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- These Narnia Movie Characters Should Have Looked Way Different According To The Books.
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C.S. Lewis gave millions of kids across the globe a childhood that involved magical wardrobes, fairytale creatures, and some pretty epic characters. In 2005 when Disney decided to adapt The Chronicles of Narnia into a franchise, the film got hype around the world and even went on to rival the Harry Potter franchise. Casting amazing actors like William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, and Peter Dinklage, our favorite characters came to life on screen. But if you were a fan of the book series you might have realized that no matter how epic the actors were...they didn’t exactly resemble what C.S. Lewis wrote in his book. In fact, some were drastically different.
We’re here to show you just how different The Chronicles of Narnia could have been if the casting director decided to stick exactly to the books. Let’s just say, you’re in for a huge surprise. The White Witch was basically an entirely different character and you definitely wouldn't have recognized Prince Caspian. Not to mention Mr. Tumnus was meant to actually have red skin. You heard us! But the question is, did the films or books do it better?
Which character do you think had the most shocking difference? Did getting all this info make you look at the films differently? Maybe it’s time to give the novels a read? Let us know all your royal thoughts in the comment section below. Don’t forget to hit that subscribe button and give this video a thumbs up. Time to climb out of the wardrobe!
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They’re literally the only movie siblings I’ve seen that actually look like siblings. They’re fine the way they are.
Yup, they look alike soo much and its adorable ❤
The eldest have slimmer eyes the youngest have wider eyes. Its great how they made the movies.
plus in "Diary of a wimpy kid" Rodrick and Greg acts like real siblings for sure in the 2000's... for the 3 movies of course LOL
And the weasleys(even tho the twins are twins in real life)
Yup
Skandar is the perfect Edmund, I couldn't imagine anyone else on the role.
Shame he's a tory
@@merchcymru2221 yeah :( but i mean i don't like HIM exactly, i like edmund ;)
Me either I love his black hair and his pale white skin
You're right,Edmund can't be anyone except Skandar
Yes
When Susan don't have long enough hair
Director: I was trying to be realistic
C.S. Lewis: NO, you were trying to be smart!
Underrated. . . AS USUAL!
I remember Peter and Susan in that scene and it was my FAVORITE!!
😂😂😂😂
As usual 😂
😂😂😂
I don't mind what the characters or actors look like, i love both versions book and film
Agreed!!
Agreed 👍
Same
British stuff
@@carlgrimes9983 ?
this was my actual childhood. No Narnia slander will be tolerated😂
period
What if is a warning? Or something to observe?
I’m so happy they went with Ben Barnes for caspian not only is he super good looking and probs the childhood crush of most of us but his charm and acting skills represent caspian perfectly, I can’t imagine anyone else playing caspian then Ben Barnes
my thoughts ! He looks so good :P I love dark hair and dark brown eyes ^^
He was my crush and lowkey still is
@@Catitalaratoncita sameee
@@isabelpuente1350 wattpad has contributed to the romantic interest
Totally agree! That was the first movie i saw him in but he was and is amazing!
Considering their age now, they could do The Horse and His Boy. But I gotta say that The Magician's Nephew is my favorite. Simply because we learn how Narnia came to be.
yES!
Same I’ve only read four of the books but it’s the best one by far!
I love the last battle.
Too bad they couldn’t or didn’t have time to do the Silver Chair. Wonder who they would’ve casted as Jill Pole. Many, myself included, tend to think no one can top the BBC version of her, but still would’ve love to seen her on the big screen.
Lucy: I have healing cordial! I can heal anybody!
Aslan's breath: Hold my beer
Lucy is the support of the team
@@ijimenez1951 what does that have to do with my comment?
@@joydasko5171 nothing much really
@@ijimenez1951 alright then, ig
@@joydasko5171 I thought ur profile pic was a frog with red eyes, sorry.
The biggest details left from the book is Susan never rides into any single battle. She didn't get the title The Gentle for nothin ahaha.
what?? Wow, I read the book and this is the first time someone is telling me.
Well she did shoot an arrow at that Telmarine that one time to free Trumpkin, but yeah, that's about the only fight she ever got involved with.
Which makes one wonder why didn’t she get the cordial and Lucy get the dagger and bow and arrows.
@@mysticloverfairy1 to be honest person who was on battlefield could use cordial way faster becouse she was already there.
I actually thought the evil queen looked really tall in the films. From what I’ve seen, I think they used the camera angles and put her on higher grounds above everyone else to give the illusion of greater height rather than just use CGI.
They didn’t use CGI on Hagrid either.
Practical effects for the win!
Janis was suppose to be 7 feet tall
Did anyone else notice that she is saying pevensie WRONG.
AND I think the movie is totally PERFECT the way it is.🙄💔🙄
Marta Stephenson yeah, it changed my opinion of Edmund by a long shot. He actually had reason to do what he did, and he was persuaded by seeing the extent of the queen’s evil, not just because he didn’t get the candy he was promised 🙄.
Also Jadis. Definitely a long a.
And Skandar's last name, as well.
Yeah😓
Your not being realistic your trying to be smart honestly true fans would care but yes the actors are fine.
Though Lucy was a blonde in the book, the instant I saw her in a trailer I knew who she was.
I remember being a child attending a costume party and me and my brother went as Peter and Edmund and the host of the party introduced me as Peter Pan even though I kept saying I was King Peter from The Chronicles of Narnia.
😂😂😂
Idiots lol
I'm sorry I would have left
those people are dumb. uncultured lol
How on earth can you confuse Peter Pan with High King Peter????
I do care if the difference is gigantic (Percy Jackson movies for example) and/or has a reason (How Harry’s eyes were supposed to be green, a resemblance to his mother).
In Narnia’s case, the actors fit the part perfectly. Their hair may be different from the book, but the “vibe” they have fits into the characters.
I don’t think I could imagine Narnia with other actors, maybe I’m just too attached to my childhood memories haha. I remember seeing this when it first came out at the cinema, I miss those times.
Agreed the Percy Jackson movies are brill but the actor choices were wrong.. Percy is supposed to be fucking 12!!!
@@ellz_per3ra I remember loving the Percy Jackson movies, until I read the first two books. And I remember thinking to myself "Wait, did I buy the right books?" And years later do I realize the movie changed so much stuff from the books. I used to be that type of a perosn who prefers the movies, since there's no comedy in it. But now I regret thinking like that (as well as having the mindset of "I will only read books that have film adaptations.) The actors weren't that bad, but yeah, I wish they could've hired people who match the ages of the characters.
Yeah I wish they did I love the actors but they just weren’t right 🔱 🌊
@@ellz_per3ra i love the actors too! But yea, they weren't the right age. I wish they hired Logan and the others earlier, because he's already acting when he's 12.
@Zahraa Jasat they also changed Annabeth's personality; Grover's ethnicity; and their age!
Narnia literally was my childhood. I was always an imagination freak and to this date I fall asleep by building imaginary worlds in my mind. Don’t judge me. It makes me happy.
No judgment, because same
Me too!
Same
Haha! Same! I come up with characters that I put in little stories to help me fall asleep. 😄
Anna prolly the only actress that ever takes my breath away coz she's super gorgeous and I was wishing to be like her. Also William is like my huge crush at that time.
AGREED
"She was described as *gay* and golden-haired"
**Chokes on water**
Gay as in happy and joyful, not gay as in liked people of the same sex. Well, at least not as a young child. Once she's of age, who knows. That'd be pretty awsome.
@@shadesofjade I know I'm just kidding 😂
IT TOOK ME LIKE 20 SECONDS TO REALIZE WHAT SHE MEANT
@Tessa Vivier I know :)
IM SCREAMING
You'll be shocked to find out-
Me whose read the whole series 10+ times: *Um. No.*
Red-skinned Tumnus would NOT have worked for the movie.
The skin tone seen in the movie makes his human side of the "combo" of human/goat even more real.
C.S. Lewis’ fantasy book series the Chronicles Of Narnia is considered a classic in children’s literature.
No, it’s actually not really children’s literature. It’s full of violence and biblical analogy.
Julia_x Hey, if the first book (second chronologically) can be on the list of children’s novels & best novels of all time, then they can be considered children’s literature.
@@julia_x8647 i was around 7-13 when i first heard these and the first harry potter stories....yet at that age i could enjoy the story and understand parts of it...its more fun to go back and reilize the parts one has missed in the movies or books of a story like these
Actually he won a prestigious award for the series .
@@julia_x8647 how exactly does is it not children’s literature they wouldn’t have given Lewis a children’s literature prize if it wasn’t .
C.S Lewis never described the characters . The illustrations were the imagination of the illustrator, not C.S Lewis.
Personally, I love the casting and this is one of the only movies where I'm perfectly fine with the aging up of a character (cough, Percy Jackson, cough). Ben did an amazing job 😁
I read the books long before the movies, but I have to say the first film lion the witch and the wardrobe was a very good adaption to the book. The other two I’m afraid sort of strayed a bit too far.
I grew up with the BBC version
@@EstherHulst-Artist Yeah it definitely used the book as a script rather than a reference. They still hold a special place in my heart.
@@wolftal1178 its actually one of the ways iu learned English, we had it on VHS without Dutch subtitles so the first view times i watched it i had no idea what they where saying
@@EstherHulst-Artist oh your dutch?
@@EstherHulst-Artist I think it’s an incredible way to learn a language by watching Narnia!
2005?! Man I feel old 😂 these movies were a huge part of my childhood
I was 11 then. My, how time flies.
obviously the book is different from movie ...but Georgie, Skandar , William and Anna are my best actors. ...im such ahuge fan
I love how you mentioned the harry potter films because I love watching their movies
As an adult Susan had almost floor length hair, not as a child. Therefore, her look is Right on the dot.
So glad someone else besides me remembers that detail.
I have read the books, listened to the audio books a million times, watched all the bbc movies, started a Narnia Club as an 8 year old, and went crazy over everything Narnia! I don’t think the deference’s between the movie casting and the original character descriptions were that deferent. The dwarves were portrayed almost perfectly. The Pevensie children-aside from some hair colour deference’s- were portrayed perfectly. The Witch aside from hair colour was portrayed perfectly. The only I’d say they did wrong was Prince Caspian(although the actor was extremely handsome and the personality was pretty accurate) the fact that he’s dark when Telmerines were very clearly described as light and fair…..just kinda weird. Other then that the rest of the cast was great! Loved the movies!
This is one of those situations where the character to a great deal is defined by personality rather than appearance.
I’ve always liked the movie adaptations of CS Lewis’ books, I am often a purist when it comes to book to screen appearances however I am also a deeply creative person who understands that sometimes an adaptation can bring more creative authenticity to a work. Oh and Prince Caspian, he was my first on screen crush 🥰
"Im not a Dawrf"😂😂😂 "im a GIRL!!"
When they said they haven’t met an actor who was sixteen but looked nine i was like um have you seen Thomas Brodie Sangster.
Literally Chronicles Narnia is my favorite movie series! I have been so used to the way Peter, Lucy ,Edmond and Susan look, that it seems so off that that’s how they were supposed to look!!
I always despised Susan in the books. She was too much like my own older sister. But I loved Susan in the movies. I think Anna did the character better and her translation of the character was very good (without the arrogance of the original). In other words (book spoiler), I could care less if Susan ever got back to Narnia in the Last Battle, book. But I wanted very much to let the movie Susan get back into Narnia if they'd done the Last Battle.
And there is a description of Edmund: in Prince Caspian. Prince Caspian is a blond/ blue eyed thirteen year old but when Peter sends an emissary (Edmund) to meet with the king, the king at first thinks it's his nephew Caspian. It turns out to be Edmund, thus he is blond with blue eyes. Also, in The Horse and His Boy, Lucy and Edmund are listed as tow headed or fair haired (blonds), while Susan is the dark beauty or the raven haired one (black or dark brown). Peter is also golden haired according to The Horse and HIs Boy, per the books. I think he is also described in The Last Battle as blond.
Mr. Tumnus' appearance was deliberately softened for the movie, as the original is often thought to be too "devil" looking. Also, the movie shortened his tail, which he could drape over his arm in the book. The reason they chose Ben for Caspian was everything to do with the Telmarians being Mediterranean pirates. Thus, they looked for someone who could do the accent. The only one they found was Ben, who was too old and dark, but they went with it and adjusted the story to go with it. Thus we get the romance between 16 year old Susan and Caspian. Eustace is described in the Silver Chair.
Some of the descriptions are given in the books that never got filmed. (Professor Kirk is described in The Magician's Nephew, but of curse he's about 13 in that). And Trumpkin has another description (very old by then) in The Silver Chair. And everyone, except Susan, is described in The Last Battle at one point or another.
Pronunciation mistakes: Pevensie, Keynes, Nikabrik, Warwick, there was definitely another!!
admit it we are all obsessed with Edmund 😭😭
Nahh not for me. I like Peter and Susan the most.
Yassss Edmund!
Noone :
Literally noone:
Me: Who cares if they dont look like the character in the books??
Bakon Only yeah
I’ve always imagined this cast when I read the books.
i LOST it when they said "how could the cast get any getter than william mosley" bcz uhhh yeah?! ur damn right it couldn't be any better😂
It's amazing people think this is the first live action adaptation/ The first Lucy in the PBS version had dark hair too. Susan had blonde hair though
They're literally fine the way they are.
I love the books and these movies!! I've watched the movies numerous times.
same
Lewis didn’t really care what any of them looked like, which is why there is so little description. The one that was most crazy for me reading the book, though, was that in the illustrations Aslan walked on two legs.
You really need to figure out how to say these character/ actor names. Most of them you said wrong.
Exactly!! Oh my god this woman pronounced everything wrong 😭
I know!!! Skandar ¨"Kenees" XD and I don't even want to talk about Pevensie! XD
The cast that was chosen are almost exactly how I pictured them when I read the books. And they all look like they could be siblings. It is as rarity for a movie to be do well cast
Reepicheep is also different: his fur is black, in the book. As well, Aslan can walk on his hind legs.
We named our Golden Retriever ‘Aslan’ after well of course Aslan the lion coz he has such a cute little mane!!! My family loves Narnia and don’t really mind how the actors look but it was an interesting video!!
Aww, what a perfect name! ❤️
I can't believe they were missing these scene
You are first
@@HogRiderOnSteroids thanks
I like it
That’s awesome
U cannot convince me that both J.R.R Tolkien and C.S Lewis did not mean to have the same character, Luthien and Susan are IDENTICAL(appearance wise)
I’m an avid Book reader, I read all of the Narnia books at least twice each. And I agree with almost everything in this video. The only thing she forgot, was truffle hunter. The books describe truffle hunter as an old badger with graying fur, in the movie however he says he is old, but still has sleek black fur.
I don't mind whether they look exactly like their counterparts in the book. I just want the movie production finish the franchise.
Chronicles of Narnia isn't just a part of my childhood. It is my childhood and I would really love to see this movie in the big screen once more.
I wish they’d bring them back for the Horse and His Boy 😭😭😭😭😭😭
nobody else could play prince Caspian in my eyes
I died inside every time she said "pevinsie".
Ok I’m gonna point it out..... Lucy had a dagger, healing cordial and at 1:31 could go Super Saiyan.
7:35 ope i am 16 but look 9 😂
Well 🤔 I’m 22 & look 10. Also I knew a dude in HS that was shorter than me, looked 9 at age 18. So it’s possible for a 16 yr old teen to look that young.
@Serra H Same here. I thought maybe 13.
I actually really liked the outfit for Father Christmas in the most recent film. It really seems to fit the mood better and signify the struggle it had been to return to Narnia. Besides, I think that Narnia's Father Christmas should have his own look. (as much as I love the long red garment that our Father Christmas wears!)
key knees i mentally choked on that part
Me too
Oddly, Georgie is exactly like I pictured the youngest Pevensie when I read the books as a child over 45 years ago.
Tilda Swinton is NOT how I pictured the White Witch. They focus on how beautiful she is, and while Tilda is interesting looking, I wouldn't describe her as beautiful.
Also, Susan is described as having floor length hair as an adult, not as a child.
I agree, they miscast the role of Jadis big time, was not a fan of Tilda swintons performance personally
I þink Tilda Swinton did a great job as Jadis. She didn’t LOOK like Jadis’ description in þe books, but she got þe mannerisms down right.
She looked like a great evil queen of winter; she just didn’t look like Jadis.
@@claypigeon7063 clay pigeon is trying to bring back Old English spelling one dipthong at a time
0:33 "If you're a hardcore Narnia fan, buckle up - these differences might be a little shocking." Um yes hi hardcore Narnia fan here, and because I'm a hardcore Narnia fan, these differences do not shock me. I've been obsessing over them half my life. Also, it's PEV-en-see, not puh-VIN-zee. And Skandar's last name is only one syllable. And don't get me started on how Jadis was pronounced. Lastly, I can't even finish watching this video because the narrator clearly doesn't know the source material well enough to pronounce anything right.
Jaed-us instead Jad-ees
Number 1. The lion the witch and the wardrobe
Number 2. Prince Caspian
Number 3. The voyage of the dawn treader
Anna Popplewell was perfectly cast for Susan, imo.
Susan Pevensie and actress who played her, Anna Popplewell, are agreeable beautiful and/or gorgeous. I don't care about her not looking as the way she's suppose to be from the description.
Andrew Adamson (the director) specifically said in an interview that he designed and directed to movie to how he pictured it when he read it. Sis is blowing the whole thing out of proportion AA was just being a kid and imagining
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe was the first book I read by myself
Peter was really the milkman's kid
Honestly it doesn't matter! They played their characters so well they should keep it this way, they were perfect for the roles.
I don't think most people get what this story was really meant to be about...
@@MsLunaWinter where? Can you confirm then?
OMG THE NARNIA MOVIE IS MY FAV
The way you pronounced Skandar Keynes was my 13th reason. Apart from that great video!
wait a minute...Professor Diggory Kirk is that "Diggory"? that's why he knows about Narnia?? damn i just notice
They did give the witch shoes that were several inches high to make look tall. She is half giant in the books so she really isn’t massive. I think she looked tall in the movie and they really show that well in the movie when she picks up Edmund in his prison cell. If you look at the picture of Jadis in The Magicians Nephew, you will see that she looks very similar to size in the Narnia movies.
I like the movies the way they are. I love the books. I have trouble reading because I am vision impaired. Edmund is my most favorite character but probably because I had a big crush on Skandar Keynes. I love all the characters. I think the the kids look alike and could be siblings even Will Polter( sorry if spelled worng) looks like he could be their cousin.
I love The Chronicles of Narnia movies so very much! This is an awesome video! Thank you so very much for sharing this TheThings, you're the very best amazing channel!👍😊
The way she butchered so many of the names was so bloody triggering, fucking hell 😖
Awesome video 👌
I can't take these videos seriously when they can never pronounce the names correctly. You have the correct pronunciation in the movies ffs!
My thoughts precisely!!! The way she said pevensie ughhh
In the movie Edmund looks innocent more than cunning it's totally the opposite but I still loved it
Just putting it out there, I hate Edmund in book canon. There, I said it! Hate on me if u want but before you do, movie canon is far better, when it comes to edmund’s redemption in my opinion.
Edmund is actually the most misunderstood character ever. He’s honestly a wonderful character that has been through a lot. He was always blamed for everything, suffering from loss, loved his father deeply and sacrificed his life to save him, he was lost and didn’t have a role model to look after. The war also didn’t serve him well, his emotions weren’t understood by adults yet he was ruled by his older brother who suddenly became the leader of the family which Edmund strictly disagreed with. Sadly people can’t see the deep symbolism in this character and the fact that he actually suffered the most. Always in the middle, going through such shocking war experiences that touched him the most, he suffered emotionally blaming his brother - as Peter was suddenly the replacement of his beloved father. He was a fighter for his own rights. So sad that people still don’t understand Edmund.
Really? But when he’s mentioned in Horse and His Boy, there’s something so noble about him. In fact, wouldn’t he be most attractive character because of the incredible change he goes through? He’s the epitome of redemption.
The Pavinci???????? Did you even read the books or watch the movie????
Perhaps the reason why Lewis never gave us a specific description of Edmund is because as fallen people ourselves, we are meant to project ourselves onto him a little. Sort of why Mario and Link have no spoken Lines in their video games. It helps us self insert.
Lady Lola 🤣 what are you doing here
0:39 Does anyone knows where is this clip from? because i swear i don't remember it from any of the movies
I was wondering the same thing. To me it looks like a deleted clip from Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The easiest one to tell the movies apart is Lucy since she changes the most for each movie.
When peter comes up he just yells:SAY YOUR SORRY.Then poor Edmund:Alright alright im sorry.
Susan's hair wasnt supposed to be that long until she was an adult
they said Lucy had gold hair but in a later illustration when talking about peter she had dark hair.
Brilliant, i love the Narnia stories and the films.
There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it. His parents called him Eustace Clarence and masters called him Scrubb. I can't tell you how his friends spoke to him, for he had none. - C. S. Lewis, Voyage of the Dawn Treader
"Master" means school master, teacher
I thought it was interesting how they characterized Caspian and the Telmarines as Spanish.
I have literally seen these 3 movies yesterday for the first time and I thought they were okay I enjoyed myself.
Film-makers: ''The book says... this. Right. Let's make it... that.''
I read every book in the narnia serries so this wasn't a surprise at all I do think you should have mentioned that the lion the witch and the wardrobe was not the first book. The magician's nephew was the first book which told how narnia was created.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was the first one that he wrote. He then went back and wrote Magician's Nephew and I'm very glad that he did!
@@maryjoyspohrer256 it's the first book in the serries as far as In story timeline goes. Even if the lion the witch and the wardrobe was wrote first. When I had a book with all the stories the magicians nephew was the first book in there
@@maryjoyspohrer256 I'm glad he wrote it too gave a bit more lore
I've been in love with Prince Caspian since 1974 when I first read the Novels in the 4th grade.
Narnia especially the LION REPRESENTED JESUS. LOVE THE WHOLE SERIES. C. S. LEW WAS AN ATHEIST BUY WHEN A FRIEND TOOK HIM TO THE ZOO HE SAW A LION, THAT WHEN HE BECAME A BELIEVER GOD SHOWED HIM WHAT TO WRITE. LOVE IT, I HAVE THE ORGINAL THAT ENGLAND MADE, ITS RXCE
LENT.
Yes!! Amen
Yep♥️
Can we not bring religion into a harmless film pls- not everyone is Christian
@@madeehaislam2008 Thats why C. S. Lewis made it, read his story. HE WAS AN ATHEIST BUT A FRIEND TOOK HIM TO A ZOO AND HE SAW A BEAUTIFUL LION, IS AS WE SAY THE REST IS HISTORY, LOOK IT UP BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING YOU DON,T KNOW.
@@milicadjukich4416 I looked it up and I know what it is based off but u do not need to say it is a Christian book because it makes people uncomfortable
"If you're a hardcore Narnia fan, buckle up; these differences might be a little shocking." ...Why would the hardcore fan be shocked? I would think the hardcore fan has read all the books and is already aware of all the differences. I know I am. It's not a shock at all.
I am glad someone pointed it all out that the movie left out a lot
From where is 0:39 - 0:41 ???
I have seen a lot of pictures but I don't know from where it is!!!
Actually it might be an improvement on the book (I find it hard to suggest such a thing) that Father Christmas was different. I looks like (from this video) the book may have described him to much like the Thomas Nast version Santa Claus which might have been to "cartooney" the movie had him more like the deeper European traditional Father Christmas.