# Liam Neeson Reacts To Meryl Streep Taking Over ‘Narnia’ Role Of Aslan: “Nobody Better”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/liam-neeson-reacts-to-meryl-streep-taking-over-narnia-role-of-aslan-nobody-better/
- Published: 2026-11-05T03:04:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T03:22:03+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/liam-neeson-reacts-meryl-streep-narnia-aslan-1237213943/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Neeson approves of Streep voicing Aslan.
- Gerwig’s film is due in cinemas on 12 February.
- *The Magician’s Nephew* tells Narnia’s creation story.

## Summary

Liam Neeson has welcomed Meryl Streep taking over the voice of Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s forthcoming Narnia film, saying no one would be better suited to the role. The casting passes the character to Streep after Neeson voiced the lion in three earlier films.

Gerwig’s adaptation, *The Magician’s Nephew*, is due in cinemas on 12 February. She said she wanted an actor over 70 who could convey wisdom, emotional depth and joy; the story follows Aslan creating Narnia, long before the events of *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*.

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