History Trivia / PrinceCaspian

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The original plan was to release ''Prince Caspian'' in December 2007 as a family film, like ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' had been two years earlier. However, Disney decided to delay its release to May 2008 and market it as a summer blockbuster. Its new release date landed directly between ''Film/IronMan1'' and ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', both of which drew audiences away and left it grossing only about half of what ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' had done. (To be fair, May had supported three blockbuster movies before – such as 2003 and 2007 – and ''Film/IronMan1'' was hardly seen as a sure thing at the time.)

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Disney's marketing of the ''Film/PrinceCaspian''. Rather than release it in December as a family film (like ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' was), they decided to spend enormous amounts of money trying to sell it as a teen film and gave it a summer release, about a week apart from both ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' and ''Film/IronMan1''. It should have been kept in December, because that's friendlier to this type of movie, but to be fair, May has shown it can expand just fine (see 2003 and 2007). And ''Film/IronMan1'' was hardly seen as a sure thing at the time. Basing the marketing around Ben Barnes may have been a dumb move, however.

** Glozelle was originally supposed to [[spoiler: die in the battle at the end along with Sopespian]]. His actor Pierfrancesco Favino suggested that [[spoiler: he survive and volunteer to go through the portal at the end]].

** Creator/PeterDinklage as Trumpkin; Dinklage is famous for turning down roles that often pigeon-hole actors with dwarfish such as fantasy dwarves; in contrast to Creator/WarwickDavis who's made his career by embracing it. So him playing Trumpkin was a bit of shock. He did however accept because he felt the character's cynicism made him a little different.

![[Film/PrinceCaspian The film]]

* DawsonCasting: More so than the first film. Only one year has passed in the timeline but three years separated the releases of the films. William Moseley was twenty one playing a teenager and Anna Popplewell was twenty. Caspian's age isn't stated but he's implied to be a teenager and Ben Barnes was twenty six.

* YouLookFamiliar: Creator/WarwickDavis had portrayed Reepicheep in the BBC adaptation back in the 80s.

** Tilda Swinton apparently cameos as a female centaur, as well as returning as Jadis for a scene.

** Eddie Izzard's interpretation of Reepicheep was different from Andrew Adamson's original idea - who thought of the mouse as similar to Puss In Boots from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}''. Eddie Izzard however interpreted the mouse as a combination of Film/MadMax and a [[Franchise/StarWars Stormtrooper]].
* AdvertisedExtra: Aslan of course. His role compared to the first film is notably smaller, but the marketing didn't exactly say that.

* CreatorCameo: Douglas Gresham, co-producer, is the voice that proclaims the birth of Miraz's son at the beginning. The audio commentary and behind the scenes features reveals that numerous minor roles were filled by crew members.

* YouLookFamiliar: Warwick Davis had portrayed Reepicheep in the BBC adaptation back in the 80s.

* {{Jossed}}: It was unknown how long had passed in Narnia between the two books, only a reference to 'centuries' in the text. In the film, a line between Susan and Caspian specifies that it was 1300 years.

** Eddie Izzard's interpretation of Reepicheep different from Andrew Adamson's original idea - who thought of the mouse as similar to Puss In Boots from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}''. Eddie Izzard however interpreted the mouse as a combination of Film/MadMax and a [[Franchise/StarWars Stormtrooper]].

** Eddie Izzard's interpretation of Reepicheep different from Andrew Adamson's original idea - who thought of the mouse as similar to Puss In Boots from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}''. Eddie Izzard however interpreted the mouse as a combination of Franchise/MadMax and a [[Franchise/StarWars Stormtrooper]].

** Eddie Izzard's interpretation of Reepicheep different from Andrew Adamson's original idea - who thought of the mouse as similar to Puss In Boots from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}''. Eddie Izzard however interpreted the mouse as a combination of Franchise/MaxMax and a [[Franchise/StarWars Stormtrooper]].

** Creator/PeterDinklage as Trumpin; Dinklage is famous for turning down roles that often pigeon-hole actors with dwarfish such as fantasy dwarves; in contrast to Creator/WarwickDavis who's made his career by embracing it. So him playing Trumpkin was a bit of shock. He did however accept because he felt the character's cynicism made him a little different.

** A GettingCrapPastTheRadar moment during the castle raid. Peter and Susan find Miraz's baby.

* ActingForTwo: Tilda Swinton apparently cameos as a female centaur, as well as returning as Jadis for a scene.

* CreatorCameo: Douglas Gresham, co-producer, is the voice that proclaims the birth of Miraz's son at the beginning. Likewise the film's composer Harry Gregson Williams provides the voice of Pattertwig the squirrel.
** The audio commentary and behind the scenes features reveals that numerous minor roles were filled by crew members.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/PeterDinklage as Trumpin; Dinklage is famous for turning down roles that often pigeon-hole actors with dwarfish such as fantasy dwarves; in contrast to Creator/WarwickDavis who's made his career by embracing it. So him playing Trumpkin was a bit of shock.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Disney's marketing of the ''Film/PrinceCaspian''. Rather than release it in December as a family film (like ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' was), they decided to spend enormous amounts of money trying to sell it as a teen film and gave it a summer release, about a week apart from both ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' and ''Film/IronMan''. It should have been kept in December, because that's friendlier to this type of movie, but to be fair, May has shown it can expand just fine (see 2003 and 2007). And ''IronMan'' was hardly seen as a sure thing at the time. Basing the marketing around Ben Barnes may have been a dumb move, however.

* {{Jossed}}: It was unknown how long had passed in Narnia between the two books, only a reference to 'centuries' in the text. This film confirms it is 1300 years, from a line between Susan and Caspian.

** An odd example with Shane Rangi, a professional suit actor who provided the suit acting and motion capture for at least six different non-human characters throughout the film (he's only officially credited for two).

** Watching the audio commentary and the behind the scenes features reveals that numerous minor roles were filled by crew members.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Trumpkin the dwarf looks an awful lot like [[Series/GameOfThrones Tyrion Lannister]].
** Nikabrik looks a lot like Willow. Reepicheep from the BBC version sounds like him, too.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Trumpkin the dwarf looks an awful lot like [[Series/GameOfThrones Tyrion Lannister]].

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** Nikabrik looks a lot like Willow. Reepacheep from the BBC version sounds like him, too.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Trumpkin the dwarf looks an awful lot like [[Series/GameOfThrones Tyrion Lannister]].