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The following is a transcript from roundtable interviews conducted in New York City on May 3. The questions were posed by reporters from various "religious" media. Six sessions were held with cast members and writers. I intend to present these sessions (which will each be divided into two or three parts) over the the next several weeks.

This Friday, May 16th, look for my review of Prince Caspian. Starting Memorial Day weekend, click through to the Narnia Features page to find more interviews from the NYC roundtables.

This is the first part of the interview with Georgie Henley, who plays Lucy, and William Moseley, who plays Peter.

Did you have any mishaps with swords while you were doing this movie?

WM: I did actually, I had a few. One was, because... I remember I was actually doing a kill count check. Each time I would kill somebody, I would just tick it off. I got down to 40, or something probably like around 29... I must have... I felt terrible... I must have clipped this guy on the nose—his nose was bleeding, obviously. In this next shot—it was kind of weird—this guy had a staff and he was about to hit me, like, in here. And I was about to take the hit and go down or whatever. Anyway, instead (these are trained), he smacks me in the ear. I am not even joking! And I kind of looked at him, like you know, whaaa? And he kind of like, mmmm, and I was... alright I won't hit anyone else again—I'm really sorry. It's like, you don't want to mess with those guys!

In the closing scene you say you won't be coming back to Narnia when you say you've learned everything you can from Narnia. What did you learn?

WM: That's a good question, actually. You know, I... we learned... well actually my and Susan's character learned a lesson in humility. And I think leadership at the end of the day is about serving other people. It's about serving, you know, a place—a country, or you know. Not serving yourself. So, Peter really had to learn that very valuable lesson and reinstate his trust in Aslan. You know, Aslan says you've learned all you can, you know. Your trust is 100% in me and all the leadership skills you've learned. Peter has to obviously pass Narnia on to Caspian—pass the torch on, you know, very honorably and nobly. I don't think he would have done that at the start by any means, so, there's definitely a strong leadership journey there.

Unlike in the first film, your character, this one seems to be more action driven. My question to both of you, did you approach your roles differently as you would have previously?

GH: I definitely think that I would have wanted to do some stunts, definitely! I've always been like that. And also I think that because Lucy has grown up since the last film, she understands the fighting more, and I think she feels like it's alright to be a part of it. So, I think, approaching the role differently? Definitely. It definitely was approached with a lot more, I'd say... openness.

WM: For me too! You know I actually trained in New York for 3 ½ months. I trained on my action—to get better—and.... I knew I was taking on a new role this time—kind of a different character. And also I knew it was going to be a more physical film. So I trained sort of three times a week in this underground Brooklyn boxing gym. I mean I was literally the only white person... the only English person there. So it was like [in an American accent lower pitch], "Hey guys." It was very awkward... And I remember when I was on the speed bag. It was very [imitating the sound of hitting a punching bag slowly] dumb dumb, dumb dumb. And there was this boy—he must have been thirteen... And I don't know why—he wasn't in school. I'm not going to answer that question. He was just like so fast, it was really incredible. It gave me the motivation to go full ahead with these stunts and to commit myself 110%. And watching it back, I was really pleased with the physical aspect of the film.

Right now, I'm noticing that there's a lot of paparazzi that are following celebrities around. Is that starting to happen with you? And are people giving you help in having to deal with that? Because it's kind of a strange atmosphere.

GH: It's a strange feeling, I mean I've never... I mean I'm only twelve, but I've never understood the concept of taking pictures of people here in films and stuff. And I still don't really understand it. But, we are kind of getting a bit of that outside of the hotel sometimes. But, it's good because our team are really supportive, and every time we're in the car it's like "What do you want to do? Do you want to just go for it or are you going to stop?" And it's definitely a decision. You've got to make it together really.  

Do you experience that back in England as much as here? Or is it more of an American thing?

WM: I think it's more here...

GH: Yeah. Yeah... go ahead.

WM: I was going to say the paparazzi—it's a very different thing to fans. There's two different things. There's the paparazzi, and there's the fans. For me, I was saying to Georgie yesterday. Georgie was very upset because this guy had been waiting there for like five hours, and I kind of understand that. But, also, you know, if it's the paparazzi, and they're making a profit out of your signature and your photo—that's not really why we're in it, you know. We're just four normal kids; I mean, that sounds silly, but we really are. If it's like a kid, of course we're going to sign it. Or whatever we can. But, if it's the paparazzi and they're making a profit out of it then there definitely needs to be kind of a restriction about it. And our representation is really, really good for that.

GH: I know there's like ground rules that need to be, like there's a line that you know. I think there's a line with every single, like with every celebrity... well, we're not celebrities... that you know you don't cross really. Nobody's really crossed it yet really. That's good.

Next time: Georgie talks about why Lucy has such a special relationship with Aslan, and William talks about the difference between the White Witch and Miraz: which enemy is scarier to face?