Puddleglum's speech will be in the movie
Posted: Dec 20, 2016 11:08 am
Gresham confirmed that Puddleglum's famous "speech" from The Silver Chair will be in the movie. Not surprising of course; it's one of the iconic moments from the book.
I have been thinking through how this might play in the film, especially since I'm predicting the third act of the story will be tweaked the most in the adaptation (I'm thinking a PC level of re-structuring). I wonder... what if they made this into less of a speech and more of a conversation between Puddleglum and the queen? Make it seem more like a back and forth conflict. That might work better on film. Just a thought.
The one suggestion I would make to the actor playing Puddleglum is to make it clear that the character is not actually doubting Narnia's existence. He stamped out the fire and is no longer under a spell. The speech is about proclaiming the now-obvious truth, not trying to convince himself of something he's doubting.
Here's a video I just posted about it.
I have been thinking through how this might play in the film, especially since I'm predicting the third act of the story will be tweaked the most in the adaptation (I'm thinking a PC level of re-structuring). I wonder... what if they made this into less of a speech and more of a conversation between Puddleglum and the queen? Make it seem more like a back and forth conflict. That might work better on film. Just a thought.
The one suggestion I would make to the actor playing Puddleglum is to make it clear that the character is not actually doubting Narnia's existence. He stamped out the fire and is no longer under a spell. The speech is about proclaiming the now-obvious truth, not trying to convince himself of something he's doubting.
Here's a video I just posted about it.