Prince Caspian: Ben Barnes & why is he so old?

People really seem to be over the age thing. I guess age doesn´t tell everything, not in Narnia either or especially. Neither is that the case with the Narnia movies, whether the actors are of the same age as the characters or not. The cameras, lightening and computers give us different glimpses depending on the height of the actors or anything ever. Of course it is usually easier to act well someone of your own age - and even more easier if there was an agreement on which is the right age for your character. Every reader has his own feeling of the age or agelessness of the characters.

In PC, when Trumpkin meets the Pevensies, he sees them as children, as the opposite of the expected great warriors - which the children somehow were, had been and grew to be again, also by their looks in some way. Some people in this thread have refered to Miraz´s advisors to call Edmund a great warrior a bit LATER and when in armour. Still there is of course just one Edmund. Maybe a little more faith in the characters or the story does the trick sometimes. After the sensible casting, of course.

In Narnia, if somewhere, a child can look noble and brave after breathing some Narnian air and when fighting for the good, and a grown-up king or captain can still sometimes act boyishly or at least be young in heart.
 
I agree. But I also think it's a stretch, that Miraz's advisors think Edmund is a great warrior compared to the "boy Caspian," and the Caspian actor is going to be 10 years older than the Edmund actor!

I trust Andrew Adamson, but I can't help thinking ... wasn't there one other teenaged boy in the world who could have been Caspian? What about that boy Jaxin who played the young soldier in the train station in LWW for a moment? He looked about Peter's age, and I heard he was up for the role of Peter at one time ...
 
The thing is they might just leave that part out, especially because the script writers said they were going to have the Pevensies join Caspian earlier than the book says they do.
 
inkspot said:
I agree. But I also think it's a stretch, that Miraz's advisors think Edmund is a great warrior compared to the "boy Caspian," and the Caspian actor is going to be 10 years older than the Edmund actor!

I trust Andrew Adamson, but I can't help thinking ... wasn't there one other teenaged boy in the world who could have been Caspian? What about that boy Jaxin who played the young soldier in the train station in LWW for a moment? He looked about Peter's age, and I heard he was up for the role of Peter at one time ...
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I'm only 18, and so closer to the expected age, and I auditioned.

I don't mind though.
I'm looking into Eustace now.
 
You go, Alex!
When you say you dont mind, you mean you don't mind that Ben is 25?

If the Pevensies join Caspian earlier than the book says they do, they will still send Edmund with the challenge to Miraz though, right? I hope they don't jack the story around too much...
 
inkspot said:
You go, Alex!
When you say you dont mind, you mean you don't mind that Ben is 25?

If the Pevensies join Caspian earlier than the book says they do, they will still send Edmund with the challenge to Miraz though, right? I hope they don't jack the story around too much...
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Agreed there Ink!!! We'll have to wait and see. I hate to say it, but if we want a Narnia movie that follows the book, despite the production value, we will at least always have the BBC series. Yeah it left out a bit of PC as far as some of the mythological characters are concerned...but what scenes they did do the did them well. I can't stand the thought of the book being a suggestion to follow rather than the standard. The thought of tons of changes bugs me too. The same crew did the script for PC as done for LWW so I wouldnt' expect much as far as that goes. They've already proven that they're not good at adapting scripts at all.

Alex and I talked on the other thread and he may be 18 and Eustace needs to be capable of appearing younger than Ed and Lucy...but Skandar is about 5'10" now. Georgie has grown a bit as well. Alex is what, 5'5" and with make-up could appear to be much younger. People would probably freak out at a Eustace who is older than Skandar in reality, but he could probably pull it off. That, and working with an adult is easier on the production team. There would be people who would wig out like everyone has over Ben. As far as Ben goes, we'll need to see what he looks like next to the others and on film with the make up. He may look younger. He was playing high school students in the plays he did before getting the role of Caspian. By the way Alex, they've announced the start of casting for VDT on NW. Go check it out bro if you haven't already! It may look better than we think as far as appearances go. It's the changes to the story that we'll have to look out for.
 
inkspot said:
You go, Alex!
When you say you dont mind, you mean you don't mind that Ben is 25?
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I don't really mind that eitherr, as long as he looks right, and can pull it off.
What I meant was that I don't really mind that I didn't get the part.

Into the Wardrobe said:
By the way Alex, they've announced the start of casting for VDT on NW. Go check it out bro if you haven't already!
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I'm way ahead of you ;)
Unfortunately, it looks like (according to NarniaFans.com) Pippa isn't casting for VotDT, so I will have to try and contact the new casting director.
 
I, too, am a bit worried over the PC not becoming faithful enough to the book. Sorry, this became something that would belong to the "Is anyone really worried.."-thread. Just don´t know how to move it...

One of my friends was quite disappointed to the LWW movie, a huge fan of the books though she is. "There was really nothing new or fresh in it", she argued. She is ten years younger than me, though. I guess that I was not expecting as much as she. I liked the movie a lot (mostly). The book series is not an easy one to make to a movie.

How they are doing this and that in PC, it is interesting to see and everyone of us would like to do something in a somewhat different way. I suppose a film is never a full copy of a book. (Nor was the Tolkien trilogy.) A sculpture is not a person. A painting is not a photo. Why should that be the case? I have understood that there is not enough material in PC for today´s bigmoney movie standards... I guess they are trying to make a good movie for everybody. Or maybe that is the problem, at least in some of the Disney movies. Sorry, Disney. I know it isn´t their doings this time so much. And I loved Bambi and the old Peter Pan and... And I couldn´t make a better one, no matter the case :)

The film is not a copy but it can still be very good and not trample on the book and its spirit. Let´s hope. We cannot but wait and see and keep up the spirit. But I´m glad that dear old mister Lewis doesn´t have to worry about the movies anymore :) He did a great job for a one man´s life work.
 
Let´s hope I´m very wrong. I am still expecting the PC to be even better than the LWW in some ways. I just sense that there will be a lot discussion over the PC and the books after it has been released. I hope it´s all good, IloveGeorgie. I love Georgie Henley, too, that´s for sure :)
 
I actually don't like the BBC PC that much...the eliminated the entire part with the dryads coming back to life and Bacchus...and Aslan coming back w/ Lucy and Susan to bring reinforcements for Caspian. And the part with Gwendolen...although it's kinda insignificant, it is the funniest part of the whole book :D
 
pink-cheetah said:
well... technically, Capsian wasn't British.. he was descended from Caribbean pirates who entered Narnia through a portal.. I wouldn't expect him to have a british accent, and if he does, well, tha's fine. I wouldn't think that he would have a Spanish accent either, but I guess I'm being too picky. But it can go both ways, I guess.

I'm not inclined to believe it yet, because, as you'll remember, there were also some other unconfirmed rumors that only two boys had been asked to return to do callbacks.. if the first (callback) rumor was true, I wouldn't expect them to narrow down the Caspian so soon.. but then, it could happen, i suppose...

I don't know.. I'm just speculating out loud...
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I agree, although, Tumnus had a British accent, and he wasn't british. LOL

I am actually ok with who they casted... I just can't wait for the movie!

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In C.S. Lewis's mind, he probably imagined everyone talking with a British accent because he had a British accent. So maybe that explains Tumnus' accent. But I don't think it would be completely necessary for ALL of the characters to have British accents.
 
i don't really mind the casting. barnes looks pretty young (makeup can do wonders and age him down even more) and if they're doing VDT right away (which they should cos skandar and georgie are growing up fast) it'll work quite well with barnes as the adult caspian.
 
I believe they are filming PC and VDT back to back or simultaneously, and so Barnes should be fine for the older Caspian in VDT. As for the "boy Caspian" in PC, we shall see ...
 
No he actually descended from Pirates of the South Sea in other words, Pacific Ocean pirates, a good majority of them were Brits or Americans, if they were not they were Malay.
 
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