Played by 26-year-old British newcomer Ben Barnes as a kind of Mediterranean, pretty-boy Hamlet, the prince escapes a plot by his uncle King Miraz (Sergio Castellitto) -- who has usurped his throne -- and falls in with a rag-tag band of talking badgers, valiant mice, dwarves, minotaurs, griffins and centaurs.

CNN: Review: A glowing 'Prince Caspian'

Kent Caperton, principal of the Ben Barnes Group, said in an interview that his firm was hired in July 2010 on Mr. Armstrong's behalf for a lobbying effort aimed, in part, at raising concerns about Jeff Novitzky, a Food and Drug Administration special agent who was leading the investigation into Mr. Armstrong's U.S. Postal Service cycling team.

WSJ: Armstrong Hired Lobbyist to Raise Concerns About Investigator

Bristol's Ed Barnes added two penalties but Ben Skirving and Steve Borthwick scored tries for a bonus-point win.

BBC: Saracens 37-13 Bristol