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Greta Gerwig On Why She Chose Meryl Streep To Voice Aslan In ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’
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As Greta Gerwig leads Netflix viewers through the wardrobe with her take on Narnia, one major character will feature an instantly recognizable voice. The 4x Oscar nominee explained the “list is not a long one” when it came to narrowing down her search for Aslan to Meryl Streep, who will voice the li…
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One of the biggest rumors hanging over Greta Gerwig’s Narnia movie is officially no longer a rumor: Meryl Streep is Aslan. The speculation had been floating around for more than a year. Netflix put Streep on the cast list in May without saying who she’d play.
Greta Gerwig is reuniting with her “Little Women” star Meryl Streep on “Narnia,” the director’s adaptation of the C.S. Lewis fantasy series. Streep is voicing Aslan, the mythical lion who creates the mystical world of Narnia.
As Greta Gerwig leads Netflix viewers through the wardrobe with her take on Narnia, one major character will feature an instantly recognizable voice. The 4x Oscar nominee explained the “list is not a long one” when it came to narrowing down her search for Aslan to Meryl Streep, who will voice the li…
Director Greta Gerwig is taking heavy heat after revealing officially that she has cast left-wing Oscar-winner Meryl Streep to voice Aslan the Lion in her upcoming reboot of C.S. Lewis' classic "Chronicles of Narnia."
Confirmation that actress Meryl Streep will voice Aslan in the upcoming Netflix adaptation of C.S. Lewis' The Magician's Nephew has prompted backlash from some who claim it's an affront to the classic Christian allegory.
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