CinemaSpy, an entertainment news site, has interviewed Georgie Henley (who plays Lucy in The Chronicles of Narnia movies) about her role in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. They asked her several questions, including questions such as how it felt to attend the Royal Premiere of the Dawn Treader and meet the Queen (and see her in 3D glasses!), why The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is Georgie’s favorite book , and about whether Georgie had to do stunt training. Georgie also talks about her plans for the future. Below are some excerpts (the full article is after the jump):
Question: How was the world premiere in London? I know you met the Queen. I heard it was the first time in the history of the Royal film performances that the Queen put on 3D glasses to watch a movie.
Georgie: I think it was the best combination: the Queen plus 3-D glasses. She had her own special pair made with the royal insignia. It was such an honor to have there. It was a completely surreal moment. I would never have thought that one of these days I would be meeting the Queen. What an incredible thing! I would never have dreamed of it happening to me. It was amazing.
On Lone Island we see you sword fighting along with the rest of the crew. I know that you did a lot of your own stunts—did you have some training? How much fun was that?
It was really great! I was really happy to take on more of an action girl role. We were very lucky. We had about three weeks before we started shooting in Australia, and the four of us — me, Ben, Skandar and Will — got to train with the stunt team. We learnt the basics of kickboxing because sword fighting is basically kickboxing with a sword in your hand. It was really cool to learn that, and it was really great to acquire a new skill in the way of archery. I really worked hard on it. I just wanted to do so well. I tried my best. I am not sure if it came through [laughing]. We spent quite a lot of time on that.
So are you planning on taking a break, studying further or perhaps another movie or stage role?
I have to concentrate on my GCSEs right now. They are quite big exams which will determine my future. I would like to pursue acting hopefully in the near future, but who knows? Acting is such a hard industry to break into so it’s just depends on what is next after the franchise.
You can read the article in its entirety HERE.