Tilda Swinton is Curious About Greta Gerwig’s Narnia, But Isn’t Looking to Reprise Role of White Witch

In an interview with Canal+ of France, Narnia alum Tilda Swinton shared her surprise and interest in Greta Gerwig’s new adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia, with the 64-year-old actress saying she would be keen to see it on screen.

But although Swinton famously portrayed Jadis the White Witch in Walden Media’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, with brief appearances in the following two films, she is doubtful that she will have a role to play in Netflix’s upcoming adventures in C.S Lewis’s beloved world:

Interviewer: I assume you heard the news about the new Narnia movie?
Swinton: What is it? I heard something.
Interviewer: The movie by Greta Gerwig?
Swinton: Oh, I didn’t know that!
Interviewer: Would you like to be in it?
Swinton: I’ve been in a Narnia film. No, I didn’t know they were making — a cinema film?
Interviewer: Yes.
Swinton: Interesting!
Interviewer: Would you like to be in the cast again?
Swinton: I doubt it. [laughs] I don’t like to repeat. That film’s over for me. But I’m curious that somebody wants to do another one.
Interviewer: So you will watch it?
Swinton: I will watch it. I will pay money to go and see it. [smiles]

Watch the clip here.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe seems to be a closed book for Tilda Swinton, but what about another book in the Narnia series?

Ten years ago, during an “Ask Me Anything” interview on Reddit, Swinton expressed hopes to return to Narnia in an adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew. As production begins on Greta Gerwig’s Narnia, rumors swirl that the upcoming movie will be based on the Narnia prequel.

Thanks to Victor for the alert!

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