Actress Meryl Streep Being Considered For ‘Aslan’ Character In Director Greta Gerwig’s Upcoming Narnia Film

Meryl Streep is allegedly being considered to play a major role in an upcoming film adaption of “The Chronicles of Narnia,” but “Aslan,” the character Streep would be playing, has always been portrayed by a male actor — as the lion is supposed to be the “incarnation” of Jesus in the world of Narnia, according to author C.S. Lewis.

Meryl Streep is allegedly being considered to play a major role in an upcoming film adaption of “The Chronicles of Narnia,” but “Aslan,” the character Streep would be playing, has always been portrayed by a male actor — as the lion is supposed to be the “incarnation” of Jesus in the world of Narnia, according to author C.S. Lewis.