Video: Eustace and a Minotaur
The latest video posted by NarniaWeb Spy Tamara shows the crew filming a scene in which Eustace (Will Poulter) runs into a minotaur on board the Dawn Treader. You can also see Howard Berger with the minotaur, and 2nd AD Jeff Okabayashi talking through the microphone (left side).
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NarniaFans recently posted pictures from this scene. View them here.
UPDATE: Tamara sent us pictures and a report:
Hi, I went to the set again this morning and last Friday. Unfortunately I didn’t see anything to too exciting this time. I did get some shots of Will but that was about it. Some of the photos I have included show the bronze statue, and you can see in the photos that they look like fauns, but they have no horns.. Also, I only just noticed that some of the Narnian crew have different coloured outfits. Some are blue (top) and maroon (pants) and some are maroon (top) and blue (pants). Am I the only person who’s just noticed that?? Haha. Do you think it’s got to do with ranking??
A funny story, there were a whole bunch of people crammed right up at the fence watching and a few of them started to call out to Shane Rangi who was walking around. He came over to talk to them and this little old lady asked him to pose while she took a picture and he gave all the little kids high five’s (don’t reckon they’d have a clue who he was lol). I couldn’t hear what he was saying but everyone was laughing really loudly and some guy came over and had to tell everyone to shut up!
I also heard some people talking and apparently this is the last week that they will be filming at Cleveland!
WOW!!! in loving the videos!!!! GO NARNIA!!!
They enter through a picture in DT, and they go to Narnia in a train crash in LB.
Yes, I saw the BCC ones long before the new ones came out. And they were great films for their day, before CGI technology. The adaptations were far better than the newer ones. The BCC one didn't do very good with PC, but still they did far better than the new one.
I agree completely ugly pig!
The book didn't avoid answering that question, it just wasn't an issue. The Pevensies were fine with it, as mature noble kings and queens ought to be. They didn’t lose their maturity when they came back to London. The movie created that issue, causing Peter to be very childish and foolish and not like the High King of Narnia at all!
Well, to me BBC wasn't better, although it was word for word. It was a total bore. I can easily look over the special effects in the BBC films. I'm talking about the script. I don't know, maybe the actors just made poor deliveries on just about every line…All I know is that it didn't capture the wonder of Narnia, (and I think it was possible to do, even with the limited budget they had).
If we're to go by your theory they were so mature that being made 15 years younger again had no influence or effect on them whatsoever then none of them should have been allowed back to Narnia because they were all, metaphorically speaking, too old and had learned all they can. In the movie, Peter goes from having his pride be his weakness to maturing and passing on Narnia to Caspian. That scene where he says "We're not really needed here anymore." is a huge step in growth compared to the beginning of the movie, and that to me makes much more sense if they aren't allowed to return because they had learned all they can. By this point in the movie it's true, we have seen Peter regain the meaning of what it is to be king, from the boy getting into fights in the underground into a man who can look Caspian in the eye and hand him Rhindon without shame.
My opinion on it is pretty complicated, I guess. I hope the filmmakers can find a good balance between adding action to the movies to build on them and between rewriting the stories. I agree with tentofthatname that “the books aren't long enough or descriptive enough for a full length movie to not take some creative liberties.” I think added action makes them more developed as well as more entertaining (like in LWW, the opening scene with the London Blitz, or when the wolves corner the kids at the waterfall).
PC, on the other hand, is rewritten. Peter's character, contrary to the book, is much changed. Although it may occur to other people, the question “How did he feel to be a school kid after being a high king so many years” hadn't occurred to me, or at least not to an extent that I worried about it and thought the filmmakers should have embellished it. Aren't the kids supposed to be matured from their experience in Narnia, not getting into street fights now “at their ages”? Such as the situation between Caspian and Susan. The reason for their relationship was supposed to be because considering how old they are, you might be expecting romance to go on between the two of them. But who would have thought the movie was missing out on romance if it had been left out, especially because it wasn't in the book in the first place?
Sorry to write so much 😀 I could probably write more, but this is what I think.
Leolani, I meant, "What makes you think that the minatour is the first creature he encounters." We only saw one glimpse of Eustace as he was running around. He could of already saw Reepicheep earlier.
And I've read all the books multiple times, thank you very much. I just don't see why they have to follow the book word for word. I love VDT and all but it could use a little help.
omg! That little clip we saw of them filming is probably just one of many parts of that scene. He has probably already seen reepicheep. Then he gets freaked out again from seeing the minotaur. I know I would freak out if I saw a minotaur even after I just saw a talking mouse.
The BBC versions were sooooooo boring. Even if they had of had great technology and everything to make them they would have still been crap.
Mino: Take this.
Eustace: Ah… /no/.
Mino: WHAT??!!?? *ROARS IN ANGER*
Eustace: *yawn*
Who says that they all have to be afraid?
I know this is kind of random, but I hope they don't make the dufflepods cheesy and corny. lol
I have read the books at least dozens of times. When I saw your question the words "Poggin the Dwarf" came to my mind. At first I didn't remember, than I was like, "Oh yeah! Him!"
I don't know about you, but to me it looks like I'm really going to like the movie's portrayl of the character Eustace. I'm excited for his first encounter and desperation as a dragon.
So, get this: Eustace and the Mino(taur) are part of a secret corporation called 'Smash Narnia To peices And Rule It Like As A Dictator'. SNTPARILAD for short. Anyway: the plot. Eustace an the Mino(taur)tie up and throw Edmund, Caspian, Lucy, Drinian, Rynelf, and Reepicheep (of course, this proves to be a difficult task) overboard. After ransacking the ship, they become pirates and rule the… seas. Narnia never /did/ find out what happened to thier rulers…
Princes Arya: A king in Narnia isn't treated the same way as a boy is treated in London. These boys bumped Peter then tried to make him apologize. In Narnia, no one would dare attempt that without consequences following. In TSC Aslan permits Caspian to visit Earth and whip a couple of school bullies for Eustace and Jill. We're to assume at the time Caspian had the mentality of a king despite being made younger again, yet Aslan allowed him to fight back physically. Granted in the PC book we're not given any indication that other students picked on Peter, but if they had, how do you think he should have responded? The movie explores that and I'm of the opinion we literally get to watch Peter understand how he needed to be reminded of modesty and faith, which is one of the themes of the book. Why else could he not see Aslan when Lucy did?
Eustace: OF CORSE NOT YOU (the following words should… NOT be repeated).
Mino: *clunks Eustace over head with ax*
Say bye bye.
Poor Eustace. My fave character. *sniff*
Yes, I imagine it probably goes like Eustace saying, "Ah! It's a mouse that talks!" Then he freaks out, runs and smashes into the Minotaur.
I'm feeling a little concerned about the bronze statue. It does look like a hornless faun (you can tell by the ears), but where could that come into the story? I really hope they aren't planning on having a faun fall into the Deathwater pool (then again, the pool turns things to gold, not bronze). Also, there seem to be two faun statues, and they look like they're holding hands backwards.
Wow.I've only read the whole books once but I'm constantly rereading parts.I think my favorite one is 'The Silver Chair'.I luv Jill. 🙂
Boy,can you guys write.
I apologize, I misunderstood. But I still think they should be conservative in their use of poetic license (or whatever it is called when referring to adapting a book, lol)
Kind of wierd.
for the simple reason that Reep is one gigantic, sword-wielding rat… err mouse. to Eustace who isnt used to fantastical anything, any talking, upright walking animal is frightening.
one more thing, we dont know how movie-Eustace will react to Reep. in the books he grabs him by the tail and tries to fling him off like any other pest. movie-Eustace could react a bit differently, we dont know how that will play out. but suffice it to say the underlying feeling of fright and revulsion that Eustace feels is being set up, we see that from the footages we're lucky enough to see this early on.
Tenthofthatname –
Understandably, kings are treated like royalty. No one would bump a king and then try to make him apologize for it. But as far as I recall, Aslan only chose people of humility to take the Narnian throne. (Caspian says “I don't think I'm ready” but Aslan says he is, and if Caspian had thought he was ready, that would have been proof he wasn't.) After so many years of reigning as a Narnian king surely Peter would have learned enough to know that especially over such a small matter as occurred in the movie, he did not have to start a whole fight. He could have tried to “walk away,” to quote Susan. Especially, as the police officer says “At your age!” Peter should have known he hadn't needed to do this whether he was a King or not. A King cannot fight over tiny matters with other kings because it's not practical.
As for TSC, I confess I'm not sure. It's in the book, so it's not going against what C.S. Lewis thought. 🙂 As Aslan said to Caspian, they would “be setting things right [in England]”. In the end, Experiment House became a much better school.
The uncut version of Otmin's fight with Oreius in The Battle is one of my favorites!
WOW!!! this is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! I love the pictures & the video! Will looks like he is having a fun time!!!
I wonder what it would be like, meeting a minotaur for the first time!
i agree i really like the way their portraying him. their doing an excellent job
tenthofthatname – Well, for one, Aslan never told them they had learned all they could from Narnia, he just said they were getting too old. And in Lu and Ed’s case, that they must begin to draw close to our world. And the problem I have with Peter regaining the meaning of what it is to be king, is that he never lost it. He was the noble high king all along, and great friends with Caspian.
Princess Arya – Yes, I’m not debating that they can use some creative liberties. They almost overdid it in LWW, but not quite. And about Caspian and Susan’s romance ‘because of their age’ is another problem, because according to C.S. Lewis Caspian wass 12 and Susan was 13.
tenthofthatname – If the real Peter had been picked on, he would not have fought back, he would not even so much as jeered back. As Kine Lune says: ‘Never taunt a man save when he is stronger than you: then, as you please.’ And as Tirian says: ‘No warrior scolds. Courteous words or else hard knocks are his only language.’ And since hard knocks were obviously inappropriate, courteous words are his one alternative. And as for SC, that was a different situation. These bullies were a constant threat, and the situation was one where hard knocks were appropriate.
NarniaNut- haha, yeah….
Princess Arya – hehe, you commented just a moment before I did. I agree completely 😉
Princess Arya: I'm definitely in agreement with you that Peter should have known better but I feel like at the end of the movie he does know better and exhibits a refreshed maturity brought on by the events of PC. I enjoyed watching his character growth and sort of parallel it with Lucy's lesson in Coriakin's house, briefly petulant and then understanding. It's just unfortunate that in the last scene we get Susan's subtle change in behavior towards that boy whose name currently escapes me but not Peter walking away from a fight. By the end of the movie I think he would have.
Well you are entitled to your own opinion of course, but I disagree very much.
it's funny how you can hear a baby crying whie they are filming
tenthofthatname – But the real Peter also knew better than to treat Caspian that way, and visa versa.
I agree with Samuel the Magnificent. BBC even with the right technology couldn't compare to the new movies.
why would Taylor be there?????
I know right! Remember when he saw the minotour? He looked like he was dying inside! ha ha can't wait for this in theaters!
Leolani: Our disagreeing views seem to rest on whether Peter had ever lost it or not. In my opinion, everything about the movie was consistent and realistic to me in terms of him having lost a little bit of that understanding. For Peter we'll never really know how bad it might have been for him. All boys boarding schools aren't always the friendliest of places but this is purely speculation and just sort of echos my having questioned the effect of being made young again. Considering how Peter couldn't see Aslan either I pretty much associate that with his one year on Earth and how it affected him. Yet during the duel with Miraz I felt he had returned to his manner and position of High King. Also in the books, I personally don't feel Peter and Caspian had the "page time" to establish a believable friendship. We know Caspian feels tongue-tied around him. We know Peter won't let him fight because Miraz would laugh at him. They certainly did not get a rapport the way Caspian and Edmund do in VDT. But in the PC movie we see Peter and Caspian go from rivals to unquestionable allies, from having reservations to having respect. Again, subjective, because that new element made the story better for me. It's just a shame that though they filmed the picking marshals scene it had to be cut from the cinema version.
For the record though, I can't agree with Caspian and Susan romance, not because of their ages or that it wasn't in the book…but because I felt it lacked a lot of chemistry in the movie. I wasn't convinced they liked each other, not even in the deleted archery scene.
Can someone point out the bronze statue for me? I can't see it.
ha ha that's really funny… 🙂
A faun might dive in. A poor, hornless, faun, ears cut of by Edmund in a temper.
Oh, I agree on the cheesy-biz! That would be bad! — Anyways, I meant intimidated. But I think it will work out as long as they don't turn it into another "Eragon". So far it doesn't sound like they will.
Yeah, classic! 😉
In picture IMG_0925 it looks like the statues are holding something made of a gold color. I'm thinking they're actually part of the ship design.
REALLY?! 8o Just Kidding! That's very funny! ;D Especially since we know how dangerous Edmund can be! Lol!
What I heard about Andrew Adamson was that he said “If you look at Anna and you look at Ben, you almost find it hard not to believe that something is going on between them.” They're supposed to be playing children much younger than they actually are. People watching the movies are supposed to think of them as the young teenagers Caspian and Susan, not the 18-year-old Anna and 26-year-old Ben.
Leolani, I do agree with you. I know they can use creative liberties but sometimes they just take it too far.
I do not like the idea of Caspian and Peter being rivals in the movie because Peter is supposed to say “I haven't come to take your place, you know, but to put you into it.” Then in the movie, there you have it with Peter contradicting that (Just the way he talks to Caspian. Sorry I can't think of the quotes at the moment.) But many aspects of the movie upset me and to get into all of them would take up quite a bit of space, haha.
To put my conclusions here: my feelings in Prince Caspian the Movie is that in the filmmakers' attempt to add onto the characters and think through the story more than Lewis did, they switched their personalities, contradicted the book, and thus made them totally different characters. Put that way, it's a disgrace and I won't agree with it. If you do not compare it to the book, it is fine and no one would think anything bad about it. It has plenty of action and suspense.
lol yeah I like Redwal alot
I agree..because all Caspian had was his Telmarine sword.I guess he could have gotten another…but it would be a bit bland if he didn't have Peter's old sword.
right on!
Thank you. I always knew i had talent 😉 lol, just kidding.
With Eustace? Oh it will be screaming, people offended, minotaurs throwing bratting little boys who can't swim into the ocean. That kind of stuff.
a minotuar???
Yeah i dont think she would really care about narnia….
Not really. I mean if you watch the Jane Eyere show Georgie Henley is in its as good as movies so it just wasn't good technology back then.
This is just my opinion but I feel that caspian shouldn't use Peters sword I know he gave it to him but I always thought that it would be to look after it like he did with lucys codrial not to use I mean Father christmas gave it to him distinktivly and it has peters inishals on it(if you check out Lww story book at the library it has a pic. of his sword and if you look close you can see them) so its peters exactly.
lol happy giant you remind me of my sister(Shes not a narnia person, but shes supportive and I don't care when she makes fun of it when we are listening to the book on tape or watching the movie cause she makes me laugh in the end.
Me too plus if she is shes to busy any ways.
I n't think the audience will be scared of the minotaures because if they saw the last movie they see the miotaures fight on the good side and thats enough to say the minotaures are good now and you see some minotaures in the good bye sceen so if they saw the last movie they see plenty of the minotaures being on the good side so they know they're good.
me too it was hilarious