First, it must be admitted that Ben Barnes, who eventually landed the role, handled it brilliantly. Secondly, both actors are quite similar to each other. Third, the argument about Garfield’s insufficient beauty is hard to accept for many of his fans.
Andrew Garfield on Prince Caspian: I thought, “This could be it, this could be it.” The role was played by Ben Barnes
Andrew Garfield told Entertainment Weekly that he was taking his first steps in Hollywood at the time and was “desperate” to play Prince Caspian, he was obsessed with it. The casting team, however, said it did not quite fit the role. The actor said:
I remember being very desperate. I auditioned for Prince Caspian in The Chronicles of Narnia and thought, ‘This could be this, this could be this.’ And that handsome, brilliant actor Ben Barnes landed the role. I think we were the most seriously contemplated two, and I remember being obsessed.
After the production decided on a competitor, Garfield harassed the agent to tell him why he didn’t get a role in The Chronicles of Narnia. In the end, she admitted, as the actor recalls in an interview:
They found you are not handsome enough.
The first part of the adaptation of “The Chronicles of Narnia” premiered in 2005, the one entitled “Prince Caspian” three years later. Today n for the role of Jonathan Larson in the musical “Tick … tick … Boom!” Manuel Miranda’s Lina, and in Netflix’s production of “Shadow and Bone”.
“Tick … tick … Boom!” is a story about the creator of the musical “Rent”, the production can be watched on Netflix.
Source: Gazeta
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