I think it's the other way round. Eustace looking more like Lucy and Ed is a lot more apparent at the end when he's his new self. Will fit in really well.

And yes he comes off very nice in all of the interviews I've seen of him--humble, and highly intelligent in his answers.

Yeah, you're right, I got it the other way round But yes, either way they did look like part of the same family, which was great.

I agree completely. Will is simply an amazing actor who nailed the character of Eustace. I have to admit, when I heard he would play him, I doubted if he could portray Eustace the way the character is portrayed in the book, but he did it perfectly, with such acting that literally brought me to tears. Well done, Will xx

Yeah, you're right, I got it the other way round But yes, either way they did look like part of the same family, which was great.

Oh CharlotteRose I do agree it goes both ways.

On a side note, I'm still in mourning over the fact of how little screentime Will P. got as Eustace. So sad they delayed things and made him wait so long to play Eustace, because him looking younger for SC than he is now would just compliment his performance more in SC. Not that he wouldn't be able to still do a decent job for SC as an older-than-the-book-Eustace.

In any case, hoping he gets some meaty roles in other films. He's a real find.

I posted this in the 'cast of the BBC chronicles' thread a few days ago. And I'd like others' thoughts... viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2584&p=136787#p135015

I haven't seen the new VDT yet. Based on what I've seen of him in trailers and short clips, I think Will was perfectly cast as Eustace. But I think his scripted role (and acting) were a little overdone. He's almost a caricature rather than a real human being. I've heard Will goes from bad to good, too fast, and there's no real character development in between. As bad as some people are, they're individuals with quirks. And sometimes those quirks include compassion and kindness. My mother and I have both witnessed sinners being kinder to us in a hard or rough time than Christians, church people. People are humanly inconsistent. There are shades of gray in every person's makeup. It's not all black and white. And this is what I think David Thwaite as Eustace had [BBC], and Will as Eustace missed. Whose fault is that? Probably the director and scriptwriters...

So, your thoughts?

220C, did you say you didn’t see the full VDT film yet? I think it’s best to wait until seeing the full film before giving a final opinion on Will’s performance. He made me really care for Eustace with his performance. I actually found him a lot more realistic than David Thwaites and he did a great job of contrasting good and bad Eustace. There is some subtlety in his performance that I don’t see when I watch DT. Examples: change in his voice between bad and good Eustace and the scene after he's duelled with Reep where his facial expression changes for half a second after Reep's complimented him on it being a great duel and then his guard goes back up. If Eustace appeared to go from bad to good too quickly it was entirely the fault of the scriptwriters/production team with the terrible editing and plot structure.

I do think that he should have been given more screen time, because as VDT was the shortest 'Narnia:...' so far, I think that a slightly longer stroy with more detail in wouldn't have gone amiss, but for another view, the compactness (?) of the story and the way that the characters were developed within the short time was great. I think that with Eustace particularly, it was evident that he changed dramaticly due to his time as a dragon, where as Lucy, Caspian etc didn't realy go through much of a change of learn any realy morals apart from the fairly Cliched 'Be yourself and believe in yourself' message.
However, I know that if i were turned into a dragon I would change my tune pretty quickly too!
In no way am i trying to suggest that these are not good morals to be learned, just that the Eustace moral was a lot more obvious and well portrayed.
Never the less, it was a great way of showing these messages!

I would bet if they had developed pre and post dragon Eustace more you probably would have warmed up a lot more to him. I can't help repeating that I found it a shame the production team didn't capitalize on this more than they did as there was a lot of untapped depth they could have done with the character.

Yeah I think you're exactly right. Overall, I was satisfied with his performance, I just wish there had been more time devoted to his character and that they had delved a little deeper.

I absolutely loved the portrayal of Eustace, although I would have liked to have seen more of post-dragon Eustace. He is such a wonderful character and deserved more attention. But overall, I thought Will did an excellent job in the film and I am really hoping that The Silver Chair will be made so that we can see more of Eustace

i also loved Eustace and want to see more of him. i think if they had made the movie longer we could have seen him and understood him more. without disney they have a low budget, but that doesn't mean it has to be short.

I have complete respect for Will Poulter as an actor now. He's just such a great actor! He's going to be the best one day and have a star on Hollywood Boulevard before we all know it! I'm rooting for you Will!!

2010 London Critics' Circle Result: Will didn't win. At least he was nominated. Better luck next time.

Here are a few pics:

YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Conor McCarron – NEDs (Entertainment One)
Runner-up: Jessica Barden – Tamara Drewe (Momentum)

Gosh, I was so sure he would win this! Maybe its because I havn't seen the films that the Winner and runner up were in .
But he got nominated which is fab...I'm sure the way he's going there will be a lot more nominations to come! Maybe for silver chair...

I was sure he would too. I haven't seen the other films either, not sure they're even available in the States...

Will Poulter attended the 2011 BAFTAs in London earlier today. I'm not sure why, really. He wasn't nominated for anything and he didn't present an award. Here's our story on it.

http://www.aslanscountry.com/2011/02/na ... 11-baftas/

Though he wasn't nominated for any BAFTAs I read somewhere else that he was a guest of a casting director. Maybe he's networking.