Narnia Fans Spy Tamika writes: I was at Cleveland Point yesterday during the filming of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and managed to get some pretty interesting photos of the cast and crew. It was a quiet day with maybe 15 spectators and we just happened to get there right before the lunch break, which meant the stars and extras were all walking around. Some of the extras (sailors) came out and talked to the fans in depth about the filming and posed for pictures.
Ben Barnes (he put the blue shirt over his costume as soon as he got off the ship):
Ben Barnes in costume (blurry):
Dwarf:
Minotaurs getting dressed:
Sailors:
Fawn:
There was a shuttle bus running between the set and the carpark. I’m still not sure why, but we accidentally got dropped off within the off limits area where the cast trailers and everything were. I managed to get a picture of the smaller boats while we were in there:
Some interesting facts:
The sailors all have different costumes depending on their rank. I can’t remember them all, but blue with collars are the highest ranking etc.
Michael Apted’s trailer has number plates that read ‘IH8WRK’
Ben Barnes walked past the fence where the fans were waiting, smiled, waved and made a remark along the lines of ‘have you been waiting there all day?’ before rushing off to film the next scene.
The crew and possibly some of the cast were playing cricket during their lunch break. We couldn’t see the game, but we saw some of them walk in with bats and stumps and heard cheers errupting from somewhere behind the tents.
The minotaur’s costumes are extremely hot and heavy. When they are all suited up they are pretty much walking en pointe. One of the stunt men was seen asking for bandaids for his feet. It also gets so hot that the crew carries the minotaur heads onto the ship and the director calls out ‘HEADS ON!’ over the loudspeaker just before they are ready to start filming the scene.
Sorry for the bad quality of the pictures! My camera ran out of battery so I had to rely on my friend’s old camera which wasn’t very good. I’ll be going back to the set in a week or so, so I’ll endeavour to take some better quality pictures, hopefully of the main cast in costume.