SKANDAR KEYNES
Alexander Amin Casper Keynes
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)Mini Biography
Skandar Amin Casper Keynes (born 5 September 1991) is an English actor best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in the 2005 film adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He will return in the role of Edmund in the film's sequel The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, which is currently scheduled for release in the summer of 2008.Keynes was born in London to writer Randal Keynes and Zelfa Cecil Hourani and has a sister called Soumaya. Through his father, Keynes is the great-great-great grandson of the famous scientist Charles Darwin. His great grandfather Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1932.
His maternal grandfather, Cecil Fadlo Hourani, is a famous writer of Lebanese descent, and the brother of Albert Hourani, also a well-known writer and professor. Keynes attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from 2000 to 2005 and currently attends the all-boys City of London School.
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Trivia
He grew six-and-a-half inches while filming The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). He had to get his armor fixed weekly.Can ride a horse.
Plays the cornet and flute.
Attended Anna Scher Theatre School, 2000-2005.
Studies tae kwon do.
The name Skandar is of Turkish origin meaning Alexander; oddly enough his character Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) is obsessed with a delicacy called Turkish Delight.
He auditioned for the role of Simon in Nanny McPhee (2005), prior to being cast as Edmund in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). Thomas Brodie-Sangster won the role of Simon.
Is the great-great-great grandson of naturalist Charles Darwin and son of author Randal Keynes.
He has an elder sister named Soumaya Keynes.
He is the son of 'Zelfa Cecil Hourani' (who is of Lebanese descent) and Randal Keynes.
He attends the City of London School, a private all-boys school.
Attends the same school as actors Daniel Radcliffe and Harry Michell. As of September 2006 to July 2007, both he and Harry are in Fourth Form (Year Ten) with Dan in Senior Sixth Form (Year Thirteen).
Was banned from eating sugar products on set during the filming of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) due to hyperactive tendencies.
Plays cricket.
Loves playing video games.
He was trained to sword fight by sword trainer Allan Poppleton while working on the film The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and also learned to ride a horse.
Enjoys playing football and is a supporter of Arsenal Football Club.
Despite his mother's Lebanese roots, his family's practice of vacationing in Beirut every summer, and his years of weekend language classes, he admitted to The New Yorker magazine that he "doesn't speak Arabic all that well."
His father is the great-nephew of famed economist John Maynard Keynes.
A piece in the July 31, 2006, issue of The New Yorker magazine reported that Keynes and his family had flee Beiruit shortly after arriving there for their annual summer vacation when the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict started. The family decided to leave when Skandar's grandfather had men, possibly Hezbollah militants, come to the house and asked him about the identities of the British visitors.
A descendant of Charles Darwin.
Personal Quotes
"When it's all over I won't miss the bruises he gave me to impress girls, or the occasional scar which will give me a story to tell my grandchildren, but I'll definitely miss the pranks and the laughing and all the making fun of each other. I'll miss the funky advice he gives me about everything -- football, girls, video games, clothes. Most of all, I'll miss having an older brother." (on costar, William Moseley)"For safety reasons during the rehearsal we had to use a rubber ball, which has a really strange bounce that made it hard to hit. Then when we were finally using the real ball for the scene, Will bowled it wide of me every single time so I couldn't hit it. I was furious. Then Andrew started to doubt that I could actually play cricket, and he asked me to pretend to hit the ball for the rest of the rehearsals. On the next ball, I hit it as hard as I could. It smashed into some of our lighting, and the crew yelled, "Skan-DAR!'" (on the cricket scene)
"He's magical. He's great with children. Amazingly fun and cool and funny. Lots of hair too." (about director Andrew Adamson)
"When I first met Georgie, she was very eager to talk. Georgie is great. She's small and hilarious. To laugh at. I mean with - to laugh with."
"I can counter everyone but Andrew. One day, because he's always taking the mick out of me, I'm going to have the best comeback ever. I'm going to call him up thirty years from now and say, 'Hey, Andrew, remember when you said this? Well...'"
"Well, let's see. Edmund is the black sheep of the family, the outcast. He's always trying to get up to the level of the older two by putting down Lucy. He's very immature and full of resentment." - on his character, Edmund Pevensie, in the Chronicles of Narnia
I prefer my character over all the others. I really think I have the best character. Of course, he's a lot like me. He is the tyrant of the family, which I am, and, yep, he succumbs to temptation very easily. Edmund is the black sheep of the family, always teasing Lucy. But, in the end, Narnia makes him good. He goes through the most radical change, starts to appreciate his family. The adventure really changes him into a better person. (Narnia production notes)
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WILLIAM MOSELEY
Gloucestershire, England
Date of Birth:
April 27, 1987
Role That Got Him Noticed:
Playing Peter in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe released in 2005.
A Relative in Show Business:
William Moseley's father is cinematographer Peter Moseley.
Family Facts:
William Peter Moseley is the older brother of Daisy and Ben.
Education:
Attended Sheepscombe Primary School
William Moseley's Acting Background:
Moseley's dream of being an actor took a major step forward when he was just an enthusiastic 10-year-old kid. Pippa Hall, a casting director for Cider with Rosie, stopped by his school and although Moseley didn't nab a role in that film, Hall did keep the aspiring actor in mind when other films were being cast. In fact it was Hall's partner, Gail Stevens, who hired Moseley for his first professional acting job. Stevens cast him in Goodbye, Mr Chips, a 2002 telefilm. In 2004, Moseley beat out 3,000 young actors to land the coveted role of Peter in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Commenting on his casting, director Andrew Adamson said, "When we cast William as Peter, he was just 15 and had never done anything like this before." Moseley reprised his role in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, also directed by Adamson. "William's transformation was not dissimilar to that of his character, Peter, in the story, from this 17-year-old boy into a young man. I don’t think he’d even been on a movie set before. He was just this really great kid you wanted to be your big brother. And now, William has turned out to be a handsome and capable young man," said Adamson about Moseley's transformation over the course of the first two Narnia adventures.GEORGIA LAURA HENLEY
Date of Birth
9 July 1995, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England, UKBirth Name
Georgia Laura HenleyHeight
5' 4" (1.63 m)Trivia
She was brought up in Ilkley, West YorkshireAs a thank you gift for being in his movie, Andrew Adamson gave each of the children an iPod. When Georgie got hers she thanked him whole-heartedly, but once he was out of earshot she turned to her mother and said, "What is it?"
While filming The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe she wrote two books. One titled The Snow Stag, the other A Pillar of Secrets.
Has two older sisters, Rachael Henley and Laura Henley.
Parents are Helen and Mike Henley.
Whilst filming The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), she was thrown a party to celebrate her 9th birthday (July 2004).
Her elder sister Rachael Henley played the older version of Lucy in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005).
Kept a tape-recorded journal recording her experiences during the filming of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). Some of this was later published in a book about the making of the film.
Attends Bradford Grammar School, West Yorkshire and is also a part of the Ilkley Upstagers' Theatre Group.
Since the release of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Georgie has appeared in the stage version of Babes In The Wood with her local theater group, which ran from 27th January to 4th February 2006.
Personal Quotes
On working on the movie: "It is quite tiring and it was a bit overwhelming at first, but everyone is doing everything they can to help, so it's cool."Lucy is quite a lot like me in a way so it was very easy to slip into her character. Lucy's the youngest of the four Pevensies and nobody takes her opinions seriously as the story begins. When she opens this wardrobe, she's in a new world and she feels as though her feelings mean something there. (Narnia production notes)
(on filming 'Dawn Treader', without Popplewell and Moseley) Normally, I'm the most annoying one. So it's going to be a shame for Skandar when Anna or Will aren't around to shut me up.
ANNA POPPLEWELL
Date of Birth
16 December 1988, London, England, UKBirth Name
Anna Katherine PopplewellHeight
5' 3½" (1.61 m)Trivia
Since the age of six, Anna has been attending drama classes at "Allsorts Drama" school. "Allsorts" has an agency which allows children the opportunity to work professionally in film and television.Her mother Deborah is an immunologist and her father Andrew is a barrister.
Lives in London, England
She attends North London Collegiate School, a prestigious girls' private school, where she is due to sit her A-Levels in May 2007.
Acted alongside her sister in "Love in a Cold Climate" (2001).
Older sister of Freddie Popplewell & Lulu Popplewell.
Has done work experience for medicine, law and advertising.
Member of the congregation of St. Bride's church in London. Her mother, Deborah Popplewell, was a Churchwarden.
Lives around the corner from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) co-star Skandar Keynes.
Her paternal grandfather Sir Oliver Popplewell was a former High Court judge.
Is friends with Jeremy Sumpter, who acted alongside her brother Freddie Popplewell in Peter Pan (2003).
Kept a journal during the filming of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), which was later published in a book about the making of the movie.
Auditioned for the part of Wendy in Peter Pan (2003) but lost to Rachel Hurd-Wood. It was through this audition that her brother got his role in the film.
Failed her first driving test in July 2006.
Got 10 GCSEs.
Says her biggest Christmas present in 2006 was her 18th birthday party (her birthday is shortly before Christmas).
Was the Head Girl of her school in her final year.
Performed her first screen kiss on The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008).
Studying at Oxford University, according to an interview on BBC Breakfast 19th June 2008. Just finished her first year.
Auditioned for Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), but didn't get a callback.
Personal Quotes
"I can relate to Susan. She thinks in terms of practicality. There are certain areas where we're very similar and certain areas where we're not. I feel very defensive of her. If anyone accuses Susan of being an outright cynic, I'll say, 'No, she's not. There's a perfectly logical explanation for it all. Don't talk about her like that!'" (on her character, Susan Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia)"Skandar has these eyes that are really expressive and quite penetrating." (on her first impression of costar Skandar Keynes)
"It's gone more quickly than I expected; the time has really flown past. It's a bit like a long and lovely dream, and now I'm ready to wake up." (on the experience of filming the Chronicles of Narnia)
"It's a laid-back set, and everyone's very friendly. Andrew is so relaxed that it makes everyone else relaxed." - On the set of the Chronicles of Narnia
Each of the characters in 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' has their own journey and Susan's no different. Like Peter, she feels the obligation of looking after her younger brother and sister and it's something that has made her grow up too fast - being saddled with all that responsibility. When she comes to Narnia, she thinks she's too grown up to believe in it. But, through this adventure, she becomes more open to the idea of being in this magical land. By the end, it's changed her for the better and she becomes unafraid of being a child. It's a real journey for her. (Narnia production notes)
You start wondering if they could have used CG and you have to wonder whether they'll need actors anymore! Dangerous ground!
Where Are They Now
(July 2008) Studying English at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. She has successfully completed her first year. She is very active in student drama productions, including the staging of Macbeth at FSX theatres in Oxford, England.(2009) Currently resides in Highbury, London.
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