The Mysterious Little Girl Goes Overboard
Over the past two days we’ve seen pictures of a mysterious little girl aboard the Dawn Treader.
Tamara has posted what might be the most intriguing video we’ve seen from the filming of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader yet. In it is the mysterious little girl and a man we are quite sure is Rhince. Based on the video, we believe this to be “Gael” whom we first heard whispers about a couple months ago through a casting call. Apparently she sees her mother off in the distance and throws herself overboard with Rhince right behind her. Check it out here.
Who is the mysterious little girl? Join the discussion.
Thanks to Tamara for the video and narnialover101 for pointing it out to us!
and the dufflepuds, but mlg is not one of them of course
Rince's Daughter? It would make sense with both of them yelling..
Absolutely, Aslan is the King of Kings. One thing though, I don't the Chronicles are supposed to be a strict allegory, only a representation. An allegory would be more like Pilgrim's Progress. Since they are representations, C.S.Lewis could include more bits from fairy tales and mythology, like the Centaurs.
Ok, I totally missed the "Gael rumors" that were going around; what is this about?
I like the rescued slave idea! It would make sense. Or perhaps this is part of the dark Island scene? Maybe he's imagining that his wife has gone overboard and Lucy sees it too? hmmmm… it's very interesting anyways!
I just love the MLG thing! BTW, I still don't get this whole thing anyway… VERY confusing…
I Wonder….That is weird i dont rerember that in the book or is that not in the book hmmmm
Okay, WHAT is WITH this unknown girl? She's not supposed to exist!!
(Remember when Georgie was that small?!?)
Sorry if this is a spoiler; I was there on the set when they were shooting this. It ends up that after Gael and the guy (who I think is Rhince) jump off the boat, it ends up being happy as she is with her mum again. The cast on the DT were told to have an expression of relief and happiness as they saw Gael, her mother and Rhince together again.
Me too!^^ thats why I fell in love with it in the first palce!^^
that would be really cool- i like the idea.
Okay, yeah, the MLG (or Gael, I guess) is really cute and all, but WHAT IS SHE DOING THERE? I HOPE they aren't going to pull another PC on us by totally changing the story and releasing the movie under the name 'Voyage of the Dawn Treader'. 😛
Strange…
Did anyone else notice that Lucy has her cordial?
Yeah…..lol. That's a good idea. I think I am going to start tonight. 🙂
Sail on DT!!!!!!!!!!
oh. And so you know… That comment was a general comment for all the recent posts and updates. I am so glad that we have people who are willing to do the work and keep us fans all up to date. Thank you all! 🙂 I greatly appreciate it. 🙂 (and I'm sure I'm not the only one…./right/?)
yep. very cool! 🙂
hmmm…who is this girl? and why is she on the ship? and i so agree with caspian.
@Narnia4Life, sorry i didnt get to see your post earlier but wow! that makes a huge difference! so Lucy wasnt distraught, she was sentimental! thanks so much for adding that insight 🙂
It looks like something is happening to the girl's mother, like she is drowning or something, and Gael jumps in to try to save her and Rhince knows she can't do anything to help, so he is trying to stop Gael.
It is kind of a relief to see that they are putting that in there. She did have it in the book, so hopefully that's a good sign. *fingers crossed*
Where did you hear that? It sounds like an interesting idea…
Just read the above comments of the other people. I think it is a cool idea, too. 🙂
Yeah, thanks for the info, Narnian4life! That is good to hear. 🙂
Sometimes there is more needed to make a movie interesting then following the book word for word. e.g. Prince Caspian didn't nearly have enough happen book wise to make an interesting movie. (the only problem was the parts added to PC weren't very interesting either)
You may be right, but Honestly I really don't know. I am reading the book,but I don't know.
This must be "Gael," because you can hear georgie scream "gael" when Rhince jumps off. I wonder who this kid is. I'm holding onto the idea that Gael is a slave girl saved from Narrowhaven. Does anyone agree?
I don't like this. It smacks of plot changes and that makes me irritated.
Loyal Narnian may be right, but I still see no reason for changes so far. The problems I'm dealing with are…
1. a minator? On Board?!?!
2. Random people like the girl and two other kids etc…
3. Lucy has a sword?!?! I'd prefer the dagger.
4. Why even the rest have armor? I mean, there is NO battle in the book.
and 5. I don't like these new things. So they can't make it if I don't like it!(lol)
I wish they had a video of when Lucy cries out for Edmund.
Yeah, I am having problems with that stuff as well. But, I have been reading the book while I am keeping up to these updates and I think I know why they all have armor on. So, I don't know if you remember, but when Caspian, Ed, Lucy, Reep, and Eustace are captured to be sold as slaves, Caspian is bought by one of the missing lords. (lord Bern..?) Anyway, Caspian reveals who he is to Lord Bern. Then, in order to trick the governor of the lone Islands, Caspian dresses his whole crew in armor and marches them through the streets and end up on Governor Gumpas' door step. Now, the reason he had them all dress in armor was to intimidate the governor and "re-claim" the islands. I believe Caspian also left some armed men on board in order to make the governor think that they had a whole fleet of ships. (I guess they pretended to signal to other "ships" that weren't really there to trick Gov. Gumpas.)
Sorry if this is making absolutely no sense, but if you have a way to get the book, go ahead and read chapter 3 and 4.
Another possibility could be that they were in armor as they tried to fight the sea-dragon-evil-snake-thing….lol.
I hope this clears things up a little as to why the crew may be in armor. 🙂 I'm sure there are more possibilities, but these are the ones I thought of as I read your comment. 🙂
Agreed. That's the only place I could see the crew picking up a random woman and her child. Could she be the "little girl in Telmarine dress and Narnian-ish hair" that we of in a spy report?
OMG! if gael IS a rescued slave, i'm going to scream! way before they started filming, i had the idea for them to rescue a slave! i'm not kidding!
Could be, but Ed is also in armor, and in the book he also was a slave. And Lucy is also in finer clothing here.
I wonder where Ed is during all of this?…
yeah I wonder where Ed is and what's this scene I hope it isn't a bad add in.
hmmm…i bet this is all an act!! Yes thats it they are setting up this random little girl to get our attention away from what is going on!! and cause us all to wonder and be confused!! LOL jk..but i seriously cant think of why theres a little girl jumping overbaord…
Interesting, very interesting. I do not have a clue who that girl is. Maybe they have added a big rescue of a whole bunch of slaves to the story. Like maybe they took the whole "more power than you really have" idea, and made a fight/liberation thing with it, and the girl is just a slave they rescued. I hope not, but we have to think realisticly with the mind of a film maker who has more people to please than just us rabid fans. Just saying.
I don't know, but Im guessing that they are at that place where nightmares come true, and maybe she sees her mom in danger, and wants to help, so Rhince goes after the little girl to bring her back.
I sure hope this is a diversion tactic like Kelley says. If the production team is paying attention to this site: Don't mess with the book – bring it to life! I agree 100%: no minotaurs, get rid of that sword (Lucy carries only the dagger and healing cordial given to her by Father Christmas) and don't add characters. Mr. Lewis wrote more than enough to keep you occupied and the book is loved the way it is. We don't need another travesty like Prince Caspian. I'd really like to love this movie, so don't blow it!
Well, I just finished reading the book after this thing came up and she wasn't anywhere in the book. I mean, Lord Bern has 3 daughters, but I assumed that they were all older. Plus, MLG seems to be related to Rhince. ;(
Yes, Jewel. I'm sure they'll halt everything and re-film the entire scene aboard the Dawn Treader because of your comment.
I think your right.
hi me!!
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Yes, THAT MUST be it!
The filmakers have to please other people, not just us rabid fans. And I rather like the changes. I'll always love the books more, but I don't want it exactly word for word. If I want that, i can just read the book. So, no, I do not agree with you. If they make the movie exactly like the book there are no suprises! but I'm guessing you don't like surprises? It won't stink b/c Lucy carries a sword (yes, that is a tragedy. Can't the filmmakers realize the whole point of the book is Lucy and wether she carries a sword or a dagger?)
The point was that Lucy was brave, but not a fighter by nature. Details do mean things, the entire series is filled with symbolism; that's part of what makes the series timeless, there's always more to discover. Carrying a sword may not reflect an intention to radically change her character, but as badly as they skewed Peter's entire character in PC it is cause for concern. There is plenty of room for surprises, but in general I don't like them to take place in plot if the story is an established classic. That kind of success happens for a reason and it is so arrogant and disrespectful when film makers actually think they can "improve" the story by changing the focus or characters. I prefer the suprises to be like seeing the Dawn Treader; which is spot-on perfect and even more beautiful than I ever imagined. In my opinion, only a "rabid fan" should have the enormous privilege of directing or producing these films. If they don't have a passion for these stories, get out of the way. Plenty of other people do. Paging Peter Jackson! 🙂
Re-shoot no, but they shoot far more material than they use. Ever seen the extras scenes on the DVD's? My hope is that in the final editing they won't add scenes that shouldn't be there and ignore scenes that should, as in PC. Of course I don't expect just my comment to influence them. However, it would be monumentally stupid if the studio doesn't track the general trend of opinions of Narnia fans because their monetary success depends on fans' opinions. They really let them down with PC's story line. And why so unnecessarily rude? This is supposed to be a fan opinion page. I'm not alone in my opinion. No reason I can't hope they'll listen for monetary reasons since love for Mr. Lewis' work doesn't seem to inspire them at all.
Amen, Jewel.
SO unnecessary to add characters! for real! why? to make this oh, so boring book exciting? riiiiiight….
it's painful…
Agreed! 😀
This is probably when they are going through the island where nightmares come true and if that is Rhince's daughter then they probably spiced up the story like always and have him thinking his daughter is drowning and tries to jump overboard to save her…
That's actually a really good guess. MAYBE…
They're sailing past the Dark Island, and Rhince sees a "vision" of his daughter jumping overboard and so he freaks out to go and save her, but she's actually just an illusion and that's why Lucy's yelling after him.
^I hope it's that, b/c any other option would be too much of a plot change :S
I have been thinking all of these things! But I'm really not liking the idea of 'Gael' on board because it could change the plot if they let it. I wish they would just stick to the book. They think that changing the plot from the book will make the movie better, but to a true fan of the books it can be annoying.
I had to chuckle at armor on a ship…been there, done that (living history buff, wore chainmail shirt on Viking Longship once, stayed in exact geographic center of ship and tried to figure out what I'd do if I went overboard in the Patuxent River (www.longshipco.org)). Let's hope they do a far better job than in (ack) Beowulf!
and why, why why??? do the boys always get to carry all the swords and have all the fun???
it happened to Peter Jackson…sort of. I hear he did listen to what fans were saying, considered it, and eventually filmed what worked. Film and Books are two different media which require two different storytelling styles. What can be left to the imagination of the individual reader in a book must be spelled out in a film, etc. I'm also a huge LOTR fan, and though the films were quite different (especially where a beloved-for-30-years character got much of his dialog etc left out)I loved them as much as the books. Enjoy both, each for their unique qualities. And get new fans to read the books!
Wow! VERY intriguing!
I had not heard of Gael, but Georgie does yell Gael, I guess that's who it is…
Georgie looks so much more grown up here! Yikes!
i think maybe a sea monster might have something to do with gails mom in the water and she was going to save her