If he is indeed playing Digory Kirke, it's an interesting choice to age up the character, but not a decision I'd be mad at.

Hopefully, it's not a matter of Louis Partridge playing a 12-year-old Digory. If this turns out to be true, I'd rather they age up the character slightly because Louis is currently 21 and does not pass a pre-teen.

@rilianix Right now, I think I'd agree with you. Aging up the character doesn't necessarily change Digory's emotional journey but will have to think more about it.

Please investigate quickly, @impending-doom , cause this is messing with my head!

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Hopefully, it's not a matter of Louis Partridge playing a 12-year-old Digory. If this turns out to be true, I'd rather they age up the character slightly because Louis is currently 21 and does not pass a pre-teen.

@rilianix Right now, I think I'd agree with you. Aging up the character doesn't necessarily change Digory's emotional journey but will have to think more about it.

Do you know a lot of 21-year-olds who crawl around in the rafters of attics and imagine that the reason a house in the neighborhood hasn't been lived in for years is that it's haunted or a hideout for criminals? I don't like this whole aging up the characters idea.

@col-klink Well first of all, I don't think they'd make him 21. Partridge has a young face, not so young as to play a 12 year old, but young enough to maybe meet in the middle. 17? Maybe exploring a Digory on the verge of manhood while his mother is deathly ill, could be interesting and would be in-keeping with themes Gerwig has explored in her other work, and remember how the actresses in Little Women also played younger, even if they were portraying two different time periods.

I'd say a teenager would still "crawl around in the rafters of attics and imagine that the reason a house in the neighbourhood hasn't been lived in for years is that it's haunted or a hideout for criminals" if they wanted to.

I'm certainly not suggesting Digory be a 21-year-old. That would fundamentally change his actions and perception of his character from the audience.

I think he would be able to effectively pass as a 15/16-year-old though. That way the impact of possibly losing his mother (which drives a lot of the narrative) is still just as devasting for him. If Digory's mother were sick when he was fully grown, while terrible and horrifying, maybe doesn't justify his actions.

As with the original cast, i suppose they could make him look at least 15 years old to play Digory. I'm satisfied that at least the character's nationality is respected.

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Please investigate quickly, @impending-doom , cause this is messing with my head!

UPDATE: NarniaWeb's sources confirm this report was incorrect!

Posted by: @impending-doom

UPDATE: NarniaWeb's sources confirm this report was incorrect!

Thanks for the quick update! Great job, NarniaWeb team! We can all breathe again.

Posted by: @rilianix

Maybe exploring a Digory on the verge of manhood while his mother is deathly ill, could be interesting and would be in-keeping with themes Gerwig has explored in her other work, and remember how the actresses in Little Women also played younger, even if they were portraying two different time periods.

I know you love the 2019 Little Women, and I love its script as opposed to the movie as a whole but one of the worst parts of it was Florence Pugh as young Amy. Having older actresses play the character worked in the 1933 and 1949 movies because most of the performances were hammy and "theatrical." But the actors of the 2019 movie were all giving modern, realistic performances and the theatrical convention of an adult playing a kid stuck out like a sore thumb (especially in a scene where she was interacting with a bunch of other young girl characters who were played by actual young girls.) And it's not just me who feels that way; I've heard others express the same opinion. I say all that with sorrow because I considered the character of Amy in that movie to be really well written and I generally enjoy Florence Pugh as an actress. Sheesh, technically speaking, I enjoy her performance as young Amy. She brought a lot of gusto to the role. But I can only enjoy it by taking it out context. In the context of the movie, it's a problem for me. So what you're saying just kind of makes me uncomfortable with Greta Gerwig directing The Magician's Nephew-or rather it would if Narniaweb didn't confirm the report was incorrect. What's their source of information BTW? I'd assume it's Netflix itself but then why not say so?

Moved to Rumors and locked now that this story has been debunked!

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What's their source of information BTW? I'd assume it's Netflix itself but then why not say so?

Deadline has since removed the part of the article that referenced Partridge being involved with Narnia, so I very much doubt that their source was Netflix. The author may have seen Partridge's name on IMDb (where it has appeared for the last ten days or so, until it was removed today) and assumed it was correct.