Good heavens.... how in the world will the Sue-ers handle being fauns? You can hide pointy ears in modern day earth, but goat-legs might pose a problem. smileys/smiley5.gif Dryads are going to be the "new elf."

Woo-hoo! The Narnian branch of the PPC!

I thought James was amazing in Children of Dune and I have been waiting to see him cast in something else -- he'll do a wonderful job.

I would also like to see another Dune actor in this series:  Alec Newman.

I think he (James) is pretty good looking.  The book does describe him as being handsome.  Also, I always imagined him as being fairly young.  The fur on his legs is shiny and black, and he has a little pointy beard.  The description made him seem young.

I really don't think it will be a problem to make him look older, if need be. I'll never forget the first time I saw The Exorcist and someone told me Max von Sydow was only in his thirties. I thought he was about seventy! The make-up job was flawless.

"Greenhorns", don't have any baggage.  And I'm no LOTR fanboy, but Elijah Wood owned that part.

Thranduil, did you really think Elijah Wood was miscast as Frodo? I thought he did quite well; he may not have been exactly as Tolkien wrote the character, but he made the role his own and stamped it with authenticity.

I still maintain that if Adamson wants Tumnus to be older, then McAvoy can be convincingly aged with makeup. After all, it isn't the age of the actor that matters, it's the talent, isn't it?smileys/smiley2.gif

All references to LOTR asside, ever since my Dad started reading Narnia to me as a child I have always wante Roddy McDowell to play Mr. Tumnus. I thought he would have been perfect for the part at any age.  Unfortunately his passing makes that impossible so Mr. McAvoy is who we get.

My first reaction was the same as many have stated, he's too young!  C.S. Lewis never said how old Mr. Tumnus was, so I suppose that is not really relavent. He was old enough to have a beard and so is Mr. McAvoy. 

My second reaction was, he doesn't look like I pictured Mr. Tumnus.  Then I imagined him with the pointy beard and curly black hair and thought, Cool!  I like it!

I have to agree, when I saw James McAvoy's picture I was like "What? He's too young to be Tumnus!!" But he's totally grown on me now, though I did have a moment a week ago where I quite liked the idea of Jake Gyllenhal as Tumnus, but then he's becoming a bit too well known now, so James is fine in my eyes.

Tilda Swinton as the white witch however is casting HEAVEN! Everytime I read about Nicole Kidman I was like "No way she is SO not the white witch" but with Tilda Swinton I was 100% behind it the moment I heard.

Now if they would just announce who they've cast for the four children so we can get that worry out of the way!

Thanks Miss Pole!

I think I'm offically seeing James as Tumnus now. I hope they don't make him older, in the book I always saw him as my older brother's age (I was 8 and he was 18 when I read it the first time) so I hope they let James look his age.

"He had a strange, but pleasant little face with a short pointed beard and curly hair, and out fo the hair there stuch two horns, one on each side of his forehead."

~The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

There ya go. smileys/smiley2.gif

Thanks Fantasia for that. Why didn't we think of that in the first place? smileys/smiley17.gif

I like the idea of a young faun...they seem rather young and light-hearted to me. I never really thought about his age before...

James McAvoy's random connection to Narnia: He was in a stage play with David Suchet, the voice of Aslan in Focus on the Family's CoN radio theatre.

Here's a picture of James from "Shameless" where he has a Tumnus beard going on. http://www.narniaweb.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif Sorry that it's so small.   I run the official James McAvoy fanlisting ( http://james.spiras-fayth.com - http://james.spiras-fayth.com ).  He is an amazing actor.  I would recommend Children of Dune to anyone who might be interested in his other works.  He has a show on BBCA called "State of Play."  I've e-mailed BBCA, begging for repeats.  Episode II has James in it a lot.  I know James will be great in the movie.  I can see him as Tumnus...and yes...I'm a huge fan of the books...have been for longer than I've been a James fan, lol.  I know someone said when they read the books they viewed Tumnus as an older brother, that's kind-of how I viewed the character as well.  Young...really not that old.  Lewis says that he's a middle aged faun when the children return to England at the end of book 2. 

tons of pics of him can be found http://www.jamesmcavoy.com - here

I've been a fan of him ever since Children of Dune first aired March 2003.  He's brilliant IMO.smileys/smiley1.gif

actually, my friend Stephy runs it, but I help her out, mostly on the boards.  (I'm under the same nickname as here.)

I'm with you about State of Play.  When I was in England last summer, I caught two episodes of it.  I think it's just brilliant.  I would buy it in a heartbeat if they released it on dvd.

I can't wait to see Bright Young Things.  I believe it's coming out in the US in August.  I'm anxious to see Stephen Fry's work.

smileys/smiley36.gif Now I see it. Yeah James McAvoy will make a great Mr. Tumnus. Now if they do his makeup right and we can't really recognize his as James McAvoy maybe he can do a dual role and also play the  the Older Peter Pevensie in LB.(I know my imagination is probably running away with me but still......)