Icarus, how is it that you are always the one to find all these little (and big) pieces of information? What's your secret?

Anyway, I'm impressed!

I just get very easily bored when having to wait for news. Plus there is nothing quite like the thrill of a good long Narnia hunt on google. lol. That said, its been very slim pickings on the Narnia news front for some weeks now. The best i've got to offer in the way of casting news for today is the entirely unhelpful role title of "Narnian" which could just about be applied to any part in the movie... (Ship Crew Member / Lone Islander / Lost Narnian Slave i.e. Gael's Mum etc)

William Naitoko - Narnian

Extra role as a Narnian

Feature film /2009 /Narnian / The Chronicles of Narnia. The Voyage of the dawn treader

I feel you on that icarus!

I just wanted to say to those who were extras on this movie are very very lucky. And Extras Rock!!!

I have a spoiler related update to make to this thread! Well, sort of, LOL.

"The Noldor Blog", which frequently posts news stories relating to the New Zealand based locations for LOTR (with a particular focus on their potential reuse for the Hobbit) posted two entries on Shane Rangi in the past few weeks, both relating to the fact that he was seen at the "Rivendell" location, holding a prop sword, and accompanied by a production crew. Apparently they were doing some scouting for a future project, but a project that wasn't The Hobbit. But that's neither here nor there.

Anyway, apparently he spoke to Shane Rangi, who told him an interesting tidbit about his character in Dawn Treader:

[spoiler=]Noldor Blog (Feb 26th, 2010): I can personally confirm that Shane Rangi is back in town, back from Australia where he's just finished filming a project. Unusually, he assured me he actually (gasp!) LIVED through an entire movie! Not like him at all, he usually dies at least once, and often more than once per movie.
http://nznoldor.blogspot.com/2010/02/dr ... tings.html

Some updates on Chris Cruickshanks self-titled dwarf character from eCaster:

Chris Cruickshanks - "Cruickshanks" the Dwarf

Chris played the role of Dwarf on Chronicles of Narnia, Voyage of the Dawntreader. Represented by Gilchrist.

I have been acting for 25 years. Most recently i played a 1000 year old Dwarf on Narnia

2009 / 1000 yr old Dwarf / Chronicles of Narnia. Invisible Army / Warner bros

2009 / Slave /Chronicles of Narnia. Invisible Army / Warner Bros

Not quite sure where they are getting the "1000 year old Dwarf" part from. Do Narnian dwarfs live that long? Probably one of those "don't read too much into what they are saying" situations.... Anyway, seems he also doubled as a Slave as well.

Do Narnian dwarfs live that long?

You know, I heard from a reliable source once that Narnian dwarfs are longer-lived than humans. But ummm... the amount that Trumpkin ages from PC to SC implies that they're not quite THAT long lived.

^I don't know about a thousand years but a hundred seems plausable to me. In LWW Tumnus says his father faught in a war- I always assumed that meant against the White Witch when she first came to power, but that would mean that Tumnus would have to be over 100. Further more it says that he iss a middle age faun in HHB, so that puts his lifespan at approximately 200 years.

Do Narnian dwarfs live that long?

You know, I heard from a reliable source once that Narnian dwarfs are longer-lived than humans. But ummm... the amount that Trumpkin ages from PC to SC implies that they're not quite THAT long lived.

I'm sorry but this confuses me. Trumpkin was still alive when King Caspian X died, and Trumpkin is like 15-25 years older then Caspian.

Trumpkin is an undetermined middle age in Prince Caspian. But by Silver Chair he's referred to as an elderly dwarf and has nearly gone deaf. The fact that he ages that much over the period of about 50-60 Narnian years makes the idea that dwarfs live 1000 years unlikely. Unless they don't age at all the first 900 years of their lives and age a whole lot the last 50-100 years.
Does that make more sense DamselJillPole?

It must be one of those moments in the books like the Swanwhite timeline mix up when CS Lewis had forgotten a little and didn't have time to revise it after his death.

A few more mostly unknown castings....

Robert Reitano - Unknown Role

I have had action roles in films such as The Condemned and Daybreakers, and Narnia 3 and on television shows such as Sea Patrol and Beastmaster... I am with 'Williams Talent' here on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Lucas Ross - Handsome Soldier

Lucas Ross is proudly represented by V Management, he has recently starred in The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

2009 / Handsome Soldier / The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader / 20th Century Fox - Michael Apted

*UPDATED*
Hayden Black - Body Double for Edmund

It was great having Hayden Black in the studio to talk about his experience as an actor in the new Narnia movie The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/20 ... ean-shore/

Therese Westbrook - Unknown Role

2009 / The Invisible Army / Dragon Prow Pty Ltd

Kimi Swindells - Unknown Role

Acting Experience - Extras Roles: The Chronicles Of Narnia,The Voyage of The Dawn Treader

Josifini Hawkins - Unknown Role

Film / The Chronicles of Narnia / “Invisible Army” / Movie World Studios

Plus some news on some of the typical roles one agency provided:

ExtrasDirect Agency News

Extras Direct performers were involved with Narinia 3 from the preliminary castings, right up until the very last day on set (about 6 months in total!).

Our extras were used as slaves and villagers, slave drivers, sailors, and first and second mate on the Dawn Treader Ship. Some of our extras were upgraded to featured or speaking roles during filming, and we can't wait until the film is released!

I've gone through and made a few updates to several of the entries on this thread. Of most interest is the addition of "U.S. Naval Officer" (John Sayles, Page 4).

That pairs up nicely to the previous casting of "USA Military Officer" (Simon Edds, Page 2) and makes for a few interesting thoughts regarding the opening scenes... Firstly, whilst you would obviously expect the presence of British Army and British Home Guard soldiers in the background to establish the time period and add some realism, why would they go out of the way to add in American military personnel? Perhaps they thought it would be a way to show that this film is set later in WW2 than the first two films (which were both set in the pre-Pearl Harbour years of the Second World War, and thus before any American involvement in the war) but if they are just going to be in the background of scenes anyway, then would most people even notice that they are in American uniforms? Maybe their role is something more significant than just background? Who knows... Also, why have an American Naval Officer if the opening scene is set in Cambridge, which is about as far from the sea as you can get? Again, who knows...

I've also added to the previous post (just above) the role of "Handsome Soldier" (Lucas Ross), which again probably relates to the opening scenes. However, this one also likely links back to the brief scene descriptions we got with the very first casting call (Page 1) which described a Nurse saying goodbye to her boyfriend soldier, and an older soldier overseeing the intake of new recruits.

In addition to those i also added the recent confirmation that Stefania Duncan (Page 1) is playing the stand-in for Ramandu's Daughter, and have maybe updated a few other random bits and pieces here and there.

Thanks Icarus for always keeping us up-to-date on even the little things!
It helps keep me from going crazy while waiting for the trailer.

Those bits about the American servicemen certainly open up some room for speculation. I wonder if they could in any way be connected with the "Ambassador's Wife at a Party" casting? Just a random thought, putting two odd castings together...

I wonder if the American Soldiers have something to do with Susan's trip to America. If they Susan has a cameo other than in the magician's book, it might be either in America or on the way to America. The scene could be somewhere where there is a dock and American soldiers could be arriving. If they show Susan in America then it would make a lot of sense for there to be American Soldiers.

Not many new casting updates recently. I added a couple of unknowns to the post thats four above this one recently, and i added another Stunt Double to the list on Page 5, but that's about it.

One recent thing i did find that i thought was quite interesting, was for a British voice actor doing ADR ("Automated Dialogue Replacement" or "Additional Dialogue Recording" depending on who you ask) for Dufflepud #1 (played by Greg Poppleton).

John Hasler - ADR for Dufflepud #1

Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Dufflepud #1, ADR of character (dir. Michael Apted)

That's despite an earlier report on a blog entry by Greg Poppleton who posted that he had done ADR for his own character with Michael Apted back in December. Perhaps they just wanted to add a few extra lines for his character, and didn't want to go all the way back to Australia to record them, or perhaps (like Reepicheep) they just decided for whatever reason that they wanted a completely new voice. Who knows.

EDIT: A British Casting agency called "Milaeon" has also recently advertised the fact that they have done casting for the third Narnia movie in England. More ADR voice casting? Stand-ins and Doubles for pick-up shooting? Something else?

http://www.milaeon.co.uk/#/milaeon-cast ... 4533417756