Posted by: @jasmine_tarkheena

Peter having some sort of leadership and being protective, as being the oldest of the four; Susan being motherly, especially around Edmund, and very gentle; Edmund as going from a spiteful brother, especially to Lucy and jealous of Peter's leadership to being just and supporting Lucy; Lucy as an innocent child, curious, and adventurous.

Isn't that just how they're always portrayed?  

In the past, I've been dismissive of using Greta Gerwig's Little Women as an indication of her Narnia adaptations since, to my way of thinking, LW fits in better with her other movies than the Narnia books do. But she's recently stated that they and their author have had a major impact on her life in a positive way, which she's also said about Little Women and Louisa May Alcott, so maybe that movie is a good indicator. (I still can't quite convince myself of this but I'm trying to do so.) 

I admire Gerwig's Little Women adaptation for focusing on aspects of the book's characters which weren't developed in previous cinematic takes and combatting misconceptions of them which were common even among the fandom. For example, every other movie ends Meg's character arc halfway through the story with her giving up her dreams of wealth and marrying a poor man. Gerwig's is the only movie to focus on her life afterwards and how she handles the aftermath of that decision. The other movies are also mainly interested in Amy as a comic relief character. Gerwig's is the only one to really develop the dramatic side of her character. Her's is also the only one to delve into the vulnerable side of the girls' mother. Most adaptations just focus on her strength, which is certainly reasonable, but I'd argue her human weaknesses were always there in the book. 

(Of course, the flipside of that is that this version of Little Women didn't have as much time or as many good ideas for developing the character of Beth as others did. You can't have everything, I guess.) 

So that got me thinking, what are common misconceptions of the Pevensies that a new adaptation could counteract? The only one I can think of is the idea that Susan is really interested in guys. The books describe her as attractive to them but there's not really any indication that she's going after anyone. People just assume she's a flirt because in The Last Battle, she's described as being obsessed with nylons and lipstick but that's an assumption. 

Posted by: @col-klink

So that got me thinking, what are common misconceptions of the Pevensies that a new adaptation could counteract? The only one I can think of is the idea that Susan is really interested in guys. The books describe her as attractive to them but there's not really any indication that she's going after anyone. People just assume she's a flirt because in The Last Battle, she's described as being obsessed with nylons and lipstick but that's an assumption. 

That's possible, but I never thought of her as a flirt. She simply just lost interest in Narnia, thinking it's just for kids. I do not think she was going after anyone (even though she is courted during her reign as Queen of Narnia, which becomes a major conflict in HHB).

I would prefer a tad younger than they were in the Walden Media films. I also don't think that the films should give Edmund some victimization backstory as to why he turns bad. 

@jewel 

Right, though I think Georgie Henley was the right age when she played Lucy in the Walden's LWW.

As for the new franchise, they should at least look at the Timeline for a source of inspiration for age. According to the Timeline, Peter is 13, Susan is 12, Edmund is 10, and Lucy is 8. Though a film or series don't necessarily have to match the ages in the Timeline. Though at least they should get it pretty close.

Plus, I'm not too worried about their hair colors. CS Lewis never specified Peter and Edmund's anyways, though the adaptations had depicted them in various colors. CS Lewis described Susan with black hair and Lucy with blond hair (though the Pauline Baynes illustrations could never get Lucy's hair color right). Though I'm not too worried about that. I think what will really count if they are portrayed right.