First of all I will say I don't like the idea of Gael being in this film, and I won't change my mind untill I see footage that may prove me otherwise. I have no idea what role this girl plays in terms of the plot or whether she's a Narnian tag a long, a slave from the Lone Islands, a lost Mer Girl, or the future LotGK.

But regardless of who she is, these are the reasons why I think she was added into the movies.

A. They needed a "Friend for Lucy" in this film. The first film had her strong bond with Mr. Tumnus, and the second had the "cute" relationship with Trumpkin. Since Lucy has less to do in VotDT and since there is no major friend in the books, the filmakers decided to create Gael. Having Gael draws in the cute family angle, and it gives younger kids someone to relate to. In LWW, little kids had Lucy to root for, but in PC they were all a bunch of moody teenagers. Gael would change that.

B. They want a "love interest" for Eustace. Now I HATE the very idea of this, but I can totally see it happening. Eustace is mean to her when he's bad, but after his redemption he becomes nice to her and they form a cute Little Rascals like romance. I don't know if they'd kiss or not, but this kind of thing happens a lot in movies.

So what do you all think? Could these be the reasons for this "Mysterious Little Girl"?