Liam Neeson is all for Meryl Streep taking over the role of Aslan in Greta Gerwig‘s upcoming “Narnia” movie — even if he’s just learning about it now.
\n\nNeeson, who voiced the mythical lion in the original “Chronicles of Narnia” film trilogy, admitted he was unaware of the new adaptation in a recent interview with ScreenRant. When asked for his thoughts on it and if he’d seen the trailer, Neeson replied: “I’m sorry, this is news to me.”
\n\nIn Gerwig’s “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew,” Streep is voicing Aslan, who created the world of Narnia and is often seen as an incarnation of Jesus. When ScreenRant broke the news to Neeson that Streep would be playing the role, he responded, “Meryl is playing Jesus Christ? Well, if you’re going to make Christ a lady, nobody better than Meryl.”
\n\nOf casting Streep as Aslan, Gerwig told Empire: “I wanted someone who was profound but not pretentious, who had gravitas but not morose self-seriousness. Someone who could communicate depth and pathos as well as joy and delight. I wanted someone who was older than 70, so there was a wisdom of experience, but who also had the capacity of fresh wonder, like a…
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