Thoughts on the latest casting announcement?
https://www.narniaweb.com/2025/10/new-narnia-casting-reveals-polly-plummer-will-have-sisters/
@impending_doom mentioned it in the article already, but it echoes my own thoughts. This announcement was far more interesting to me because we had that sneak peek of the audition script where "Polly" says everyone she knows is dead, leading to speculation she was an orphan. Unless she's being raised by her sisters/siblings because her parents are dead, this clearly isn't the case. (And even then, everyone she knows is NOT dead.) So IF that line is in the movie, it's clearly not to be taken literally.
But as far as actually casting family members for Polly, I'm completely neutral on the subject. I'll wait to see what they do with it, but I can't imagine they'll have time to deep-dive into Polly's back story much, unless the production shocks us and splits MN into two films. (And I think it was confirmed they were NOT doing that, correct?)
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Posted : October 14, 2025 8:55 am
I can envision a situation where Polly has a rocky relationship with her family, which leads her to tell others that she's an orphan. Perhaps we'll see her siblings going out of the house, leaving Polly alone/excluded to go on her own adventures in her "smugglers cave", where she escapes into writing her books.
If Violet and her siblings are in the script to show that Polly is a bit of a loner, then I think it'll be an alright addition, as those are the vibes I get from her in the book.
"Tollers, there is too little of what we really like in stories. I am afraid we shall have to try and write some ourselves." - C.S. Lewis
Posted : October 14, 2025 9:09 am
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