With a turn to voice acting on a handful of projects, including Pixar's Brave, the BBC's The Gruffalo's Child, and Arthur Christmas, his return on screen was unfortunately anything but magical.
" It is your sister's horn, " said Aslan to Peter in a low voice; so low as to be almost a purr, if it is not disrespectful to think of a Lion purring.
It was a deep sound and at the end there were sort of coughing grunts that made him seem just outside the tent, and when Francis Macomber woke in the night to hear it he was afraid.
Bong Joon-ho has returned to Cannes with a luxuriously watchable and satirical suspense drama. It runs as purringly smooth as the Mercedes driven by the lead character, played by Korean star Song Kang-ho.