It seems the shock of the film being all but confirmed to occur during the 1950s, plus the very dramatic and unique choice for Jadis's outfit, has caused very little discussion (at least on THIS forum) about the fact that Digory is apparently dragged along for the ride as Jadis travels throughout London. So I'd like to discuss this.
The news posters just added some additional photos of stunt double Jadis at the Tower of London that was filmed this past week.
https://www.narniaweb.com/2025/08/new-set-photos-show-jadis-rampaging-through-tower-of-london/
And instead of a stunt double human, there's now a dummy in place for (I assume) Digory, and he's still along for the ride.
Here's the irony. For me, this is the change that's making me go "huh, how's that going to work?" more than any other I've seen or heard about so far. Doesn't Digory have the rings on him? Isn't kind of the whole point the way it worked out in the book was that he lost the witch, she was loose in London, and as soon as Jadis shows back up in front of his house, he and Polly are able to magic her back out of our world into the Woods? Has he been taken captive to get Uncle Andrew and/or the police to do what the witch wants? The fact that he's riding around with her implies a potential bigger change than in the book. Or maybe it's nothing. 
I'll be VERY interested to see how this place out in the film.
What do you all think?
This topic was modified 4 hours ago by fantasia
Great topic for a thread.
If this is indeed Digory, one positive to takeaway would be that it further cements him as the lead character.
Perhaps Gerwig thought Digory needed more time with Jadis in order for their climactic scene in the garden to really hit. Or could be that she didn’t want to spend the scenes in London away from her lead?
But then where is Uncle Andrew in all this? Lots of questions to be answered.
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I'll have to really examine the photos (and since some of them are probably from between takes, even that might not help) but could it be that Digory is trying to touch Jadis with the rings but is having trouble because the horse is so wild? I'd assume it's something like that. Maybe, practically speaking, the moment he succeeds will be easier to stage if he's on the horse with her.
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Posted : August 23, 2025 12:45 pm
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This is probably one change I'm definitely on board with.
As the lead character narrative wise, it absolutely makes sense for Digory to be present for the main action set-piece of the story, rather than have it happen off-screen as it does in the book.
I'm sure they can easily write around who has the rings at any given moment.
Posted : August 23, 2025 12:50 pm
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