Snow White Sinister Witch In the classic fairy tale of Snow White, one character stands out for her sinister nature - the witch. Throughout the story, the witch's actions and appearance portray her as an evil and vengeful being. Her main goal is to cause harm to Snow White, as she envies the young girl's beauty and wishes to be the fairest in the land. This jealousy fuels her sinister motives and drives her to extreme lengths to achieve her objective. The witch's first encounter with Snow White occurs when the young princess takes shelter in her cottage. Initially disguised as an old woman, the witch offers Snow White a poisoned apple disguised as a gift.

Facts from Behind-the-Scenes of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

How many times have you watched The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? Since I’m talking to fans, I’m sure you’ve watched the movie several times—but how often have you taken the time to go Behind-the-Scenes and get a glimpse at what happened while filming this great movie? Maybe you have done this often, or perhaps it’s been a long time since you have seen it, or you haven’t seen it at all. In any case, it’s always fun to read about facts that happened to the actors while creating Walden’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Hope you enjoy the facts below!

Beginning

• The first filmed scene for the Pevensie actors was actually the scene where the four of them are in the train on their way to Professor Kirke’s house in the country.

Real Reactions!

• There are times when performances can be doubly convincing to the viewer when the scene is actually a surprise to the actor as well. Georgie Henley, the actress for Lucy Pevensie, had a very interesting experience when she entered the set for the wintry land of Narnia. Georgie had never seen this set on her first take, thus her entrance was her actual reaction to the world created by the film crew. She was also not permitted to see her co-actor, James McAvoy, in his Mr. Tumnus costume until the moment she was to meet him on camera.

Fun Props

• At the beginning scene of the air raid you may remember a window shattering behind Edmund and Peter. It was sugar glass and William Moseley (Peter) convinced Skandar Keynes (Edmund) to eat some of it.
• There is a certain scene where Anna Popplewell, who portrays Susan Pevensie on screen, had a little fun of her own accord. When Aslan storms onto the battlefield with the Narnians he rescued from the Witch’s castle, Susan runs up to the edge of a cliff. At that point Anna shot one of her arrows over the cliff even though she had not been instructed to do so. Anna commented that the arrow was perhaps still there in New Zealand.
• Skandar was consuming a lot of sugar during the scene where the Witch gives him Turkish Delight. Due to this, one time he was given Turkish Delight made of plexiglass and Skandar said to the director, “Andrew, I can’t eat it.” The total number of actual Turkish Delight pieces Skandar said he ate was thirty-five.
• William Moseley was amazed at how intricate and detailed the sets were. One example of this was that, at Aslan’s camp, there was something inside each tent. The extra things on set were often times not even seen on camera.
• Some things can be easily achieved in film and still look great. You remember the unicorn Peter rode during the battle near the end of the film? The horse’s horn was simply glued on.

Training to be a Narnian

• A lot of dedication goes into making these films. Acting goes beyond simply memorizing lines. Actors often have to be taught special skills. William Moseley was trained in horse riding and he became quite accomplished that when they filmed the battle scene Andrew Adamson chose mostly scenes of William on the horse to include in the movie. Though they had stunt doubles do some of the shots, Andrew thought William had better posture than the doubles.
• We know that Susan was an excellent archer in the Narnia series. In order to portray the character of Susan, Anna Popplewell had the experience of being instructed by an Olympic Archery expert.

Accidents!

• In the scene where Mr. Tumnus takes Lucy back to the lamp-post, James McAvoy had a cold and his prosthetic nose ended up coming off his face.
• During the children’s trek over to Mr. Tumnus’ house there is a scene of Peter running and tumbling into the snow. At that moment William hit his leg on a piece of wood, which he said was quite painful.
• During the bombing scene at the beginning of the film, Peter rushes after Edmund to stop him as he is retrieving their Father’s picture from the house. In one of the takes, William yelled out Skandar’s name instead of Edmund’s.

Lines & Scenes

• Lines can cause a bit of trouble. The most-said line, due to Andrew Adamson’s own imagination of it, were Peter’s words “No more ice” during the closing of the Father Christmas scene. They kept shooting the line over and over again for him to try and get it right.
• “Told you he was real” was another line during the Father Christmas scene, spoken by Lucy. It was meant to be put at the beginning of the scene but Andrew decided to place it near the end, believing it gave the line more of a humorous note.
• When the Pevensies are preparing to board the train at the beginning of the film, Edmund gets annoyed with Susan grabbing his hand. Skandar Keynes improvised “I know how to get on a train by myself” during this part.
• Andrew decided to add a humorous line to the discussion between Peter and Aslan (“Beaver also mentioned that you planned on turning him into a hat.”) . The problem with this was that the scene had already been filmed. Andrew searched the clips and found a scene of William smiling, the reason being that a fly had buzzed around William’s head during the shot. Andrew was able to salvage that take and include it in the film.
• “Well, my mum’s name is Helen” is one of Lucy’s lines to Mr. Tumnus, though it had not always included that specific name. Two others they had used were Miriam and Violet. The line finally included is somewhat funny, for Helen is the actual name of Georgie Henley’s mother.
• After the Pevensies’ coronation, there was meant to be a dance at Cair Paravel.
• There was also a scene during the time at Cair Paravel when Lucy gave Tumnus a gift: a little pair of golden horn tips. You can actually see them in the film when Tumnus speaks to Queen Lucy about Aslan.

Sets

• The set of the Witch’s castle was made of fiber glass, and had many Kino Flo lights to help it look made out of ice.
• When the four children first arrive at the train stop in the country and meet Mrs. Macready, the train station was not a real one in England as one would suppose it could be, but a set built in New Zealand to resemble an English one.

Interesting Facts

• The scene where the wolves are released to search for Edmund’s siblings, some of the real wolves that circled the beaver’s dam looked very happy and excited, wagging their tails. Some of the tails had to be replaced with CG tails to make the wolves look more sinister.
• Though the song Mr. Tumnus plays for Lucy had already been scored and had been played on set for James McAvoy to match the fingering, the man who played the duduk redid the song to match James’ fingers more accurately.

I hope you enjoyed reading these facts and that it whets your appetite to learn more about what goes into making a film and the fun facts you can discover by watching Behind-the-Scenes. Anna Popplewell said of the filming process for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: “…it’s really easy to watch a film just as a story, but I hope that through watching it they can experience some of the enjoyment that we got out of filming it.”

5 Comments

I remember these from the commentary!
It’s a surprising moment when you realize you have large portions of a movie commentary memorized. 😛 Reply

Wow, I can’t believe I remembered all these! I know I watched the behind-the-scenes stuff, but I must have watched it more than I thought I did. Reply

I laugh at some of these. I did notice the wolves looking happy in the movie. I did not actually watch the commentary, though I plan to. Reply

An Exclusive Look Behind the Scenes in Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

Michael Jean-Marain, who plays Peter Pevensie in the new stage production of C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, gives us an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the acclaimed show, which opened in Leeds last Fall and has been hailed as "A Theatrical Miracle" (The Times). We are delighted Jean-Marain has agreed to share his backstage photos from the show.

C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe comes to West Yorkshire Playhouse

Working on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, has been an incredible experience. The director Sally Cookson has managed to bring such incredible people together, creating a beautiful piece of theatre. I feel very fortunate to have been part of the process and given the opportunity to discover the heart of the Pevensie family and the struggles that Peter goes through with his siblings.

The characters of C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

During our technical rehearsals I managed to grab my camera and take a few shots. Everyone was working hard and trying to stay focused, and it was the first time all the elements of the production truly came together. It’s another adventure altogether stepping out of the rehearsal room and into the performance space, where we were all discovering new qualities to our characters.

The White Witch

Watching Mr. Tumnus and Lucy walk through the snow in Narnia for the first time was truly breath taking. The symmetry in their forms along with the simplicity of their movement draws you into this picture. However, the cloaked ensemble member and shadows add an element of curiosity. I like images that raise questions and have a story and for me, this picture encapsulates the atmosphere and soul of our version here in Leeds.

Mr. Tumnus and Lucy walk together

Micheal Jean-Marain plays Peter in C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, a West Yorkshire Playhouse production in association with Elliot & Harper Productions and Catherine Schreiber.

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Prince Caspian

You may recall that several articles back I discussed certain facts behind the making of Walden’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. In this one, I will do much the same thing with the second film of the series, Prince Caspian. I hope you will enjoy the facts listed below and that they will continue to build your curiosity about what goes into making films and what happens behind-the-scenes.

Locations and Sets

• This film was sh ot mainly on location. Wh ile 40% of T he Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was shot on location, Prince Caspian surpassed it with 60-65% of the film being shot on location.
• The few shots of the street scenes in the beginning of Prince Caspian of Lucy and Susan were actually filmed in Prague, though it was meant to resemble London in the movie. The lion statue that is shown was already there on the street and fit perfectly into the film.
• Trufflehunter’s home is a tight squeeze, especially for actor Ben Barnes. When they went to rehearse the scene, Ben was almost too tall for the badger’s cave which required the film crew to shave off 3-4 inches from the ceiling. After that, he was able to stand more easily inside the set.
• There was a forest in Poland covered with ferns that Andrew Adamson wanted to film in. However, due to the price of traveling to that location, they brought around 5,000 potted ferns into a forest near Prague to make it resemble the one in Poland instead . This was a cheaper option for them.
• So many different techniques can be used in filming, even a change of location for the same setting in a movie. For example, the gorge the Pevensies are standing by at the scene where Lucy sees Aslan was a gorge in Poland— when they finally believe Lucy and go down the gorge and cross the water at its bottom, the gorge they are traveling through was in New Zealand.

How Did They Do It?

• The scene where the Telmarine soldiers attempt to kill Prince Caspian after Miraz’s son is born is a very intense moment. To achieve the visual of Caspian’s curtained bed being fired at by crossbows, there were small explosives set up in the bed to make the feathers of the mattress fly into the air. There were also small threads in the curtains that could be pulled on so that the tears would be in the correct spots.
• You remember the scene where Caspian is dragged through the woods by his horse? This scene was achieved by Ben laying atop a metal plate, his foot fastened to a cart that would then pull him along the ground.
• In the scene with the river god, you may remember that when the Telmarines are in the water the river starts to empty. Instead of using the complicated hydraulics they had specifically created for this scene, they asked the actors to crouch down and then stand up again, making it appear as if the river was vanishing just as you see it in the finished film.

Did You Notice?

• Remember when Edmund stands up for Lucy at the gorge when she sees Aslan? Before the shooting of a close-up for this scene, Skandar Keynes had just banged his lip on a bar while walking around set. You can see him tucking in his lip in an attempt to make it unnoticeable on screen.
• Prosthetics can be deceiving. Peter Dinklage, the actor for Trumpkin, had a very large prosthetic brow while in costume, which they described as having “the frown built in.” During the first stages of filming, this prosthetic made it seem as if Peter was glaring at Andrew. Andrew would ask Peter if he was okay, to which he would reply, “It’s the makeup!”
• Did you ever consider minotaurs as being good? There is a scene in Prince Caspian where Peter sees a minotaur walking by and prepares to attack it. As you may remember, there were no good minotaurs in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and this shot in Prince Caspian was supposed to be the first minotaur to be seen in this film. Andrew Adamson believed he muffed the suspense because he had put these creatures in a previous scene with Caspian and the Narnians instead of waiting for this moment to reveal minotaurs could be evil or good.

Cameras and Action!

• In one scene of the Night Raid on Miraz’s castle, Edmund slides down a roof and onto an archer on the top of the wall. There is a brief shot of Edmund’s feet, with the soldier beyond them. This shot was actually achieved by strapping a camera onto Skandar, who then did the stunt while filming it.
• Peter’s running mount onto his horse during the night raid scene was actually performed by William Moseley, not a stunt double.
• Imagine having to film a fight scene on a hill and having to accurately swing your sword at a small plasticine area of tree so you don’t damage the actual tree itself. This is what William Moseley had to do when they were filming the fight between Caspian and Peter when they first meet.
• Peter and Miraz’s duel near the end of the film was choreographed as a 110-beat fight. William was taught this impressive fight within about three days.

Funny Incidents

• The scene where the Pevensies are camping around the fire was shot in a huge studio that they said “had its own climate.” Bugs began to be seen on set and during the conversation between Lucy and Susan, Andrew had to digitally remove ants that had gotten onto Georgie’s and Anna’s arms.
• Pierfrancesco Favino, the actor for Glozelle , has played in a few other movies with actor Sergio Castellitto (Miraz). Prince Caspian was the third film that required Sergio to slap Pierfrancesco.
• The talented animator of Reepicheep got to have a small part in the film— a soldier that was slain by Reepicheep’s own hand. Andrew joked that “Reepicheep gets to kill his creator.”

Did You Know?

• The Pevensie’s Treasure Chamber set had lots of small things on the floor, such as rocks. You may remember that the Pevensies are barefoot during this scene, having come from the beach. Anna had to wear moleskin on her feet to go across this set, due to her feet being sensitive.
• During the night meeting where Caspian gives a speech to the Narnians, a small squirrel moves along the tree branch and asks a question. This squirrel was voiced by Harry Gregson-Williams, the composer of the scores for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian.
• At the part where the Pevensies first enter Aslan’s How, centaurs on either side of them raise their swords in salute. You get a quick look at a small centaur, who is holding his sword too low. This centaur was played by Gomez Sandoval, the son of Isis Mussenden (the costume designer). They asked him what he wanted his character’s name to be and he chose “Lightning Bolt.” Andrew included the name in the credits of the film.
• Excluding the actors for the Pevensie children (since they were cast in the previous film), Peter Dinklage was practically the first person to be cast for his role as Trumpkin the dwarf in Prince Caspian. Andrew said they created Trumpkin’s part in the movie specifically for Peter Dinklage.
• In the very dramatic scene of Prince Caspian escaping from Miraz’s castle, a Telmarine caller is announcing the birth of Miraz and Prunaprismia’s son. His voice was played by Douglas Gresham. It was commented that the Telmarine accent was taught to Douglas in 6-and-a-half minutes by the dialect coach working on the movie.
• During a brief scene at the end of the film, Caspian and the Pevensies ride through the streets in a type of parade. Many of the film crew’s families were there as extras. Andrew Adamson’s parents can be seen in a window, waving to those going by.

Though there are so many more facts that could be shared, I will leave that to you. What are other facts you may remember from having watched the behind-the-scenes? Share them below!

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Great article! I knew only one or two of those things before, so it was fun reading about these little tidbits. Especially the one about Harry Gregson Williams. Thanks for all your research! Reply

You’re very welcome, Violamom! I’m pleased to hear many of the facts were new to you and that you enjoyed them! Reply

I didn’t know that PC was the third movie that Sergio slapped Pierfrancesco in. That’s hilarious! 😆 Reply

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