Greta Gerwig’s woke Chronicles of Narnia reboot has come under intense fire for gender swapping after reports of hiring Meryl Streep to voice lion character Aslan, who is a male in the famed book series.
Streep has been rumored to be in talks with the Netflix adaptation of the first story of C.S. Lewis’ multi-volume children’s series. Producers have not confirmed the casting, but fans erupted over the choice anyway.
Former James Bond star Daniel Craig is reportedly in talks to star as Uncle Andrew, and pop star Charli XCX is supposedly under consideration to portray Jadis, the White Witch.
Fans and social media users are blasting the news of Streep’s possible involvement in the film as a woke outrage.
“Aslan is literally a male lion,” X user Taylor Trandahl wrote. “Will all due respect to Meryl Streep’s acting abilities, there’s no conceivable reason to cast a female as Aslan unless it is to deliberately subvert C.S. Lewis.”
Aslan is literally a male lion.
— Taylor Trandahl (@taylortrandahl) March 31, 2025
Will all due respect to Meryl Streep's acting abilities, there's no conceivable reason to cast a female as Aslan unless it is to deliberately subvert C.S. Lewis. https://t.co/XbWeVMxekC
Another X user called the news “insane” and a “cruel attack” on C.S. Lewis’ story.
I still can’t believe this is true. @netflix this is nothing short of insane. Its an assault on the fan base. Half the country will rage against this cruel attack on the foundation of the story.
— IntoTheWardobe (@NarniaYouTube) April 3, 2025
Have you learned nothing from the Snow White disaster?https://t.co/28QQ1Mnzmp
Many others agree:
GET GRETA AWAY FROM THIS PROJECT!
— Mama's Mead & Menageries (@FranDHexe) April 1, 2025
She can go do feminist Barbie all she wants! Stay away from this! Far. FAR AWAY!
Bingo. Subversion of the story, the characters and ultimately Christianity is their goal. Reject the subversion.
— 𝘑𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘉 𝘓𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢 (@Javier_Llora) April 1, 2025
I like C.S. Lewis as a theology philosopher. His non-fiction is good. His fiction has never done much for me - agree to disagree (Tolkien is just better). Meryl Streep as Aslan in Greta Gerwig's Netflix Chronicles of Narnia is a laughable friggin joke though. pic.twitter.com/9pv1H1EkvZ
— Anton Seim 🔑 (@antonseim) March 31, 2025
Meryl Streep voicing Aslan is like James Earl Jones voicing Belle from Beauty and the Beast.
— Fr. Dwight Longenecker (@dlongenecker1) April 1, 2025
If Meryl Streep is Aslan, we’re not watching.
— Matey (@MateyYanakiev) April 3, 2025
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