Caspian’s Accent Changed for Dawn Treader, Ben Barnes reveals

When I went to the set of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Ben and I were talking and he randomly brought up the fact that he is using no Mediterranean accent in the film. It was a decision of the filmmakers that the Telmarines not all have that accent anymore, so now he’s using his actual British accent. He recently conducted an interview with the magazine “Mouth” where he speaks about it:

Mouth Magazine: How did it feel reprising your role as (the now) King Caspian?

Ben Barnes: It was a great experience reprising the role. It’s a different take on the character with a new director and new studio invovled. We decided that Caspian and the Telmarines would no longer have European accents, as they felt CS Lewis is a quintessentially English writer. The story is my favourite of the seven books and it has a feel of a roving, mythical, adventure tale.

Read the full interview at Ben Barnes Fan