ꗞ ATRO ꗞ

'Streep will give Aslan a deep, gravelly sounding voice.' 'Clearly male.' 'No gender swapping.' OK, so... if the point is for Aslan - a male - to sound masculine (masculine, i.e. possessing qualities characteristic of a male) — if that is the point, then why the blazes is he (not she) voiced by a female actress (i.e. a she, a person of the female sex)? There would have been a surprisingly good solution to the problem, which would not have included the great Meryl Streep (a she, as mentioned above) pretending to be a male (a male, i.e. a boy or man of the male sex, or, to clarify, an individual with one X chromosome and one Y chromosome). The solution, complex as it may sound, could have been put in practice fairly easily, and it can be summed up in the following manner: Aslan voiced by male actor. (Male actor, i.e. a person in the professional acting profession of the male sex, characterised by male characteristics found in, e.g., men and boys). I know, I know... This idea would have required a true visionary, someone of nearly insurmountable genius. But well, what can I do. I surely cannot find a simple enough way of putting these profound suggestions, and ergo Greta would probably not be able to comprehend my meaning. Still, I wish the suggestion would reach her ears. There seems to be no shortage of masculine male acting men who could do the job, without having to ruin their voices for it. Starting with a slightly obscure name, Liam Neeson...