My problem with her wasn't that she was chubby, it's that she was too old. I haven't read the books in ages but I had the impression Lucy was about five in tLtW&tW. Teenagers don't look like little kids. This girl was around the age of Susan or Edmund but nowhere near Lucy's age.
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I agree......plus she wasnt the best lil actress either.
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shareLucy is meant to be cute. Instead they casted a fat bullfrog with buckteeth. It ruined the show. The only consolation was that she was the only kid that could act.
The movie version on the other hand got Lucy and the other kids spot-on.
I thought she was just fine. I do not understand why anyone has a problem with her.
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I prefer Sophie to Georgie! No offence to our newer incarnation, but she was too young to act, as was Skandar. Sophie and Jonathan were far better actors. Besides, how can you say she wasn't adorable? She just had something that was right. If BBC got anything wrong, it might have been Susan. The movie was far worse; it was too rushed, Peter and Susan's actors were too old and Edmund and Lucy's actors too young.
Poor Sophie.
I blame the director for not getting a better performance from the young girl who played Lucy. A child of this age knows nothing of the actor's craft, so she should not be blamed for her performance.
It was disconcerting to watch the one single facial expression, happy or scared.
I agree with this comment. The actress clearly wasn't ready for this role. She had one single facial expression for all situations and very stilted delivery. The director should have given this young girl more support in finding the right tone for each scene. This might have been hidden better with editing that cut away from the inevitable grin at the after each line. I also hold the editor's responsible for the lethargic pace which gave me too much time to consider the film's other shortcomings. I understand that this had to be dragged out to 150 minutes but that wasn't hidden very well. Maybe it is the director again who gave the editor lots of dull scenes of people tediously wandering from place to place instead of more emotionally charged shots that built tension or the mystery of Narnia.
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I partially agree with straitjackit on so much as I think Sophie and Jonathan did good jobs in the roles of Lucy and Edmund in the BBC productions. However, I disagree with straitjackit's comments about Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes - I think they did extremely well and they certainly weren't too young (the truth is Sophie and Jonathan - particularly Sophie was too old!) along with that, they did play the roles in ways that I think surpassed Sophie and Jonathan's portrayals - not in such a way as to make Sophie and Jonathan's performances look terrible, but in such a way as sometimes happens with updated productions.
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I think Lucy was more like 10 in the LWW. Peter was definetely about 14. I found this in some Narnia companio once.
shareShe wasn't five, she was supposed to be like seven or eight
shareThat is correct she was 7 when the play hide & seek in TLTWAW. I have posted a link below with the chronologies of narnia, as I found it hard to work out how old the characters were meant to be when I rewatched the BBC series last year, so I agree with quite a few comments that have previously stated this.
http://www.narniaweb.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3898&SCRN=0&PN=1
My in-laws got this three movie set for me. I was very disappointed - I thought the acting, over all, was terrible, and not just Lucy. Everyone either acted badly or over-acted.
I am so surprised that the BBC did this. Their version of Pride and Prejudice is my all time favorite movie, and in that, every actor was extraordinary.
Sigh.
BBC didn't do Pride and Prejudice... I thought so too but it was actually A&E.
I grew up on these movies and have always loved them. I was too young to say "oh that Sophie Wilcox..." I just watched and got caught up in Narnia. Buuuuut... now that I'm able to actually critique movies I say that the new movie's casting is a LOT closer to the book!!! Also the storyline. Of course it's rushed a bit... but that's unavoidable considering it was Disney (that company of instant gratification) that made the movie.
I still love the old version, but I also love the new version. They're both really good in their own way!
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I think Pride and Prejudice was a joint production between A&E and the BBC, which is why some people know it as one thing and some know it as another.
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She is suppose to be 10 in the books when she goes into the wardrobe, not 5!
shareCS Lewis did NOT put ages in his books... I just read the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and there were not any ages. But I find the new movie's casting more believable... the "old" version had actors that were all the same age or very close to it!
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I also thought that the new movie's cast was more believable as the Pevensies than the BBC cast. I still love the BBC version though, for all its silliness. And Georgie Henley is too cute.
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What a horrible thing to say!!! It's not her fault... blame the casting director. And for heaven's sake... she was what, 10???
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I never thought that Sophie Wilcox was THAT ugly. I mean, she's certainly not as cute as Georgie Henley, but I've seen worse. My problem with her was also that she was too old. I know that the children's ages are not listed in the book, but in everything I've read about Narnia the kid's ages are said to be: Peter, 13; Susan, 12; Edmund, 10; Lucy, 8. I don't know who came up with these ages, but I've never read anything different so that's what I've always gone by. The Lucy in this movie looked like she had to be about 12. The actress made things worse by trying to appear so young and naive. No 12 year old can pull off being 8. Lucy, Edmund, and Susan all looked exactly the same age, and Peter only looked maybe a year older than them. William Mosely(Peter) and Anna Popplewell(Susan) from the new movie do look a bit older than their characters are supposed to be, but at least they don't look the same age as the two younger kids. And I feel that their looking older than their characters can be overlooked because Peter and Susan aren't as important as Edmund and Lucy. Skandar Keynes(Edmund) and Georgie Henley(Lucy) looked to be the right ages, and they portrayed the characters much better, too.
shareWhen C.S Lewis completed his last Narnia story, he worked out a time-line for the series. In this time-line,Peter was born in 1927,Susan 1928,Edmund 1930 and Lucy 1932.The story of 'The Lion etc' was set in 1940.
shareI think she was alittle old, but that's nit my problem. My problem is the same as with disney: They should have stuck to teh character despriptions given by Lewis. In the books, Lucy is blonde and Susan has dark hair. Disney got Susan right, but neither got Lucy right.
shareDisney didn't make the new Narnia movie - Walden Media did. Disney just helped to fund it.
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Don't you think that children in the 30's and 40's, especially during WWII might seem a bit "older" than they really are? After all, I look at pictures of my parents in high school and think they look like they're in their late twenties or early thirties. Mostly, it was the way they dressed and their hair styles.
Also, back then, I think a 10 year old (let's split the difference between 8 and 12) might be a tad bit more naive than today's 10 year olds.
I really liked the girl who played Lucy in the 1988 film. I think she was perfect for the role and I never thought about her appearance when I was younger-yes ok she was a bit chubby and she wasn't blessed with the best looks, but she was and always has been my favourite character in the book. Also I agree with pmedmoe that children looked much older "back in the day".
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She was a little too old to play the part, but on the whole I think she did a pretty good job.
I do think she was better when she got older. Her best Narnia one was when she was the oldest, in VDT.
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