The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian
Narnia 1300 Years Later
Casts : William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, Georgie Henley, Ben Barnes
Director : Andrew Adamson
Genre : Fiction
The Pevensies are back, guys!
Yup, Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley) come back again to the world of Narnia. Although they’re still teenagers in the real world, but the world of Narnia has gone around for about 1300 years. And ofcourse, so many things changed in Narnia since their first journey.
This sequel announce us a new – ehm – charming guy, Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes). Ewh, this will be a hard thing to choose one of these three cute guys! =) Fortunately, the prince isn’t a wicked character. He asks for help to the Pevensies to get his throne back to his hands, as The King of Caspian.
The King Miraz (Sergio Castellitto), Prince Caspian’s uncle, is apparently the one who isolated the prince and stole his throne, and planned to give the throne to his newly-born-son, later. King Miraz assisted by the wicked soldiers, The Telmarines.
What will happen to The Pevensies? Will Prince Caspian get his throne back successfully? And how Narnia looks like after the 1300 years?
Well, find the answers by watch this great sequel movie by yourselves. =)
The Cast
There were so many new experiences for these guys during the shooting of Prince Caspian. And no need 1300 years for William, Anna, Skandar, and Georgie to meet again. =)
And Ben Barnes’ experience, who is being the “new guy” in this group is also as great as the others.
Name : William Peter Moseley
Born : Gloucestershire, April 27th 1987
Fave movies : Fight Club, Romeo and Juliet
Before the shooting of Prince Caspian begin, Will had to learn about kick boxing first in a gym in Brooklyn. Will admitted that he was a little nervous and scared when he was in the gym, cuz there’s so many black people in the gym, and Will felt, in their eyes he’s just a little boy with the strange accent. So he had to try harder to be exist in their opinion.Oowww…you don’t have to try so hard to be exist in our heart, Will! =)
Skandar Keynes
Name : Skandar Amin Casper Keynes
Born : London, September 5th 1991
Fave Movies : Saving Private Ryan, Shrek 2
Since the prequel (The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe) launched in 2005 until the shooting of Prince Caspian have done last year, Skandar grows 17cm taller! If Edmund character in the first movie looks cute, now we can see him – ehm – more handsome and taller! =)
During the shooting of the Prince Caspian in New Zealand, Skandar tried the bungee jumping more than once there. FYI, bungee jumping is one of the most popular sports in New Zealand.
He had tried the bungee jumping from the top of Sky Tower, tha highest tower in the Southside of the earth. The he also tried the Canyon Swing, that has the longest rope in the world, according to Skandar.
Wow, you must be sooo proud, Skandar!
Anna Popplewell
Name : Anna Katherine PopplewellBorn : London, December 16th 1988
Fave Movie : The Wizard of Oz
Anna stated as one of the students in the first year in Oxford University. She took the English Literature. Anna admitted that she loves to act very much, but she’s more like to school. And according to her, she’s a little bit kind of “bookworm”. Hahaha, surprisingly unexpected, isn’t it?
And while she acted in the Prince Caspian, she almost didn’t join the prom night in her school. But surprisingly, Andrew Adamson, the director of Prince Caspian, knew that and then let her went to London and joined the prom.
Wow, what a nice director he is!
Georgie Henley
Name : Georgia Laura HenleyBorn : Ilkley, West Yorkshire, July 9th 1995
Fave Movies : Shrek, Billy Eliott, Sleeping Beauty
Different from the first movie of Narnia, in this film The Pevensie girls have some shoots of riding a horse and fighting. Georgie that plays Lucy Pevensie then had to learn to ride a horse with Cameron, a little horse. After that, she could ride the bigger horse for take some shoots.
Wow, a hard work, rite?
Ben Barnes
Name : Ben BarnesBorn : England, August 20th 1981
School : Kingston University
Wow, I know that this is the part that you guys waiting for, right?! =)
Ben ever had a small role as the young Dunstan Thorne in the great Stardust movie. But in England, Ben is more well-known as one of the players of a drama musical titled The History Boys. Maybe several of you guys ever heard or even watch it.
FYI, as the Prince Caspian, Ben had to use the tan skin cream thickly. Besides that, he also had to use hair extension, and because of that, his head was full of glue and made him hard to sleep. Hahaha, poor Ben!
Wew, actually, before play in this movie, Ben only had ride a horse once! And he also admitted, that he is not a person that could be chummy with animals. That made him a bit hard to play in this movie.
Wow, whereas he’s sooo nice for us, right girls? =)
10 Hilarious Facts About The Prince Caspian Movie
The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian was made 10 times bigger than The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. What a hard work!
· The cast and the crews of this movie came from 15 different countries! They’re from New Zealand, USA, Czech Republic, England, Australia, Canada, Germany, Poland, Spain, Mexico, Italy, and France.
· There were total 9 languages used during the shooting! Wow!
· When Peter and his brother and sisters started their adventure in the London station, this shoot was actually taken at Henderson Studios in New Zealand. Several outdoor shoots were also taken in New Zealand. And don’t be confused if you see some places that seem like Middle Earth in The Lord of The Ring. For example, the shoot which shows The Pevensies come back to Narnia taken in The Cove Cathedral.
· Barrandos Studios which is in Praha, Czech, is the main shooting location of this movie. Other movies such as Casino Royal and Bourne Identity also used this place.
· The biggest set in Barrandov Studios is the castle of King Miraz which used 6000 square metres area. They needed 200 workers to finish it in 15 weeks. And in the movie, this castle still have to be 3 times larger using CGI effects.
· In one day, the crew prepared 1100 sets of food for the workers in this movie! In almost 7 months of shooting, there were 200.000 sets of food served in total! Wow!!
· The make-up for the mythology creatures in Prince Caspian took so long to prepare. Black Dwarf Nikabrik character, for example, needed 3 and a half hours to be ready. There were about 50 make-up artists who had to come earlier than the other crews everyday. The first call for make-up is at 01.30 am!
Wew!
Visual expert Richard Taylor prepared 600 kinds of weapons for The Telmarines that was led by The King Miraz. The weapons were spears, swords, chopping knives, shields, and archer’s bows.Wew!
yep,, coba deh nonton filmnya... pasti ketagihan nonton.....
di antara jagoan-jagoan itu aku lebih suka sama Skandar Keynes....
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