Cinema Confidential got an Exclusive Interview with William Moseley, and once again, to read the rest of it, visit the source link.
By Jenny Halper in New York City
Describing William Moseley as exuberant would be an understatement. A self described extrovert, this schoolboy from the British countryside scored big when casting director Pippa Hall chose him over hoards of hopefuls for the role of Peter in Andrew Adamson’s “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.” And William was so thrilled he cried.
CINEMA CONFIDENTIAL: How did you get the role of Peter?
William Moseley: One day this casting director Pippa Hall came to my village school casting for a TV drama, and I remember going to the audition, but I didn’t get the part because I was too young. I got an agent, and I remember thinking “acting sounds like my kind of game.” Performing, making everyone look at me, sounds like my kind of game! And then I got an agent and I auditioned for five years, and I got callbacks but I never got a part. And Pippa was casting for “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” and she remembered this boy who was a great big show off and not self conscious in any respect, and she asked for me, and I went for an audition, and a year and a half later of auditioning I get the part in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”
CINEMA CONFIDENTIAL: Were you a fan of the Narnia series?
William Moseley: The thing of it was, I read the beginning of Narnia in the third grade, and even though I knew the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by heart I’d never read the rest of the series. But when I got the part I’d been rejected so many times, just to get the part… I was crying I was so happy. I couldn’t actually believe it.
CINEMA CONFIDENTIAL: Was there anything you wanted to do but weren’t allowed?
William Moseley: Actually, Peter rides a horse, and I actually rode better than my stunt double. He gets on a horse bare back and gallops down this mound, and they let me get on the horse but they wouldn’t let me gallop! I was so upset but!
CINEMA CONFIDENTIAL: I spoke with Anna and she said Tilda actually scared her when she was in character.
William Moseley: What I liked about Tilda was she’s a force, you know? She walked on the set, even not in character, she’s got this energy around her. She’s the kind of person that just illuminates! I just couldn’t stop watching her.