Taylor said they had to reach into many of the other books from the Narnia series to give a sense of the richness of the imaginary world.
One character that proved particularly challenging was the iconic lion, Aslan. His development was a combination of animatronics and computer generation, Berger said. The physical model had only been recently completed, but it was something he was immensely proud of it. A scene with Aslan on a stone table was shot on Saturday and the child actors had been amazed by the model.
Berger, who recently worked on Kill Bill, said the movie was a nice change of pace. He had enlisted the help of his own children to get a more authentic reaction to the characters he had crafted.
The Stone Table is a scene that many were wondering if it would remain intact, due to the symbolic nature of that part of the book. It is great news to know that this part will definitely be there.
Another thing to note is that we’ll most likely be seeing features in Narnia that could reappear in future Narnia films. These are probably details of the landscapes of Narnia, different features that we don’t really know of from the first book alone, that will help make the world really breathe and really become the Land of Narnia.
