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title: "Greta Gerwig explains casting Meryl Streep as Aslan in Narnia reboot"
description: "Most outlets led with Greta Gerwig’s explanation for casting Meryl Streep as Aslan in the Narnia reboot, emphasizing her choice of Streep’s voice for the iconic lion role. The excerpts noted Gerwig’s specific vision for the character and her collaboration with Streep, with The News International briefly mentioning Streep’s role in Little Women."
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# Greta Gerwig explains casting Meryl Streep as Aslan in Narnia reboot

entertainment · updated 18 Sep 2026, 8:24 PM PKT · 18 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with Greta Gerwig’s explanation for casting Meryl Streep as Aslan in the Narnia reboot, emphasizing her choice of Streep’s voice for the iconic lion role. The excerpts noted Gerwig’s specific vision for the character and her collaboration with Streep, with The News International briefly mentioning Streep’s role in Little Women.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Minute Mirror** — [Greta Gerwig explains casting Meryl Streep as Narnia’s Aslan](https://minutemirror.com.pk/greta-gerwig-explains-casting-meryl-streep-as-narnias-aslan-632082/) · 18 Sep 2026, 8:24 PM PKT
  > Greta Gerwig has explained why Meryl Streep was her first choice to voice Narnia’s famous lion, Aslan.
- **Geo News** — [Greta Gerwig explains why she cast Meryl Streep as Aslan in 'Narnia' reboot](https://www.geo.tv/latest/682635-greta-gerwig-explains-why-she-cast-meryl-streep-as-aslan-in-narnia-reboot) · 18 Sep 2026, 5:03 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Streep, 77, will voice the iconic Lion in the upcoming 'Narnia' rebootGreta Gerwig had a very specific voice in mind when casting Aslan for her upcoming Narnia movie. In an interview with Empire published Thursday, September 17, the award-winning filmmaker explained why Meryl...
- **The News International** — [Greta Gerwig clears the air on casting Meryl Streep for 'Narnia'](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1416728-greta-gerwig-clears-the-air-on-casting-meryl-streep-for-narnia) · 18 Sep 2026, 4:33 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Greta Gerwig has explained why Meryl Streep was the perfect choice for Narnia's famous lion Aslan.The Barbie filmmaker tapped her Little Women star to voice the god-like talking lion in her upcoming fantasy film, Narnia:...

3 articles from 3 outlets, 18 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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