The big Christmas movie of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe goes on general release today. The classic good-versus-evil tale is full of magical characters and Dawn French got to play one of them: Mrs Beaver, who meets the bewildered Pevensie children in Narnia.
Although Mr and Mrs Beaver are CGI characters, Dawn was able to have fun with the role. The world premiere was at the Royal Albert Hall last night and she was there with Ray Winstone, who plays Mr Beaver.
"He was definitely one of the reasons why I took the job. I know Ray very well. We're old muckers. I thought we'd be in the same room together having a laugh and in fact virtually everything was done separately. I feel a bit of a fraudster actually because all the other cast members worked really hard on the film whereas I just had a lot of fun in a small darkened room, mainly eating quite a lot of cake."
Full interview with Dawn French on her Narnia role.
Trivia Link: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is directed by Andrew Adamson, who directed Shrek 2 which featured Jennifer Saunders.