After starring in The Golden Compass back in 2007, Dakota Blue Richards has weighed in on Dafne Keen's portrayal of the same character, Lyra Belacqua, in His Dark Materials.

The film adaptation Dakota was a part of proved largely unsuccessful and managed to disappoint lovers of Phillip Pullman's fantasy books around the world.

During her stint on podcast His Darker Materials this week, the actress said that "maturity" plays a huge role in the difference between herself and Dafne.

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"I think the biggest difference for me watching it [His Dark Materials] between myself and Dafne is she... firstly she's a little bit older than I was at that age," Dakota explained.

"She's 14, I was like 11 or 12, and at that age a couple of years makes a world of difference."

Elaborating on the Logan star's skills in front of the camera, she said: "But also she is a professional actress, she's proved her talent well before coming onboard this project.

"So her approach to it is much more considered, and there's a maturity to her portrayal of Lyra that probably wasn't in mine, but I think that's because I was younger, but I had no acting experience and I had no sense of the world I was getting myself into.

"So I see them as quite different, but maybe other people don't, I don't know."



His Dark Materials airs on Sunday nights at 8pm BBC One in the UK, and on Mondays at 9/8c on HBO.

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