Director Greta Gerwig's upcoming adaptation of 'The Chronicles of Narnia' faces backlash due to casting news that Meryl Streep is in talks to voice Aslan, a traditionally male character. Fans expressed outrage on social media, asking why a female voice was considered for Aslan, who symbolizes masculine traits in the source material by C.S. Lewis. Critics argue this decision may be seen as an unnecessary gender swap rather than creating a new character. Gerwig is set to direct two Narnia movies, the first releasing in IMAX on Thanksgiving 2026 before streaming on Netflix.
"But Aslan is a male lion?" one fan wrote on X. "Why do they feel the need to gender-swap Aslan?"
"Aslan is literally a male lion. Will all due respect to Meryl Streep's acting abilities, there's no conceivable reason to cast a female as Aslan"
"@netflix this is nothing short of insane. Its an assault on the fan base," a different account wrote.
"Have you learned nothing from the Snow White disaster?" they added.
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