Liam Neeson Says There’s ‘Nobody Better Than’ Meryl Streep to Take Over Aslan Role in ‘Narnia,’ but Admits He Didn’t Know About Greta Gerwig’s Movie: ‘This Is News to Me’

Liam Neeson is all for Meryl Streep taking over the role of Aslan in Greta Gerwig‘s upcoming “Narnia” movie — even if he’s just learning about it now. Neeson, who voiced the mythical lion in the original “Chronicles of Narnia” film trilogy, admitted he was unaware of the new adaptation in a recent interview with […] Liam Neeson is all for Meryl Strep taking over the role of Aslan in Greta Gerwig's upcoming "Narnia" movie — even if he's just learning about it now. Liam Neeson is all for Meryl Streep taking over the role of Aslan in Greta Gerwig‘s upcoming “Narnia” movie — even if he’s just learning about it now.

Neeson, who voiced the mythical lion in the original “Chronicles of Narnia” film trilogy, admitted he was unaware of the new adaptation in a recent interview with ScreenRant. When asked for his thoughts on it and if he’d seen the trailer, Neeson replied: “I’m sorry, this is news to me.” In Gerwig’s “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew,” Streep is voicing Aslan, who created the world of Narnia and is often seen as an incarnation of Jesus. When ScreenRant broke the news to Neeson that Streep would be playing the role, he responded, “Meryl