Our Dancing Lawn Moderator ‘~Rogue~’ has done it again! She’s gotten an interview with William Moseley, the actor that portrayed Peter Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He’s also signed on for Prince Caspian. Anyway, here’s the exclusive interview:

1.Do you have a religion and if so what is it?
Urm I do believe in God but I’m not very religious, I’m…probably Christianity

2.What is your favourite brand of jeans?
Favourite brand of jeans……probably Sevens.

3.What other films have you auditioned for apart from Narnia?
I auditioned for Prince Harry, I auditioned for a film called Goodbye Mr Chips, I auditioned for a film called Lorna Doone. Lots of different things really

4.If you weren’t acting, what would you be doing now?
Probably be at University now I should imagine. Apart from my exams…I’ll probably stick to acting.

5.Who’s the most insane person in the Narnia cast/crew?
Hmm a cross between Georgie and Skandar.

6.Are you looking forwards to filming Prince Caspian?
Yes I am. I’m really really looking forward to it.

7.Do you think filming LWW will affect your future career as an actor?
Urm, yeah, dramatically but I think it will affect it for the good. Amazingly, amazingly well. I’m really lucky to be a part of it.

8.What was your best/funniest experience on set?
Probably the time, when I told Skandar that sugar-glass was actually edible, he ate it and it turned out that it was silicone. He didn’t like it very much. Quite a good moment.

9.What do you think of Skandar’s Check the Gate song?
It’s not really Skandar’s Check the Gate song, it’s everyone’s check the gate song and I do like it. I think it’s very funny-cracks me up. He [Skandar] tried to steal it but it’s not his song.

10.Have you been offered lots of roles since the release of Narnia?
No actually, not that many. Urm I auditioned for a few things but I haven’t really been offered anything. Well, one part.

11.What’s your favourite band?
Good question. Urm dunno really. I quite like the Bravery. Urm I dunno, there are so many bands I like it’s crazy. I like a bit of the Rolling Stones sometimes. Lots of different types.

12.Do you ever visit any of your fansites?
Sometimes actually, when I want to say thank you to them for doing such an amazing job of keeping up with it, yeah I do then.

13.Who do you think would win in a fight between you and Skandar?
OMG oo that’s a difficult question. Honestly? Or do I have to like lie? Honestly, I could probably beat Skandar with my arms behind my back, blindfolded and with both my feet tied together.

14.What other works of C.S Lewis have you read apart from Narnia?
I’ve read pretty much all of them.

15.If you could play any character from a film, who would it be?
I’d quite like to be Brad Pitt in Fight Club. Quite a good part. Or Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juilet. That would be quite cool.

16.What’s your favourite film?
I quite like a film called Apocalypse Now and another film called Leon.

17.Do you have any pets?
Yeah, I have a cat and two goldfish. One’s called Campden [edit:Louise: I THINK thats what he said but I couldn't hear very well.] and one’s called Stroud which are the areas we got them from. Very inventive.

18.Who’s your best friend?
I have a very good friend called Charles Blanche (sp?). He’s one of my best friends.

19.What shoe size are you?
About an 8 or a 9.

20.Do you REALLY have a Myspace account?
No. I don’t actually have a Myspace.

21.Do you dance?
Yes, I love dancing. I dance terribly but I do like to.

22.What shampoo do you use?
At the moment, I’m using Trésemmé. It’s good stuff.

23.If you could live in any other country, what would it be?
Probably the Carribbean or something like that. Chill out.

24.Do you like Harry Potter?
Yeah I do like the stories. I think it’s good. I do like [the films] but I think I’m getting a bit old for them now. They aimed at like kids a bit younger than me but I can still really appreciate them. (goes into random convo – Will starts questioning me!!)

25.Have you ever met any famous actors other than the ones you worked with?
I met Dawn French which was quite cool.[talking about Liam Neeson] yeah that was really cool. I did meet Liam Neeson. Nice guy. He is an Irish guy.

26.What’s your favourite scene in LWW?
The battle definitely. [to do and to watch]

27.What’s your weirdest fan experience so far?
I dunno, none of it’s really been that weird. I just feel really lucky that people are really nice to me and stuff about it. People do [run around yelling Narnia] which can get quite annoying. Well anyway it’s fun when they run around shouting “Narnia, Narnia” – that’s fine. When they start shouting “Narnia sucks” and derogatory towards Narnia, that’s when I do get upset.

28.Do you sing in the shower?
Yeah, always singing. Any type of water on me, I’m always singing.

29.Do you blow dry your hair or air dry it?
No neither. Just get a towel and whack it on. I should do [use a hairdryer] shouldn’t I? Or that’s probably a bit pouffy if I did that. They’ll just have to accept me for who I am.

30.What’s your favourite subject in school?
I quite like English literature. I have this one really good teacher. She’s really helpful and she has amazing lessons and stimulates my interest for it a little bit.

31.What’s your favourite book?
Probably this one called….I’ve forgotten. I haven’t read it in a while. But it is my favourite book. I quite like Life of Pi [starts discussing with his dad in the background about the book]

32.What’s your favourite chat-up line?
Definitely, “I’m in Narnia”, nah I’m joking. Definitely not, I’d never use that in all my life. I don’t really do chat up lines.

33.What other party tricks besides juggling can you do?
One hand handstands is my other good one. I can do all sorts of stuff and I can do Irish dancing when I get going.

34.How did you feel about your haircut in the last film and would you trust Adamson near it again?
NO! No I would never trust that guy near my hair ever again! It will never happen again. I literally…the first thing in the contract, I’m going to have a choice over my hair!

35.How tall are you?
I am 5”10 ½ ,very precise. Like 5”11.

36.What’s with the leather jacket you always wear?
My sister got it for me, it’s really comfortable and I think it’s cool.

37.Have you heard of the Willianites?
No. What is that? [I go into lengthy discussion of the Willianites and their origins and the autograph he gave to Izzy and Will asks me if I’m a Skandar or Will fan and insults Skandar BADLY – evil Will!]

38.Do you like 70s music and if so which song?
Urm Cat Stevens, Simon and Garfunkal, Bob Dylan, Supertramp, I like a bit of that. I do like 70s music, I think it’s cool.

39.Do you speak any foreign language?
No, not at all. Terribly. I’m worst certainly in German and stuff like that.

40.Are there any countries that you would like to visit that you haven’t already?
Yeah Germany actually. I’d just like to see it and explore the country.

41.Were you really showing off your electric razor in the make-up tent during filming?
I don’t have an electric razor. Skandar lied.

42.Do you still see any members of the cast?
Yeah as much as I can really. When I get down to London I can but Georgie lives in Yorkshire so she’s a bit…..

44.Is there any sort of role you would refuse to play?
Probably not really. If it was a good script and I liked it, why not?

45.Have you ever Googled yourself?
Yeah actually, just to try and get to those fans, those fansites. That’s probably why I do Google myself to get the fansites up. But I did see what people were saying about me and I was terrified.

46.What’s your general opinion on fangirls?
I like it, I think it’s really nice. I feel kinda honoured actually. Though I don’t know why anyone would want to be a fan of mine but it’s very nice of them and I do appreciate it very much.

47.Do you have any romantic interest in Anna Popplewell?
Uh no, we’re just siblings, I’m afraid, brother and sister, siblings.

48.What’s your favourite TV show?
Quite like The Office but that’s not on anymore. I love The Simpsons. And I really like this show called 24. It’s really really good.

49.Do you play any instruments?
No, I’m afraid not.

50.What’s your favourite colour?
Blue

51.What is your middle name?
Peter. My dad’s called Peter, that’s why. My name’s not Thomas or Robert.

52.Where do you shop?
Dunno really. Kinda like vintage stores and Topshop sometimes if I can, HMV, do a bit of H&M shopping, all those kind of places.

53.What’s the best thing about the USA?
It’s cheaper out there isn’t it? It’s like almost half.

54.What’s your favourite brand of tea and how much sugar do you put in it?
Only half a teaspoon and usually Twinings, well I don’t know actually, Tescos, Lapsang su shong is what we have in the house.

55.What did you do for your birthday?
Oh I’m going to have some friends over this evening (Saturday) and I had a little family thing which was nice.

56.Do you have a cousin called Molly?
No. [Starts talking to parent about tennis]

57.How did your friends treat you when you came back from filming?
Oh totally differently. Yeah, they really hated me, they were really horrible to me, yeah they basically just turned on me. They were fine, they were actually really nice.

58.Do you have a girlfriend still?
I’m afraid I’m not allowed to answer that question, I’m under contract from Mickey Mouse. Yes that’s what he said.

59.What’s your favourite food?
Don’t really have a favourite food. I quite like cereal, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes are my favourite I think.

60.What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done?
Hundreds of things I done, millions in fact. There was this really nice woman on the film but she’s quite large and I just said to her “Ahh you’re just like a great big fat cuddly bear” and hugged her. That was quite embarrassing. It wasn’t very good of me. I don’t think she actually knew or paid attention so just turned a blind eye.

61.Have you ever broken any bones?
No, touch wood.

62.What was the last film you saw?
I was watching a bit of Cruel Intentions last night, a bit of Brokeback Mountain last night.

63.Are you getting used to being a heart-throb?
I don’t feel like a heart-throb. I don’t really know how to get used to it. It’s all quite bizarre.

64.Would you consider yourself outgoing like Skandar?
I think I am quite outgoing but I don’t think I’m as outgoing as Skandar in the way that I kinda think a little bit more before I speak.

65.Describe yourself in 3 words.
Charismatic, disorganised, sort of like light hearted, I just take things easily. Easy going.

66. Did you really have a crush on the producer’s niece?
I’m sorry I’m not allowed to answer that question either. Who told you that? Skandar? Yes it was, he’s a little rat. I hate that kid.

67.Do you read and answer ALL of your fan mail or just some of it?
I try to answer all of it but it’s really difficult, it takes me for ever. Cause as you probably know I’ve got exams coming up soon.

And there you have it guys. Another fine interview with another major cast member. This one was really fun.

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Warning, this basically spoils the story for those that haven’t seen it. But if you have read it or seen it, you’re okay to read on. It’s pretty cool. Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is ranked at number four on their list:

Who dies: It’s the only actually religious-themed entry in this list — Aslan, the lion king and Christ figure who led the land of Narnia in rebellion against the White Witch and sacrificed himself to save a bratty British kid named Edmund.

How he’s resurrected: It involves a prophesy and the fact that Aslan’s heart was pure when he was killed, etc.

What he does once undead: He goes around breathing his sacred breath on Narnians who have fallen in battle and brings them back to life. It’s like halitosis, only good.

Why you’ve gotta see it: Regardless of whether you dig the Christian allegories, the special effects are something to be seen and the story is timeless. Plus, talking beavers are always funny.

[For more, check out Movies.com]

Thanks to ‘Holyboy’ for pointing this story out to us!

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Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media present THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA DVD Sweepstakes!!!!!

As THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE becomes the best selling DVD in America 2 weeks in a row, Disney has decided to celebrate by offering a sweepstakes for fans of the film.

One Grand Prize winner will receive a one of a kind replica of the Narnia Wardrobe!

50 First prize winners will receive a Narnia Gift set that includes Peter’s Sword Letter Opener, Narnia One Sheet Reproduction poster, Narnia Original Soundtrack and a Narnia Battle of Beruna Deluxe action figure pack.

Contestants can enter at www.narniasweeps.com to win these amazing prizes!!!!!

[Remember OUR Contests as well!]

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More than an award show, but a film unto itself, MTV: Music Television today announced the cast, or nominees, of the “2006 MTV Movie Awards.”

Fans can vote for the entire nominated cast of the “2006 MTV Movie Awards” by visiting movieawards.mtv.com before May 19th. Fans can also vote from their mobile phone by texting “MOVIEAWARDS” to 91757 to receive a ballot. Voting is also available by dialing toll free to 1-877-MTV-VOTE where fans can support their favorite nominees with a different category available for voting each day.

“This year’s Movie Awards will be more than an awards show — it’s an experience completely inspired by the movies, and everything we love about them,” said Christina Norman, President, MTV. “This year’s cast of movies and stars are all deserving nominees, and there is no doubt this year’s Movie Awards will in itself, be a movie to remember.”

BEST VILLAIN
* Cillian Murphy – Batman Begins (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Hayden Christensen – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox)
* Ralph Fiennes – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Tilda Swinton – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Disney Pictures)
* Tobin Bell – Saw II (Lions Gate Films)

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In a Narnia Fans Exclusive, ~Rogue~, a moderator here at Narnia Fans’ Dancing Lawn Forums, had a chance to meet Skandar Keynes. Not only that, but they talked a bit about the filming of the next Narnia films.

Skandar is reported as saying that they plan on filming Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader back-to-back. It gives himself and Georgie less time to grow up, and he’ll be gone from England for a year this time.

This news comes hot on the heels of a new article in Entertainment Weekly about the rest of the series to be filmed, and in what order. Here’s a summary of what it says:

Prince Caspian: It’s the only other book to feature all four of the Pevensie kids. The script is currently being written. Producer Mark Johnson says that adapting this book “is proving tougher than Wardrobe.” Granat added that the film could be bumped from Christmas 2007 to Christmas 2008, due to the daunting demands of the special effects.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair: Caspian will be followed by Dawn Treader, which features Edmund and Lucy. Walden plans to make Caspian, Dawn Treader, and Silver Chair as a trilogy of interlocking films, to be shot in that order.

The Magician’s Nephew, The Horse and His Boy, The Last Battle: It looks like they’ll, be shooting the last three books in this order, which is not even in original publishing order, but that’s alright. It brings back some characters in The Horse and His Boy that reappear in The Last Battle, so it makes sense.

And there you have it! Thanks ~Rogue~, for getting that exclusive on the back-to-back filming! And thanks to Princess Rosario for e-mailing about the EW article (even though we’d already seen it).

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Douglas Gresham talks about re-uniting with Australian Narnian film crew at C.S. Lewis Today.

Douglas Gresham, co-producer of The Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, spoke a few days ago of how much he was looking forward to returning Down Under for the upcoming C.S. Lewis Today Conference (named after his stepfather) in Sydney next month.

“I am especially grateful for the opportunity to re-unite with friends with whom I worked on the film. One of the unfortunate parts of movie-making is that one makes friends and then, when the project is finished, the whole team splits up and goes its separate ways. So I am thrilled to be able to meet up with Don McAlpine, our great Director of Photography, and also Tracey Reeby, a member of the Oscar-winning Make-Up team—both of whom are going to be take part.”

All three will be talking about turning C.S. Lewis’ classic book into the film on Saturday 6 May. This will be followed by Douglas giving a an address on “C. S. Lewis: The Man and the Myth”. He will also be signing copies of his newly-released biography, Jack’s Life: Memories of C.S. Lewis.

Recalling his two decades living Australia, Douglas said, “[M]oving around the world as much and as long as I have, there are few enough places where can feel at home, and for me Australia is the one that catches at my heart. This is going to be a great conference and I get to see friends again and meet other Narnia lovers, so who could ask for more?”

The C.S. Lewis Today conference also includes a day for educators (Thursday 4 May) and a day for scholars (Friday 5 May).

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The tragedy of the 1999 Columbine High School shootings affected Micheal Flaherty in ways he didn’t expect.

“It was a great time of crisis for me,” said Flaherty, keynote speaker Wednesday morning at the 44th annual Wichita Prayer Breakfast at Century II Convention Hall.

Flaherty, president of Walden Media, told the 800 people in attendance that he became “depressed and discouraged” after learning of the shootings.

During his personal crisis, Flaherty said, he began to re-examine his Christian faith. He said he was moved by stories such as that of slain student Cassie Bernall, who some believe was killed after she answered “yes” when a gunman asked her: “Do you believe in God?”

He said the story inspired him to recommit his life to Jesus.

Flaherty said he was disturbed by something else he had heard about the Columbine shooters: They had watched the film, “Natural Born Killers” numerous times.

An entrepreneur and educator, Flaherty had been thinking about getting involved in filmmaking.

Soon after the shootings, he got a call from a friend who was president of a successful film studio that made movies not often suitable for children.

The two talked about the lack of inspirational and wholesome films, and Flaherty asked: “Why don’t we create a new kind of production company that exclusively makes films that all kinds of families can enjoy and also teaches them something, inspires them and engages them?”

After a year of searching for an investor, Flaherty and his friend found one: Kansas native Phil Anschutz, a billionaire investor and founder of Qwest Communications.

Walden Media was created by Flaherty and his friend. The company has produced films such as “Because of Winn-Dixie” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”

“It turned out to be a great success for us,” Flaherty said of “Narnia.” The film has grossed more than $700 million.

Positioned by the studio as an ideal Easter gift, Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s “The Chronicles of Narnia” remained the top-selling DVD for the second consecutive week, according to figures for the week ending April 16.

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In a move calculated to put the triennial C.S. Lewis Foundation Summer Institute within easy reach of the bulk of its constituency, the foundation will hold its upcoming week-long Summer Institute at Williams College in Williamston, Mass., from July 7 – 16, 2006. More than 2,000 alumni have participated in one or several of the previous six triennial “Oxbridge” summer institutes held by the foundation in Oxford and Cambridge, England, over the past 18 years. But never before has the foundation offered this weeklong feast for spirit, imagination and intellect in North America.

This year’s Institute, entitled “Love Among the Ruins: the Renewal of Character and Culture,” will address the renewal of character and culture at the individual spiritual, intellectual and active level, and also at the wider community and civic levels, in a mix of engaging and challenging presentations.

“We are trying something new this year,” says Stan Mattson, Ph.D., founder and president of the Redlands, California-based C.S. Lewis Foundation. “By holding our Summer Institute in the United States rather than in England, as we have done for the past nine years, we hope to reach out to those who have wanted to attend but could not do so before. This is a unique opportunity to refresh mind and spirit amid our daily, relentless engagement with prevailing culture.” The Foundation’s past conferences in England have typically drawn more than 700 attendees each week, mainly from the states.

This year’s program includes internationally acclaimed speaker Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health; Atessa Afshar, one of few Iranian Muslim women working in fulltime Christian world ministry; Malcom Guite, chaplain and fellow of Girton College in Cambridge, England; Thomas Howard, prolific author and professor of English emeritus at St. John’s Seminary College in Boston; Jeanne Murray Walker, Institute Writer-in-Residence and professor of English at the University of Delaware; James Como, professor of rhetoric at City University of New York and author of C.S. Lewis at the Breakfast Table; Joseph Pearce, professor of English literature at Ave Maria University and noted biographer of modern Christian literary figures; James Emery White, president-elect and professor of Theology and Culture at Gordon-Conwell Seminary; Nigel Goodwin of the London based Genesis Arts Trust; Ben Patterson, Chaplain of Westmont College, Santa Barbara; Dick Staub, award-winning broadcast journalist and nationally-recognized author; Karen Mulder, art historian of the University of Virginia, and Armand Nicholi, Jr., clinical professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, who has served on the Harvard Medical School Faculty for 26 years and recently hosted the PBS documentary series on Lewis and Freud.

In addition to seminars on Lewis, the Inklings, the Great Books, popular culture, and other subjects, there will be workshops on the visual arts, dance, theatre, and creative writing. There will also be a Children’s Track that will focus on a theme from Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, and a “College Briefing” for high school juniors and seniors. Artistic performers include Michael Kelly Blanchard, accomplished songwriter and soloist with 10 albums to his credit, and Tony Lawton, founder of The Mirror Theatre Company, renowned for his powerful one-man performance of C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce. Thomas Brooks, chair of the Department of Music at Gordon College, conductor of the Gordon College Choir and Chamber Singers, co-director of music at the historic Park Street Church in Boston, and president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, will conduct the Institute choir. For the past three years, Dr. Brooks has conducted the Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island All-State Music Festival. An evening concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra at their famed summer home at Tanglewood is included, as are performances by the Shakespeare Theatre Festival – Merry Wives of Windsor – and the Williamstown Theatre’s performance of the musical comedy Anything Goes.

For more information or to register, please visit the Foundation’s website at www.cslewis.org, or call toll free 1-800-CSLEWIS.

About the C.S. Lewis Foundation: Founded in 1986 by a small group of Christian scholars who were inspired by the life and legacy of renowned English professor, author and speaker C.S. Lewis, the C.S. Lewis Foundation is dedicated to advancing the renewal of Christian thought and creative expression throughout the world of learning and, by extension, the culture at large. The Foundation owns and maintains “The Kilns,” Lewis’ long time residence in Oxford, England, now home to the C.S. Lewis Study Centre. For more information, please visit www.cslewis.org.

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“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” took the No. 1 spot in Japan for the seventh week in a row, raising its international total to $445 million.

And if you haven’t listened, yet, we’ve added a new Podcast to our site. It’s the first one that we’ve done, so you’ll have to excuse the quality of it. I am very certain that it will get better with time.

The link is “NarniaFanCast” on the left menu. Take a listen and tell us what you think!

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“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” easily topped the national DVD sales chart for the week ending April 9, while the previous week’s top seller, “King Kong,” notched a second round atop the rental chart.

“Brokeback Mountain” finished a distant second its first week in stores, barely outselling third-ranked “Kong.” “Brokeback” distributor Universal said the gay cowboy romance sold 1.4 million DVDs its first day in stores, while first-day sales for Disney’s “Narnia” were pegged at 4 million units.

Best-picture Oscar winner “Crash” jumped six places to No. 6 thanks to the release of a two-disc director’s-cut edition of the Lionsgate title. The only other new release to make the top 20 was the third season TV-DVD of “Full House,” at No. 15.

On trade publication Home Media Retailing’s video rental chart, “Brokeback” bowed at No. 2, with estimated rental earnings of $6.3 million, a tad shy of the $6.4 million earned by “Kong” its second week out. “Narnia” debuted at No. 3, with rental earnings of $6.1 million.

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