Posted by: @icarus

Therefore I'm maybe imagining a scenario whereby Digory is a working class boy from the East End of London, and Polly is a more well-to-do girl from the posh district of Chelsea & Kensington in West London.

Does that fit in with the Polly we know from the leaked audition scene though? It sort of implied she was an orphan…

I know we were kind of downplaying how similar the dialogue would be to the final film, but I think it’s a fair question to ask now.

Posted by: @impending-doom

Does that fit in with the Polly we know from the leaked audition scene though? It sort of implied she was an orphan…

Even if she is an orphan, she still likely needs to have an adoptive parent or guardian (since she doesn't look like someone who lives on the street) so could still plausibly come from any part of London.

Unless of course she lives in an Orphanage, at which point she definitely isn't going to be Digory's Neighbour any more.

Either way, I feel there is a certain "remoteness" about her so far, and she doesn't feel as clearly tied to the industrial parts of London that Digory seems to inhabit.

@icarus I think she's an only child, has had to be self reliant, and knows how to befriend others. 

The audition piece contained ideas that were for showing different emotions, rather than being a piece from the actual script. 

Posted by: @icarus

Either way, I feel there is a certain "remoteness" about her so far, and she doesn't feel as clearly tied to the industrial parts of London that Digory seems to inhabit.

That's definitely a switch from the book, where Polly was a city girl through and through (while Digory was the fish out of water, whether he just grew up in the country or also spent some time in India). 

@glenwit, Well Digory does look rather grumpy as he trudges his way through the urban areas of London, so maybe he is missing the countryside afterall.