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Meryl Streep cast as Aslan
The gist
Empire confirmed Meryl Streep voices Aslan in Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia: The Magician's Nephew.'
The male lion keeps his gender, but the first female voice drew fan pushback.
How it unfolded
- Sep 17, 2026Empire Magazine unveiled its November 2026 cover with the first official look at Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia: The Magician's Nephew,' confirming Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan.
- Sep 17, 2026Aslan's first look shows heterochromic eyes (one blue, one brown) and a red-striped face, a design Gerwig says was inspired by David Bowie.
- Sep 17, 2026Gerwig told Empire she wanted someone 'profound but not pretentious,' older than 70, with childlike wonder, and 'one of the greatest actors to ever do it.'