A whole slew of Narnia and other film site journalists got the chance of a lifetime: to visit the set of Prince Caspian in Prague. It’s cool, I’ve got my passport ready for the next one.
Anyway, here we’ll start with our sister site NarniaWeb, where glumPuddle has interviews with William Moseley and Skandar Keynes.
William Moseley
Q: So, we heard you did some horse stunts?
William: Yeah, we did some horse stunts. Recently, I did the biggest horse stunt I’ve ever done. I had to… Actually it sounds pretty crazy even to me. But I basically had to chase a running horse, I had to grab onto the saddle, I had to kick a guy while the horse was running and I had to jump onto the back of the horse, and carry on going…all in a courtyard at four in the morning and it was raining.
Q: Did you do that yourself?
William: Yeah, I did that myself. It was easy [laughs]. The thing was, like, it’s funny when you do stunts like that, because you know you can do it, and if you’re not quite getting it, then…I don’t know, you want to do it again and again and again, but you don’t really realize how dangerous it is at the time, until you look back and go, “Oh, at take 7, I probably should have taken a break.’
Q: How many takes did you do?
William: Seven. That’s all I was allowed. I wanted to do eight, but seven was all I was allowed. Two were perfect, five I was kind of like, holding on for dear life a couple of times.
Q: Were there any wires involved?
William: No wires, no. It was good, though. It was really fun. They must have a lot of faith in me.
Q: Are you ready for the fight?
William: You know, last week I was really worried about it, because I haven’t really have much chance to train for it. Like I said, I think they have quite a lot of faith in me with these stunts, so they think, ‘Oh, he doesn’t really need the training,’ but it’s an over-one-hundred beat fight, so I’m sort of thinking, ‘I think I might need a bit more training than this,’ and they’re like ‘No, you’ll be fine, you’ll be fine, you’ll be fine.’ We were meant to shoot it last Wednesday, and it’s Monday today, so I was really lucky that the weather hasn’t been so good. Few more days practice.
Q: Do you actually practice with Sergio Castellito (Miraz)?
William: Yep, I fight against him. But mostly, what’s really cool is the stunt coordinator’s going to double Miraz. So, the stunt coordinator and I have a really good connection and a good understanding, like, he’s taught me all of everything I know, so it’s going to be a good one-on-one.
Skandar Keynes
Q: So what’s it like to come back for a second time around?
Skandar: It’s been really cool. It’s been really great to see everyone again and like, reuniting the family, to be very cheesy. Yeah, it’s been great here in the middle of nowhere, it’s beautiful. And what we’re doing is really cool, we’re like walking out [of Aslan’s How] and everyone is [cheering]. So I’m having a good time.
Q: So in the movie, Edmund is only a year older. But you’re actually a few years older?
Skandar: Yeah, I was 12 when I started the first film and I’m 15 now. I’ll be 16 at the end of the shoot.
Q: I remember last time they had problems with you growing too much…
Skandar: Yeah, I grew 6 inches in 6 months. I felt growing pains last night actually. (laughter)
Q: The costume department said they have a computer program now to determine the patterns and how to make the costumes fit as you guys grow and keep them consistent.
Skandar: I had the chainmail, and I kept growing. And it’s precise enough that if I grew, it would completely change underneath.
Q: Did you wear chainmail in the last movie too?
Skandar: Yeah, I’m actually wearing a lot less now.
Q: I bet you wish you were wearing it now after getting stabbed in the leg. (laughter)
Skandar: Oh yeah, [Will] totally just stabbed my leg! He draws his sword and then moves it back but as he moved it back it went “bang” on my leg. Just went right on my boot!
Read the rest of this report at NarniaWeb
ComingSoon.net also interviewed each of them, as well. You can read each of the interviews with the actors by clicking on the appropriate link below:
