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Backlash continues over the casting of actress Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan, the Christ-like lion in Netflix's upcoming adaptation of C.S.
Lewis's "Narnia." The controversy has prompted an online petition demanding that director Greta Gerwig be replaced for future films in the series.
The petition, titled "Demand Netflix to replace director of the Narnia films," was launched on Change.org on Friday.
It follows negative reactions from some Christian fans and critics who object to a woman voicing a character Lewis explicitly presented as an allegory for Jesus Christ.
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