Narnia Fans » Dufflepuds

Well, the Internet Movie Database has done it again, with a photograph of actor Roy Billing in costume as the Chief Dufflepud.  I had seen photos of other Dufflepuds while on the set, and this photo kind of surprised me.  The ones that I saw aren’t quite as dwarf-like as this.  However, I only saw a few examples of them, so they might have been younger variations.

What do you think of the look of this particular Dufflepud?  Is it how you imagined the Chief Dufflepud to look?  And remember, the Dufflepuds have only one leg.  I know that they shot with actors from the waist up, but have no idea how they’re managing to animate them with their single leg.  What are your thoughts?

Image Removed at the request of the Studio

Moviehole is reporting the New Zealand actor Roy Billing has been cast as the Chief Duffer (head of the Dufflepuds) in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  The actor speaks about the role, saying, “I hope on a plane on Monday.  I’m playing Chief Dufflepud – a gnome-like creature who hops around on one leg. There’s a whole heap of [Dufflepuds]. It should take a week or so to film my scene.”

Read the rest of this entry »

NarniaWeb member icarus found an entry on Lee Ravitz’s resume, stating that he was involved in green screen tests for the Dufflepuds in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  This leads us to believe that the Dufflepuds with either be entirely CG, or they’ll be motion captured much in the way that Gollum was motion captured for The Lord of the Rings. Lee Ravitz’s resume states:

Role: Dufflepud (Green Screen VFX Test Shots Only)
Type: Film (Feature)
Production: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Director: Angus Bickerton
Company: Purple Sail Ltd.
Venue: Twickenham Studios

Read the rest of this entry »