On the Red Carpet at the Narnia World Premiere!
There is big buzz in England about the newest Narnia movie, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader(rated PG). Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth of England herself requested to see the world premiere in London. So when 20th Century Fox asked me to travel to London, England to get the scoop for Scholastic, I said YES!!!
I know I say this all the time, but I seriously have the best job in the world. Read on for video and more about my amazing Royal Red Carpet London trip. But first, if you haven't seen it yet, check out the Carrie Underwood video for the movie theme song.
Tuesday, November 30
10am Arrive at Heathrow Airport in London after an overnight flight. I hardly slept at all last night and I am seriously tired!
12:30pm Hotel. It took forever to get through customs at the airport, get my luggage and get a taxi, but I am finally at my hotel in London!
1pm Lunch. I only have 2 hours before I have to leave for the Red Carpet. Do I eat or take a nap? I choose to eat because I'm not going to be home again until after 10pm, and I want to make sure I have enough time to get ready and look my best for Her Royal Highness the Queen!
3pm Red Carpet! A bus takes us from the hotel to Leicester Square where the red carpet is all set up. It's snowing and the whole square looks completely magical. Even though it's freezing and I have to stand in high heels for 5 hours straight, it's totally worth it! Watch my video from the event.
8pm Movie. I laughed. I cried. It is an awesome movie, and it was really cool to see it in 3D. The only bad part was that I was sitting right next to one of the Secret Servicemen guarding the Queen. He kept scanning the audience with these funny-looking binocular thingies. It made me nervous and definitely distracted me from the movie. Oh well, I guess you have to put up with some things to watch a movie with the Queen of England.
10pm Finally sleep!
Thursday, December 2
I had the chance to sit down with a few of the actors. No surprise, they all love the Narnia books.
Check out my interview with Liam Neeson who plays the voice of Aslan. If you listen to this video with your eyes closed, it feels like it's Aslan talking to you. Try it!
I also talked with Will Poulter and Georgie Henley, who play Eustace and Lucy. They were both so sweet and I love their British accents!
What did the Queen really think of the movie? Skandar Keynes, who plays Edmund, was sitting 5 seats away from her, and he said he heard her "chuckling a bit." And according to C.S. Lewis's stepson, Doug Gresham, she "enjoyed the movie enourmously." Well, if it's good enough for Her Royal Highness the Queen, it's good enough for me!
How about you? The Voyage of the Dawn Treader opens in US theaters on Friday, December 10. Are you excited to go see it? Let me know in the Comments.
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Narnia Rocks
Comment #26 | Posted by: ancientlacrosse18 on December 16, 2010 at 04:46 PM
i am soooooo excited i am going to see it tomorrow. i heard it is really good!!!!
Comment #27 | Posted by: callie on December 17, 2010 at 11:03 AM
hey how was this movie i want to see it
Comment #28 | Posted by: loveteeth on December 17, 2010 at 01:30 PM
I have all the books and have read all of them. I can't wait to see the movie!
Comment #29 | Posted by: Harshpreet on December 17, 2010 at 08:18 PM
man cant wait
Comment #30 | Posted by: lild9 on December 18, 2010 at 03:42 PM
i cannot wait until it comes out
Comment #31 | Posted by: sweetbrownie123 on December 20, 2010 at 02:24 PM
I loved all the movies they were all cool and i can not wait to woch it sounds cool
Comment #32 | Posted by: heaven on December 21, 2010 at 03:23 PM
I read all the books and only one and two movies and narnia rocks i cannot wait until it comes out
Comment #33 | Posted by: heaven on December 21, 2010 at 03:29 PM
cant wait to see bobo
Comment #34 | Posted by: mallory c on December 22, 2010 at 04:25 PM
I have seen all the other Narnia movies but I have not ben more exited to watch this movie. Just today I was thinging that when I woke up that maybe I should see that som day why I loved all the other Narnia movies beuase they reprasent jesus's birth to jsus's death and rising again but some people just don't each that point people think that it's just a movie and there is nothing wrong with that but I think the main point you can really tell is that by the way that people dont always get to that point
Comment #35 | Posted by: b on December 30, 2010 at 03:49 PM
I saw it yesterday and it was AWESOME!!! I loved it!
Comment #36 | Posted by: stonefairy on December 31, 2010 at 11:04 AM
i cant wait to see that movie!
Comment #37 | Posted by: jada on December 31, 2010 at 09:49 PM
love the movies saw it two days ago
Comment #38 | Posted by: isaiah on January 01, 2011 at 02:09 AM
I SOW ALL OF THE MOVIES
Comment #39 | Posted by: marquan on January 03, 2011 at 04:28 PM
this movie sounds AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment #40 | Posted by: ancientlacrosse18 on January 04, 2011 at 10:00 PM
wow that movie sounds really cool! i havent got to see it yet. is ben barnes in this movie? who are the actors? :/ i havent seen Narnia in a LONG time!
Comment #41 | Posted by: Twilightgl101 on January 05, 2011 at 10:16 AM
all the narnia books are awsome
Comment #42 | Posted by: bobguy123 on January 05, 2011 at 01:10 PM
Fav movie of all time
Comment #43 | Posted by: beast21 on January 05, 2011 at 01:14 PM
BEST MOVIE EVER I RECOMEND YOU SEE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
Comment #44 | Posted by: Anya71 on January 06, 2011 at 08:56 PM
How many are they gonna make
Comment #45 | Posted by: blackops15 on January 07, 2011 at 12:40 PM
VERY GOOD MOVIE!!!!!!!!
Comment #46 | Posted by: crazyhmk on January 07, 2011 at 01:13 PM
hi can you be my friend:)
Comment #47 | Posted by: emoslicer on January 07, 2011 at 02:36 PM
I CRIED in this movie!!!!
i LOVE it!!!
Comment #48 | Posted by: HermioneGranger10 on January 08, 2011 at 02:27 PM
I want to see the movie. My dad is to bisy DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. DONT BE BISY.
Comment #49 | Posted by: Moki'Moki on January 10, 2011 at 10:41 AM
omg how old is Lucy? Someone pleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaasssssssse tell me!
Comment #50 | Posted by: Emily on January 10, 2011 at 02:22 PM