Andrew Adamson, James McAvoy, Tilda Swinton, and our favorite Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve have spoken with About.com about their experiences working on Narnia. Here are snippets of the articles. Be sure to check them all out. They’re very interesting articles!
Andrew Adamson on the Mythology of The Chronicles of Narnia: “CS Lewis was a follower of myth. He studied myth. He wanted to create a myth that combined all of them which is something that he and Tolkein argued about at length. Tolkein fought with him over Father Christmas being in this story. Tolkein was a purist who hated the idea that you’d put all of these different mythological creatures in one story. C.S. Lewis however felt that it was perfectly right to draw upon them all, combine them together and create a new myth.”
Andrew Adamson: [Read the rest at About.com]
Tilda Swinton on Working With Skandar Keynes: “It’s just really, really easy. I have to say that working with Skandar is as you might have gathered, a very bright individual. And like all bright individuals, he’s a delight to be around. We just played. It’s just playing. We just played all day and then sometimes the camera was on and then sometimes the camera wasn’t on. It was very, very simple.”
James McAvoy on Scenes with Georgie Henley: “It is strange but if we look at it as adults, we go, ‘Well, he was going to kill her but he didn’t because he had a crisis of conscience and realized he’s a much better person than that.” So are we scared of showing that to our children? I don’t think we are, are we? We’re showing them that there is something to be afraid of out there, but also don’t lose complete faith in the world. Let’s try to be clever about it. Not everybody who does bad things is a terrible person.”
James McAvoy and Tilda Swinton: [Read the rest at About.com]
Skandar Keynes on Turkish Delight in The Chronicles of Narnia: “I had 35 pieces the size of my fist and I would not recommend it. If you have good Turkish Delight in small quantities, it’s good. I think it’s one of the things if you hold in your hand and it’s on set, if you have a tight grip, it’ll start to melt on your fingers.”
William Moseley on Growing Through the Chronicles of Narnia: “I essentially did go from a boy to a young man but that was because of the environmental forces that were pushing me into that role. It’s more of the responsibility that I had to deal with. I was halfway around the world living by myself. Living by oneself is something which you deal with and you have to deal with and get on with. I had an amazing safety net below me. But dealing with adults the whole time as well, not with people your own age or people younger than you. We had jobs.”
The Boys – [Read the rest at About.com]
Georgie Henley on the Scariest Moment in Chronicles of Narnia: “I think one of my scariest moments was being away from my friends and family. That was very scary and a little bit horrible at times. But you get used to it and now that you’ve got e-mail and stuff, it’s not that bad. We couldn’t really call them. We’d call them every day but it was hard because the time difference.”
Anna Popplewell on the Challenges of Chronicles of Narnia: “I think technically it’s probably eye lines. We all found it a bit challenging at first, the idea of putting an awe inspiring character into a tennis ball. Whereas eye lines, it is something technical and especially if you’ve got a moving one, I think it’s hard to keep looking in that direction. [Archery] was great, I loved it. it was really fun to do. It’s not something I would have done in everyday life, so it was cool. I don’t use it around the house but it was cool.”
The Girls – [Read the rest at About.com]