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Impending Doom
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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.

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Posted : September 3, 2025 12:18 pm
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icarus
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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.

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Posted : September 3, 2025 12:40 pm
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coracle
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@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. 

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Posted : September 3, 2025 2:44 pm
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