Next week, he can be seen in a small part in the Paul Bettany/Kirsten Dunst romance Wimbledon and, once he’s finished this interview, he’s going back to London to pack his bags for New Zealand, where he’s about to spend six months playing Mr Tumnus – a faun – in the big-budget adaptation of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe alongside Tilda Swinton and Rupert Everett. “It’s a cliche but it was one of my favourite books when I was a child,” he says. “It terrified me but I loved it.”
Narnia Film News
From Mr. Tumnus to Bilbo Baggins?
There’s a rumor that is about to spread, starting at “My Park Magazine.” That rumor is that James McAvoy, Mr. Tumnus in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is close to signing to play Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit. […]
Narnia Film News
Swinton: Narnia’s White Witch! McAvoy: Tumnus?
The part is one of the biggest movie roles of the year – and Tilda Swinton has landed it. She will play the wicked White Witch who rules as the ice queen of Narnia, the fictional land created by C. S. Lewis where it’s always winter but never Christmas, in his classic novel The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.
James McAvoy, one of the stars of award-winning TV drama State Of Play and TV series Shameless, is rumoured to have been offered the role of Mr Tumnus, the Narnian creature who tries to help the children after they stumble into his world via an old wardrobe. […]
Interviews
Anna Popplewell and William Moseley Interviewed by IGN Filmforce
Today on FilmForce, they have an extra special treat for all the Narnia faithful out there. Up until now, Disney has remained very protective of the young cast, many of whom have had very little acting experience. FilmForce recently got the unique opportunity to speak exclusively with William Moseley and Anna Popplewell, who portray Peter and Susan in the film, respectively. […]