Narnia Stars Switch on England Christmas Lights

Georgie Henley, Ben Barnes and Will Poulter, the stars of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader were on hand to turn on the Christmas Lights in London, along side Joe McElderry who has recorded a song for the soundtrack.

Paul Heath, of the Hollywood News, interviewed the three Narnia stars at the event. Here are excerpts from each.

THN: Excellent and you go to work with Michael Apted. What was that like? A legendary director.

Will: Exactly, a legendary director and for someone as young as me to get to work with anyone like that is incredible. I feel so lucky and he is an amazing director and he gave us a lot of laughs on set as well, and also helped us particularly with the emotional scenes and the things that are quite hard. I’m quite young and to be taught to act by someone like that… well you couldn;t ask for more or work under a more talented director. We were very lucky.

THN: Have you seen the finished product yet?

Will: I have yeah. It’s a bit bizarre watching it actually but it brings back all of the happy memories of six months in Australia. reall cool. Really enjoyed it.

THN: So Ben, tell us all about it… what can we expect from the next Narnia film?

Ben: Well, I just saw it last week, and I think it’s my favourite actually. It’s got a lot of the kid of magic in and the fairy tale elements that The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe had, and some of the awe and wonder of that, but also some of the action and adventure from the second film. It’s also got a Jason and the Argonauts, old school adventure story feel to it too so yes. It’s really, really fun and easy to watch. There’s so much happening and every second [is exciting]. It’s great that it’s coming out at Christmas too. It’s going to be a really special family blockbuster I hope.

THN: And Michael Apted…

Ben: Yah, he was great. He kind of left me to my own devices a lot, but you know, I was playing a King and he gave me the confidence and authority that I was doing the right kind of thing. He was the first personm there when I had a question or anything and he’s got a great overall vision in keeping the character really part of it and he’s made it really fun and done an amazing job.

THN: So, Voyage of the Dawn Treader?

Georgie: Yes, I think that Voyage of the Dawn Treader is going to be the best of the last two films put together. Lucy is a lot more of a teenager. We see her being a bit more human. I wouldn’t say darker, but you see the kind of side to her that most teenage girtls get around her age. So, I think it is going to be very good for the wide-spread public. I think that it’s going to be great!

THN: You obviously loved working on the film then?

Georgie: Such a great experience. New director, because I am not experienced at all. I keep saying experience a lot don’t I? Lovely guy to work with [Michael Apted]. I think that he has made the Narnia series really new and injected some new life into it. I think it’s great!

Read the rest at The Hollywood News

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