Liam Neeson Finds Out About Greta Gerwig’s Narnia
Liam Neeson‘s deep pipes formerly supplied the voice for Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia movie series, but in Greta Gerwig’s version, Meryl Streep is stepping into the role of the mystical lion. Variety reports that Neeson recently did an interview with ScreenRant and when they asked him what he thought of the recent trailer for Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, Neeson surprisingly admitted that he hadn’t been aware that it had even happened. Neeson bluntly responded, “I’m sorry, this is news to me.”
Neeson is All For Streep as Aslan
The mythical Aslan is often interpreted as an incarnation of Jesus Christ, so when ScreenRant filled Neeson in that not only is there a reboot, but that Meryl Streep will be voicing Aslan for this new movie, Neeson instantly got on board with the casting. He replied,
Meryl is playing Jesus Christ? Well, if you’re going to make Christ a lady, nobody better than Meryl.”sponsored content
Gerwig on Streep
While commenting on Streep’s casting, Gerwig said, “I wanted someone who was profound but not pretentious, who had gravitas but not morose self-seriousness. Someone who could communicate depth and pathos as well as joy and delight. I wanted someone who was older than 70, so there was a wisdom of experience, but who also had the capacity of fresh wonder, like a child. And also to be one of the greatest actors to ever do it. That list is not a long one.”
Leading up to the film, Gerwig has been vocal about her Narnia film being a dream come true, as she’s been a fan of the otherworldly universe since childhood.
“I was a child when I first read The Magician’s Nephew, and I fell in love with the gorgeously improbable but completely brilliant concept of a cosmic lion singing the world of Narnia to life. I didn’t know that I would grow up to make films, but a universe built out of music is an idea that always lived in my heart. It is the honor of a lifetime to be asked to imagine it into being. Because of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, I believed in magic and hidden worlds and adventure. I believed that anywhere could be enchanted and that anyone could be swept up into an epic. That wonder and awe was available to everyone, even ordinary people like me…It transformed me.”
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