ROTTEN TOMATOES: Exclusive: Anna Popplewell and William Moseley talk Prince Caspian

Exclusive: Anna Popplewell and William Moseley talk Prince Caspian

The eldest Pevensies give RT a sneak peak of the new movie.

by Joe Utichi | April 25, 2008

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As the release of The
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince
Caspian draws ever nearer,
RT has been inviting members
of the cast and crew to give read-
ers a glimpse into the new film. A few
weeks ago Caspian himself, Ben Barnes,
had some words. Today Anna Popplewell and
William Moseley, explain why Susan's and Peter's
last journey into Narnia shouldn't be missed...

ANNA POPPLEWELL

I suppose I should be used to it by now, but the scale
has upped itself pretty-much proportionately going
into this film. It's still a huge deal. Having another fantasy
race of people in the Telmarines, meant that we had
hundreds and hundreds of extras playing soldiers on
set. That meant bigger cameras and bigger depart-
ments and it just meant that everything was
upped in terms of the scale.

In the first movie, Susan took on a very
motherly role because the children had been
evacuated - she feels very responsible for
her siblings. In this film, as before, Peter
takes charge quite a lot and I think although
Susan, being quite a bossy person, would
love to take charge if she had the opportunity,
she has to put up with some of Peter's
not-so-wise decisions.

I think one of the major developments in
this film is the fact that Peter and Susan
are told at the end of the movie that they're
not coming back to Narnia. That's obvious-
ly a really big deal and is a mark of the
fact that they've grown up and learnt a lot.
It was a weird and bittersweet moment
when we filmed that scene with Aslan
because it was pretty-much at the end of
filming. It really drove it home! I think
there's a scene in Dawn Treader in which
Lucy talks about Susan and they could
do a flashback, but I've not been talking
to them about it at all and I'm not
attached to it yet. I think Will and I are
going to do a planned visit and storm in
and hijack the whole thing! Rewrite it!

When we met Ben Barnes, who's playing Cas-
pian, we knew that he was going to be doing
the next one with Georgie and Skandar so we
felt kind of responsible to ensure he was a
nice guy who would look after them and
everything. But he's really great and I think
those three will have a good time together.
It's sad that we're not going to be shooting the
next one but at the same time I felt at the end
of the last one that I was ready to move on and
do other things. CONTINUE TO PAGE TWO

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minderbinder writes:
on Apr 25 2008 11:19 AM

What's up with the text on top of the pix? Makes it a mess to read, especially if you change the size of the font.

Doing this must be particularly odd for Popplewell, knowing that out of the four characters, hers is the one who basically turns into a ***** and stops believing in Narnia. In the religious metaphor, she's the one who loses faith and doesn't get into heaven - she has this role where she gets to be heroic for a couple movies, but then we find out later her character turns into the poster child for atheists. I'm curious how the movies will handle it.

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homeimp writes:
on Apr 25 2008 01:11 PM

In reply to this comment (#1704061)
So we can't even write about a childrens' movie without at least indicating a profanity (fill in the blank)? I honestly believe there are posters out there who have never submitted a post without including a profanity. What a world.

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minderbinder writes:
on Apr 25 2008 02:58 PM

That's one picky profanity filter, I never would have expected that to get censored. I'm sure what you're imagining is worse than what I wrote - I've seen worse in childrens' books and movies.

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salsafish writes:
on Apr 25 2008 04:14 PM

Editors, unrelated to this article, but I've noticed that the new html format causes news headlines to be truncated pretty severely at 1024x768, firefox. I kind of glance at them in a squinty way, knowing I'm going to be interested in a few, but all I end up seeing is the first few words. I can usually piece together what it's talking about, but it's definitely a much slower read. I've been unconsciously skipping rotten tomatoes for quite a while because of this.

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luvneverends writes:
on Apr 26 2008 08:22 AM

Too bad, You are agreat. You may not believe there are lots of your fan out there on R i c h M a t c h M a k i n g.com. It's a site for professional athletes, celebrities and millionaires to mingle. Also lots of sexy girls show up on that site most of the time. I'm sure you will not miss it. Right?

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bluedonkey writes:
on May 14 2008 11:50 PM

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So, let me get this straight, someone is a b-word just because they stop believeing in a fantasy? Just because they don't surrender their free-will and desire to use reason, they are called a deragatory and demeaning term, and because she doesn't surrender those things, and become submissive to a Ruler, she somehow becomes less heroic? Gee, how enlightened and affiriming!

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ariahlaing writes:
on Jun 18 2008 06:27 AM

Well, no. Susan is kind of a pain the butt to begin with; it's not that she becomes defined as a biatch due to a lack of belief. And then she becomes more of a pain. After she leaves Narnia for the last time, she gets very involved in a materialistic lifestyle (all about parties and things), and abandons a better part of her self (brave and selfless warrior queen), not just her belief in Narnia.

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ariahlaing writes:
on Jun 18 2008 06:34 AM

Also, Lewis said in a letter to a young reader who was concerned about Susan's fate that we don't know what happens to Susan - she's still alive at the end of the series. There's still hope for her. And, judging by Lewis's The Great Divorce (an afterlife story), it doesn't seem like he would condemn her (or anyone) to hell even if she does die a shallow loser.

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