Greta Gerwig, the Oscar-nominated Barbie director, met with backlash over the newest casting information for The Chronicles of Narnia.
As per Deadline, Meryl Streep is in talks to voice Aslan within the movies.
Within the C.S Lewis novels, Aslan is a speaking lion who serves as Narnia’s guardian. In earlier 2005 adaptation, the feline was voiced by Liam Neeson.
The information of Streep’s alleged casting sparked backlash from followers on social media.
“However Aslan is a male lion?” one fan wrote on X.
“After all, we’d like a feminine Aslan. It could be loopy to only write a feminine character,” one other individual stated.
A unique fan requested, “Why do they really feel the necessity to gender-swap Aslan?”
“Aslan is actually a male lion. Will all due respect to Meryl Streep’s performing talents, there’s no conceivable purpose to forged a feminine as Aslan until it’s to intentionally subvert C.S. Lewis,” one other tweet learn.
Earlier, Deadline reported that Charlie XCX is in talks for the position of White Witch/ Queen Jadis, performed by Tilda Swinton in authentic movie collection.
Gerwig is about to direct two Narnia movies. The primary might be launched in IMAX theaters on Thanksgiving Day 2026 for 2 weeks, earlier than it premieres on Netflix.
She beforehand gave an perception into her tackle the fantasy collection to the Time, saying, “It’s related to the folklore and fairy tales of England, but it surely’s a mixture of various traditions.”
“I’m taken with embracing the paradox of the worlds that Lewis created, as a result of that’s what’s so compelling about them,” she added.
The unique Chronicles of Narnia movie trilogy got here out between 2005 and 2010.
