The chronicles of Narnia series are reissued by Barbie director Greta Gerwig for Netflix and brings the approximately 70-year-old fantasy story to the big screen again. In doing so, she follows in the footsteps of the Disney films of the 2000s, which adapted three of the popular books by CS Lewis from 2005 to 2010. If we remember the $ 1.5 billion, we see big names like James McAvoy as Mr. Tumnus, Tilda Swinton as the evil white witch or Ben Barnes as Prince Caspian in front of us. The children’s actors at that time: inside the Pevensie siblings However, give us bigger puzzles today.
While Edmund actor Skandar Keynes switched to the acting after the Narnia films to become politicians, Susan actress Anna Popplewell celebrated her big cinema comeback a few years ago. But what became of the The actress of little Lucythat led her siblings into the magical world of Narnia? We’ll tell you.
Lucy actress Georgie Henley became a series star after the Narnia trilogy
At the age of just nine, Georgie Henley slipped for the chronicles of Narnia – the king of Narnia into the role of young Lucy Pevensie, who stumbled through the wall cabinet in Professor Kirke’s estate and the magical country of Narnia first discovered. For Georgie Henley, Lucy was the first acting role in which she returned to Prince Caspian of Narnia and the trip on the dawn.
Lucy formed the heart of the Pevensies in the Narnia films, which With childish naivety and the firm belief in the good their older siblings, sometimes already drawn by life, constantly reminded of it. In part 3 Lucy slowly becomes a young woman and tries to emulate her sister Susan before realizing what qualities she has to offer. Henley’s real older sister Rachael slipped into the role of older Lucy in the king of Narnia, who at the end of the film rides through the forest with her siblings.
In addition to her work on the Narnia trilogy, Henley was seen as a young Jane Eyre in the BBC adaptation of the same name in 2006. The actress only accepted further roles in film and TV after completing the fantasy series and the school. Her next canvas role was only followed in 2014 in the Thriller Perfect Sisters and in 2015 in the thriller The Sisterhood of Night.
After further smaller film roles and extensive excursions on the theater stage, which she completed during her time as an English student at Cambridge University, Henley landed A leading role in the Miniseries The Spanish Princess. She embodied the figure Margaret “Meg” Tudor for 16 episodes. The series was broadcast on the Starz station in the USA, in this country the series at Joyn and Amazon Prime Video in the subscription is streambar.
Narnia star Georgie Henley almost played in a new Game of Thrones series
Thereupon Henley suddenly had a huge project in front of the door. Fantasy hits series Game of Thrones ended in 2019 and one spin-off was announced after the next. Before House of the Dragon finally made it onto our TV screens, there were many other planned prequels, above all a series with Naomi Watts in the leading role. Henley should also have belonged to the main cast. However, the series never saw the light of day and was stamped after the pilot sequence.
After Henley announced a few years later to suffer from the serious illness necrotizing fasciitis, she returned to the camera in 2023. In the Netflix series diplomatic relationships Henley has been seen in the supporting role as a pens that has been working in the Winfield House for now. The series has been nominated for several Emmys and Golden Globes and extended by Netflix for a 3rd season.
Just recently, Henley caused a sensation among Narnia fans when she was her second own directing project announced. The short film Bone is said to be about two sisters who return to their homeland after their mother’s death. Henley also wrote the script for the project. In an interview with Narniaweb, she explained how her work with the directors of the three Narnia films, Andrew Adamson and Michael Apted, influenced her own work as a influence:
Absolutely, both are great directors. Great directors who were able to work particularly well with acting and were focused on performance, which is really difficult in such a big set. Of course, Bone will be much smaller, but also focused on performances and to bring everything across very realistic and grounded. This is something I took from back then.
We can always be excited to see where we will see Georgie Henley next. And, of course, who will enter her footsteps as a Lucy on Netflix.