In a talk with Empire Chris Weitz has confirmed that actors Kathy Bates will voice Hester, Ian McKellen has replaced Nonso Anozie as the voice of Iorek Byrnisson and also said that Kirsten Scott Thomas will voice Lord Asriel’s daemon Stelmaria.
Furthermore Chris Weitz confirms what many of us feared: Nonso Anozie’s replacement to the more high-profile Ian McKellen was New Line Cinema’s decision:
"It was a studio decision...You can understand why you would cast Ian McKellen for anything," Weitz told Empire. "But letting go of Nonso was one of the most painful experiences on this movie for me. I need to say about Nonso that he is one of the most promising and soulful young actors I have encountered in England and I’ve worked here for quite a bit now and he’s actually in the next Mike Leigh...But it was, uh, that was kind of a dark day for me. I kinda wanna go out of my way to point out how much I love Nonso’s work. And that’s that".
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