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Henley's underwater fainting spell
5:59am Sunday 5th December 2010 in National Entertainment News © Press Association 2011
Georgie Henley fainted underwater during her dive training
Chronicles Of Narnia actress Georgie Henley has revealed how she failed to complete her scuba diving training, after she fainted underwater.
The 15-year-old, who reprises her role as Lucy Pevensie in the latest of the film series, decided to undertake a PADI scuba diving course to help provide her with handy skills for an underwater scene in The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader.
"I couldn't complete my licence 'cause I had a bit of an accident - I fainted underwater," she revealed.
"It was on my birthday as well, which is pretty crazy. I wasn't out for long."
Georgie added: "I was very ill, I had an ear infection and a cold, we'd literally just flown in about two days earlier, so it just meant that I wasn't able to do it, but I will be able to finish it because we learnt half the skills and they did adapt a shot, so I could participate."
Her co-star Skandar Keynes, who plays Edmund Pevensie, relished the opportunity, saying: "It was really fun going and trying something new and pushing ourselves and gaining a new skill that I probably wouldn't have done otherwise, and it's great now I have a licence and I go anyway I want."
:: The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader opens in cinemas on December 9.
