77-year-old Meryl Streep will voice Aslan. And with that, unintentionally, she sparked a war online. 🦁
Greta Gerwig, the same person who reinvented Barbie, chose Streep to voice the lion in Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, Netflix’s new production based on the book by C.S. Lewis. For many Christians, Aslan isn’t just a character; he represents Christ within the magical world created by Lewis. So when it became known that a woman would lend her voice to the “all-powerful male lion”, social media filled with outrage: “Aslan is obviously a male lion, what is this about?”, one user wrote.
Gerwig explained that she was looking for someone over 70, with wisdom but also childlike wonder, and that David Bowie was a key inspiration for this version of the character. While some fans have already declared that “the film is doomed to fail”, others admit they are simply curious to see how this classic is transformed. The film hits theaters on February 12, 2027. 🎬