Greta Gerwig Shares Her Thoughts on Directing Narnia Films


Greta Gerwig, who directed Barbie, recently gave her opinion on who should direct the next Narnia pictures.

Gerwig told the Inside Total Film show that she will be directing two Netflix movies based on the classic series by C.S. Lewis. She hasn’t yet started “getting her arms around it,” though.

The 39-year-old said, “I’m properly scared of it, which feels like a good place to start.”

Gerwig said, “I think when I’m scared, it’s always a good sign.”

“Maybe when I stop being scared, it’ll be like, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t do that one.’”

The head Barbie said, “No, I’m terrified of it — it’s extraordinary and it’s exciting.”

While Gerwig is working on Narnia, she is also working on other things. She also helped write the script for the live-action Snow White movie from Disney, which stars Rachel Zegler as the title character and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen.

In another part of the chat, the director talked about how she has worked on a “variety of movies” over the course of her career.

“I hope to make all different kinds of movies in the course of the time I get to make movies… It’s a long time, but it’s also limited,” she said.

“I want to do big things and small things and everywhere in between,” Gerwig said. “And having another big canvas is exciting and also daunting.”

Gerwig also talked about how she would like to direct a James Bond movie in the future.

“For now, sticking to lions and dolls. But you never know. I really like James Bond’ producer Barbara Broccoli.”