Woohoo! I've been wanting this thread for a while.

Skandar Keynes as Edmund has always been one of my favorite castings in the Walden series. But ironically, the way Skandar looks always been how I envisioned Peter when I read the books. Pauline Baynes artwork influenced that I think.

Ever since I saw Lily Collins in The Blind Side, she's been my personal vision of Susan. First of all, she's drop dead gorgeous, and second, she looks pretty much exactly like the way Susan is described in the book.

Georgie pretty much redefined how I picture Lucy. I mean she was perfect. But I remember back prior to her being cast, I wanted either Dakota or Elle Fanning to play Lucy.

So there are three people that kind of embody the way I pictured those characters in the book. I'll be back if I think of more.

If they'd made the Telmarines in "Prince Caspian" "English" rather than "Spanish", then I'd have picked Brian Blessed to be Miraz, Stephen Fry as Glozelle (the Glozelle from the book, not the general the film turned him into) and Rowan Atkinson as Sopespian.

And if they ever did make "The Magician's Nephew", I'd volunteer myself as Uncle Andrew!

If they'd made the Telmarines in "Prince Caspian" "English" rather than "Spanish", ....

Yeah, I don't have any specific casting choices in mind, but I always envisioned the Telmarines to be Norse Vikings instead of Mediterranean pirates.

Absolutely Leah. Go right ahead.

FK, I love all your suggestions, and I'm going to pretty much ditto everything you said. You're right, Lily Collins would make a GREAT Susan. I loved her performance in The Blind Side.

Like you, Georgie redefined how I picture Lucy, and I wouldn't want anyone else to portray Lucy. However, the Fanning girls are close to what I pictured in the book, and they would have done an amazing job. A quick Google Image search shows that they've grown up quite a bit, otherwise I would definitely pull for one of them to play Lucy if there does happen to be a reboot in the future.

That's funny that you picture Skandar as Peter! William Moseley was not what I was expecting (I always pictured Peter with dark hair), but it's been so long since LWW that he's pretty much ingrained in my head as Peter now.

Leah Betts, good suggestion! We have many Doctor Who fans on this site, so your suggestion of Patrick Troughton isn't far-fetched at all. Who would you want him to play, though?

Troughton would be good as Professor Kirke or as the voice of Aslan.

I love the idea of him as Digory Kirke! I think he would have played the part quite well.

~Riella

Troughton would be good ... as the voice of Aslan.

Oooh, you just reminded me that I do have an idea for Aslan.
I was listening the most recent Star Trek movie in the background, and I suddenly heard a line spoken by Spock's father that made me think "that's Aslan!!!" It's where Ben Cross says "what is necessary is never unwise." It's deep, it's rumbly, it's calming, and yet there's a hardness to it that you wouldn't want to mess with. So Ben Cross is my choice for voicing Aslan someday. And about the only fantasy casting choice that has the possibility of happening.

Leah Betts, John Pertwee would make a fantastic Uncle Andrew, I agree. He definitely fits what I pictured while reading the book.

However, as a reminder to everyone, this thread's focus is for recasting the existing Narnia films. If you'd like to talk about future casting options, please see this thread.

After seeing We Bought a Zoo recently, I'd have to agree with FK and say that Elle Fanning is my ideal choice for an alternate Lucy. She would also have aged well, and really grown with the part, I think. She really had the fun, adventurous part down very well in We Bought a Zoo, something that's really important to me when I think of Lucy. Unfortunately, if they were to reboot the films, she'd be too old to start from the very beginning, I think, which is sad. But she'd still be my ideal choice.

What would you have thought of Asa Butterfield as Edmund?

~Riella

Asa may have been a bit young to play Edmund when the 2005 film came out, but I definitely trust his acting skills.

An alternate choice for Lucy I wanted a few years ago was Bailee Madison, since she is an amazing young actress. She may have been a little young, but even when she was younger, she did an excellent job in many different acting roles.

Rowan Atkinson as Sopespian.
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I love Rowan Atkinson!

As far as, my fantasy casting goes - James Earl Jones as the voice if Aslan - well, maybe not because I would probably be thinking of Darth Vader through the whole movie, but someone with that powerful and deep of a voice. (Liam Neeson voice just wasn't earthy enough - I've seen him in a lot of films and he's a favorite, but I thought he was a wrong choice for Aslan.)

Further up and further in!!

I was really pushing for Asa Butterfield as Eustace, myself. Will Poulter did very well, but I'd always imagined Eustace and Edmund bearing a physical resemblance, and I saw that more in Asa/Skandar than Will/Skandar.

I was always a little 'off' on having Tilda Swinton as the White Witch. I'd always preferred someone who looked more like the book description, like Eva Green or something.

I've never had complaints about the Pevensies, personally.