Posted by: @col-klink

That's been the consensus on Narniaweb and, honestly, even on Narniaweb it's been mostly just Glumpuddle who's been saying they should cast a younger voice actor for Aslan. I can't remember anyone else saying that...

Me! I'm a huge fan of the idea of a younger, wilder Aslan voice. But I agree I'm very much in the minority.

Posted by: @col-klink.

That's been the consensus on Narniaweb and, honestly, even on Narniaweb it's been mostly just Glumpuddle who's been saying they should cast a younger voice actor for Aslan. (I can't remember anyone else saying that though that could just be my memory.) We don't know what Netflix's ideas are for any of the characters. Neither they nor Gerwig have actually said anything about them in interviews. 

To be fair, yes, I should have clarified that I meant on NarniaWeb.

If you look on the Casting Discussion thread though there are quite a few people besides Glumpuddle and Fantasia who have either used the word "younger" or suggested predominantly younger casting picks, so it's probably not a minority opinion.

Either way, if I were casting the voice of a female lion from a British fantasy book, I'd probably list off a hundred other actresses names before I got to Meryl Streep. So many much better choices out there.

OK, thanks for the reminders. I guess I just don't pay as much attention to the Casting as much as I do some of the other forums, partly because I don't have that many strong opinions on who should or shouldn't be cast myself. (I think there are a lot of great actors out there.) 

Personally I'm looking forward to shaking a finger at the very naughty person who started this story. 😠

@col-klink I am familiar with the original book. I'm also a history buff who spends way too much of her time on fashion history YouTube, sooo I may be ticked off over the lack of historical accuracy. That may have affected my opinion. 😅

You know, it occurs to me that it'd be funny if Greta Gerwig cast Saoirse Ronan as Jadis and Meryl Streep as Aunt Letty because in her Little Women movie, Ronan's character and Streep's character got along about as well as Jadis and Letty.