Queen Elizabeth has always been look up to as one of the most well-mannered and respected personalities of the nation. In the recent interview with The Sunday Times, the late monarch’s most trusted aide, Samatha Cohen, remebered some of her favorite moments of the Queen which included her love for driving cars around the Balmoral Castle.

Cohen worked as a personal assistant to her royal highness for almost 18 years, until the former’s death at the age of 96 in September 2022. 

Cohen described the queen as a “shy” but a “gutsy” person. Further in the conversation with the news portal, the royal source revealed that Elizabeth used to love spending time at the Balmoral Castle, and often invited other family members to join her in the summers. 

Elaborating on the summers of the royals, Cohen shared, “It was important to her. She loved hosting everybody for summer, allocating the rooms and checking them herself.”

As for Cohen, the Australian native, previously worked for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and in 2018, she transitioned to become the Queen’s private secretary.

Al Pacino recalls his experience working on one of the most popular films of his career, The Godfather. The veteran actor shared feeling exhausted from struggling on the sets of Francis Ford Coppola’s movie during the initial days. 

During his appearance on the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast, the actor claimed to have hurt himself on the sets, and instead of feeling terrible about it, Al Pacino was relieved, as he believed it to be a universe’s sign for him to excuse himself from the movie.

Moreover, the actor also shared with O’Brian that during his first few days on the sets of the film, he faced pressure from the director and the production over not living up to the expectations, and hence, getting hurt and leaving the movie seemed like an option for Pacino.

Explaining one of the scenes to the podcast host, the Hollywood star recalled, “Well, you have to understand one thing, because after I shoot these two guys—who I really loved, by the way—I shoot them and I’m running out and I sort of drop the gun and I go into the street and jump in a moving car.”

He further joked that because “they didn’t have a stuntman, maybe they assumed that I would jump and get hurt, and I’d be outta the film.”

Barbie director Greta Gerwig is reportedly “bummed” over the streaming first release plan for the Chronicles of Narnia reboot, vouching for a theatrical release instead, as per Matthew Belloni’s What I’m Hearing newsletter. Although the acclaimed director voiced her concerns to Netflix, the streaming giant refused to change their release strategy. 

The Chronicles of Narnia based on C. S. Lewis’ iconic novels originated with 1950’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and spanned six sequels. The original series has had several small-screen adaptations. In 2005, the franchise earned its first big-screen adaptation which was followed by 2008’s Prince Caspian and 2010’s The Voyage of the Dawn Tredder which marked the end of the franchise. 

In an interview with Bleeding Cool, William Moseley, who portrayed Peter Pevensie in all three The Chronicles of Narnia feature films shared his disappointment over where the franchise was headed. After stating that Netflix’s feature film directed by Gerwig will be “rebranding and rebooting” the franchise, the actor admitted he’s sad not to be part of it anymore. 

“I’m not part of that world anymore, which sometimes makes me sad because I love the world of Narnia and becoming a part of it,” he said. However, he’d love to have the opportunity to visit the film sets to witness what they are building. In another interview with Screen Rant, the actor confessed that if asked, he’d join the film in a heartbeat. 

But unfortunately, his time with the franchise is done. “And that’s the way it is. If I might ever get asked that, great, but I don’t think it’s there,” he added. In July 2023, it was confirmed that Gerwig would write and direct Netflix’s highly-anticipated Chronicles of Narnia reboot. 

Speaking to Collider, the Little Women director responded to being previously quoted as “scared” about taking on the reigns of the fantasy-adventure franchise. “When I’m scared, it’s always a good sign,” she said.  “It’s extraordinary. And so we’ll see, I don’t know,” she added. 

The untitled Chronicles of Narnia reboot is expected to arrive on the streaming platform in 2025.