William Moseley as Peter in the new Narnia film, Prince Caspian
It must be weird being the kids from Narnia, not least because the films were almost certainly greenlit in the wake of the overwhelming box office success of the Harry Potter movies.
The first film, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was one of the biggest movies of 2005 and currently stands at No 26 in the all-time worldwide box office chart, having made a staggering $738m. And yet it's not Anna Popplewell, who plays Susan, who's just been picked to replace Keira Knightley as the face of Chanel, and it's not William Moseley (Peter) who's made headlines across the globe following his on-stage nude dalliances with a man wearing a horse helmet.
Perhaps that's why the "children" (William is now 21, while Anna is 19) still seemed to have an air of innocence about them when I met them for a filmed interview about the new Narnia movie, Prince Caspian. In person, William, Anna, Skandar (Edmund) and Georgie (Lucy) came across as pretty normal kids excited to be involved in such a big project.
It may also explain what appeared to be a candid hint from William that his sexual preference runs into areas which Narnia author C.S. Lewis, as a committed Christian, might have found uncomfortable. One can only imagine the headlines had Daniel Radcliffe spoken with similar ambiguity.
Moseley will not feature in any future Narnia sequels in anything more than a cameo role, and he doesn't have anything like Radcliffe's profile. If that allows him to express himself freely and with confidence, perhaps that's a blessing in disguise.
Watch the video of my interview with the cast and director of Prince Caspian here.
