Why was reepicheep recast

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Cynthia says:. NarnianAllTheWay says:. June 25, at PM. June 27, at AM. June 29, at PM. July 6, at PM. MurtaghLuv says:. July 10, at PM. I can imagine this working if they made it so that Reepicheep has become substantially older since the last film three years is significantly longer for a mouse than it is for a human.

And thus, his voice has changed. In terms of the story, this angle really could work. It might even add something to the end of the story, if they make it clear that Reepicheep is nearing the end of his life. Maybe they are thinking that since he is older he will be taken more seriously in his role. Or the emotions of the role will mean more to him. The important thing, I believe, is that he doesn't think Reepicheep's longing for the end of the world and Aslan's Country is crazy.

If he can understand the book Reepicheep I definitely think his voice will be a very good choice for the role. I'll be praying for him.

I was horrified when I saw this and I'm still not really happy with it, but alot of the time when I hear who is going to do a part in a movie, I try and think of what it might sound like and I usually think it won't be good. When I see the movie I'm always shocked at how good it is so I think we should give Bill Nighy a chance.

Well, this is certainly a shocking piece of news. I wonder why Eddie Izzard chose not to repeat his role of Reepicheep. Hmm… This could be interesting. He did change his voice a lot for "Pirates", so maybe he'll sound more like the Reepicheep we all grew to know in PC in the movie. Well, just so long as they don't switch Aslan or any non-CG characters!

Strange about the changing of actors. I was happy with Izzard but Nighy sounds great too. I just hope I'm not distracted by the change. As long as Reep's charcter is good I won't care.

It's Reep I love. Not his voice. Where have I been? I wasn't expecting this. I'm not too sure about how I think of this new person yet….. I think Nighy is a good choice. It would have been nice, for consistency's sake, to have Izzard return, but apparently it just wasn't to be. That performance shows that his range goes far beyond "tentacley" Captain Jones! I am really not happy with this change. I kind of died a little on the inside when I heard about it actually.

It was bad enough Disney was dropping the movie. That I got over after a little while but this will bug me to no end. Though I am curious as to why he was recast, and there is a number of posabilities, I think they would have been better off with Izzard.

Mainly because of Reepicheep's fanbase. Just by looking at these comments I can see the majority of us isn't very happy because for the past few years, wether he was the right choice for the role or not, Izzard's voice was what we thought of when we pictured Reepicheep. I don't care all that much for Nighy, but if I could take the recasting of the dub for Pokemon and still watch the show despite it, I can suck it up and keep my mouth quiet about Nighy as Reep's voice.

I just hope he doesn't sound any different. I'm sure I'll get over it the minute the movie comes out I've been waiting for it so long, but what I really don't think I can take is if they make Reepicheep older. That would kill the whole movie for me. Don't get me wrong, I like both of them. It's the inexplainable change I don't like.

How many MORE changes will we be subjected to? Then again, as someone stated above, we'll just have to wait and see when the film comes out.

A warrior mouse named Reepicheep. This is going to be a total disaster. Why, Disney? Narnia: 70th Anniversary Video. So what do you think? Go back to the homepage, scroll down, and vote!

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Caspian says:. DamselJillPole says:. February 20, at AM. Clive Staples Sibelius says:. KingSkandartheJust says:. The Great and Fearless Pug says:. KingofKings'Daughter says:. It was pretty evident the way it had to go. Two reasons. The other issue is that when Andrew did Caspian , he shot it in Eastern Europe, so he was using Eastern European actors and he went for that European version of English.

Now, I was shooting in Australia, so my challenge was to use Australian actors and get them to have English voices. The producers have been very candid about the fact that they were disappointed with the second film.

What lessons did you draw from how that did? In all fairness, that one was a pretty dark book. It has no [consistent] energy to it, and we had to take fairly bold measures to give it a narrative spine that would drive the emotion and humor of this story. That took us quite a long time to figure out. What happened with the voice of Reepicheep, the heroic warrior mouse?

We tried a lot of people, and Simon walked in and there was something about it that I liked — I liked the vitality and subtlety of it — so I did it with him. People responded to it and it worked out, but it was kind of an awkward [situation]. I think Simon did well, but it was an awkward time for me. Eustace is an almost thrillingly bratty character — you guys really went for it.

Were there any worries, though, that he might be too unsympathetic for children to eventually root for? The initial studio response was somewhat negative to him. I must say, I had to stand my ground a bit with the studio, and I think we came through. The other unnerving thing that I contested with them was that half the movie is the relationship between Eustace and Reepicheep.