size of the font. Doing this must be particularly odd for Popplewell, knowing that out of the four characters, hers is the one who basically turns into a ***** and stops believing in Narnia. In the religious metaphor, she's the one who loses faith and doesn't get into heaven - she has this role where she gets to be heroic for a couple movies, but then we find out later her character turns into the poster child for atheists. I'm curious how the movies will handle it. (Reply to this) |
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homeimp writes: on Apr 25 2008 01:11 PM In reply to this comment (#1704061) So we can't even write about a childrens' movie without at least indicating a profanity (fill in the blank)? I honestly believe there are posters out there who have never submitted a post without including a profanity. What a world. (Reply to this) |
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minderbinder writes: on Apr 25 2008 02:58 PM That's one picky profanity filter, I never would have expected that to get censored. I'm sure what you're imagining is worse than what I wrote - I've seen worse in childrens' books and movies. (Reply to this) |
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salsafish writes: on Apr 25 2008 04:14 PM Editors, unrelated to this article, but I've noticed that the new html format causes news headlines to be truncated pretty severely at 1024x768, firefox. I kind of glance at them in a squinty way, knowing I'm going to be interested in a few, but all I end up seeing is the first few words. I can usually piece together what it's talking about, but it's definitely a much slower read. I've been unconsciously skipping rotten tomatoes for quite a while because of this. (Reply to this) |
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bluedonkey writes: on May 14 2008 11:50 PM In reply to this comment (#1704061) So, let me get this straight, someone is a b-word just because they stop believeing in a fantasy? Just because they don't surrender their free-will and desire to use reason, they are called a deragatory and demeaning term, and because she doesn't surrender those things, and become submissive to a Ruler, she somehow becomes less heroic? Gee, how enlightened and affiriming! (Reply to this) |
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ariahlaing writes: on Jun 18 2008 06:27 AM Well, no. Susan is kind of a pain the butt to begin with; it's not that she becomes defined as a biatch due to a lack of belief. And then she becomes more of a pain. After she leaves Narnia for the last time, she gets very involved in a materialistic lifestyle (all about parties and things), and abandons a better part of her self (brave and selfless warrior queen), not just her belief in Narnia. (Reply to this) |
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ariahlaing writes: on Jun 18 2008 06:34 AM Also, Lewis said in a letter to a young reader who was concerned about Susan's fate that we don't know what happens to Susan - she's still alive at the end of the series. There's still hope for her. And, judging by Lewis's The Great Divorce (an afterlife story), it doesn't seem like he would condemn her (or anyone) to hell even if she does die a shallow loser. (Reply to this) |
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