The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) on Netflix
PG20082h 30mActionAdventureFamily
Prince Caspian learns his uncle Miraz means to kill him and blows Queen Susan's ancient horn. In England, the Pevensie siblings are pulled back to Narnia, where their castle lies in ruins.
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Thirteen hundred years have passed in Narnia since the Pevensie siblings left it. Caspian, a Telmarine prince, is woken by his mentor, Doctor Cornelius, who warns that his aunt has borne a son and that his uncle, King Miraz, has reason to want him dead. Cornelius entrusts him with Queen Susan's ancient horn, which is to be blown in dire need. Soldiers chase him; he falls from his horse, and two dwarfs, Nikabrik and Trumpkin, and a talking badger, Trufflehunter, find him. Trumpkin is captured after giving himself up for the prince, and Caspian, not knowing who means to help him, sounds the horn. In England, a year has passed; the four Pevensies are waiting at a tube station when the platform breaks apart, and they arrive in a Narnia where their castle, Cair Paravel, lies in ruins.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
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- Ben Barnes, cast as Prince Caspian, left England without telling the Royal National Theatre, where he was set to tour with The History Boys; the theater, furious that he went without permission, considered suing him for breach of contract but decided against it.
- Andrew Garfield auditioned for Prince Caspian but was passed up for not being "handsome enough", according to his agent; Nicholas Hoult also auditioned for the role.
- On top of the film's $225 million budget, almost $100 million of which was spent on the effects, Disney spent a further $175 million promoting it.
- Peter Dinklage, who played the dwarf Trumpkin, was bitten by sand flies and fell into a river on his first day of filming; producer Mark Johnson recalled they were lucky he returned after that first day.
- For the bridge battle shot near Bovec in Slovenia's Soča Valley, the crew built a large bridge modeled on the one Julius Caesar built across the Rhine; Caesar supposedly built his in ten days, while the filmmakers had around forty.
- The film's British premiere was held at the O2 Arena, the first time the dome hosted a film screening; around 10,000 people attended and the proceeds went to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
- Director Andrew Adamson called the river-god the character he was most proud of, and said the visual effects company told him they had been waiting ten years to do a shot of controlling water like that.
- To create Trufflehunter's den, Ford's crew put a camera inside a badger's den to study what it should look like; the den's roof then had to be raised by three inches because Ben Barnes was too tall.
