Sir Cabbage
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There's a cute look to him even then. Wow, 1996... fond memories.
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Narniamoondust
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My friend savannah was born then,and the jerk he looks like the year before that.
Then I was born in 1997,a lot of kids were born during his awkward years.
Can you believe that when I'M his age now,2010 will seem like a century ago?
wow....
Then I was born in 1997,a lot of kids were born during his awkward years.
Can you believe that when I'M his age now,2010 will seem like a century ago?
wow....
Narniamoondust
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I haven't been in this thread awhile and wanted to tell a funny Ben-related story.
My dad owns a T-shirt and pin making company and he'll make us special orders sometimes.
Well I sent in artwork for 2 Ben Barnes pins(for which I received "oh look heres your boyfriend,") and got them done. One is that pink one of him dressed as Harry potter and the other is him smiling real big like OMG!
Well,I had those two pins on my bag for WEEKS and my mum didn't notice. Just today I put the harry potter pin on my hat and STILL she didn't notice. I get real self conscious when I wear fan-girl stuff,so the hat was a dare.
My mum did notice it finally by the end of the day and was like "hey who's that on your hat?" I hate saying his name out loud in front of my family,so I just said "You wanna guess."
"Ben Barnes?Oh,what the heck is he wearing?" she says.
That astounds me. Nobody can recognize him through glasses.He was totally right about the two and two thing.
so we go on about it a bit more and she goes "Oh,so its him. I thought it was tina fey."
For the REST of the night I kept laughing. BEN BARNES WAS MISTAKEN FOR TINA FEY?
I was pretending to talk to him,like I always do before bed and I was like "You get that a lot?"
"Oh yeah."
Anyway,I just thought you'd find that interesting.
My dad owns a T-shirt and pin making company and he'll make us special orders sometimes.
Well I sent in artwork for 2 Ben Barnes pins(for which I received "oh look heres your boyfriend,") and got them done. One is that pink one of him dressed as Harry potter and the other is him smiling real big like OMG!
Well,I had those two pins on my bag for WEEKS and my mum didn't notice. Just today I put the harry potter pin on my hat and STILL she didn't notice. I get real self conscious when I wear fan-girl stuff,so the hat was a dare.
My mum did notice it finally by the end of the day and was like "hey who's that on your hat?" I hate saying his name out loud in front of my family,so I just said "You wanna guess."
"Ben Barnes?Oh,what the heck is he wearing?" she says.
That astounds me. Nobody can recognize him through glasses.He was totally right about the two and two thing.
so we go on about it a bit more and she goes "Oh,so its him. I thought it was tina fey."
For the REST of the night I kept laughing. BEN BARNES WAS MISTAKEN FOR TINA FEY?
I was pretending to talk to him,like I always do before bed and I was like "You get that a lot?"
"Oh yeah."
Anyway,I just thought you'd find that interesting.
SammylovesNarnia1
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anyone(other than Amdd97) wanna know what Ben looked like when he was 15?
He looks like this jerk I know! ouch! so if anyone reads anything about him being bullied as a kid,thats what he looked like in middle school.
i wes one when he was 15 hehe
SammylovesNarnia1
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how could anyone bully him? he's so adorable
Narniamoondust
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His mum is a sex therapist. So I suppose the taunts were REALLY harsh. That also made it hard for him to get a girlfriend. He never has and currently doesn't have a girlfriend NOW either. Ha ha! I mailed him a birthday card and in the note this was written:
ha ha,ON A BIRTHDAY CARD! But that was the last thing on it. I also didn't bug him about Narnia,I complimented him on Dorian Gray.
*snickers* I can't WAIT to see my reply
ha ha,ON A BIRTHDAY CARD! But that was the last thing on it. I also didn't bug him about Narnia,I complimented him on Dorian Gray.
*snickers* I can't WAIT to see my reply
Narniamoondust
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If nobody has seen this yet,here is some personal information on Ben.
This was extremely helpful to me with my book. I always need people's height and weight and things. I read the sources and turns out,once again,My book writes itself! hee hee,knock yourselves out!
This was extremely helpful to me with my book. I always need people's height and weight and things. I read the sources and turns out,once again,My book writes itself!
hee hee,knock yourselves out!Films Theatre Music Ben
Bio
Born Benjamin Thomas Barnes on August 20, 1981 he’s 28 his Dad is a Psychiatrist and my Mum is a Therapist. He grew up in South-West London and still lives in London now. He has a younger brother called Jack who’s currently 23.
Ben has a great many talents and as well as acting he can also sing and play piano and the drums.
His first professional job was playing the drums in “Bugsy Malone” in the West End when he was 16.
Ben was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre between 1997 and 2003
He says himself he has a very eclectic taste in music which include the Beatles, the Stones, Queen and some Motown
and Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway and modern stuff like Arctic Monkeys and Kanye West.
He also says he has a eclectic taste in movies as well one of his favourites is This is Spinal Tap.
Ben wanted to be a actor but on the advice of his parents went to University at Kingston and studied Drama and English Specializing in children’s literature.
Trivia
TeenHollywood asked: If you are going to take someone out on a date, what kind of qualities does that person have to have?
Ben: They’ve just got to be someone who enjoys life and enjoys a laugh and has a good appetite for life in general. I can’t stand it when I take someone to a restaurant and they order a salad. Ben’s favourite food is a big British Sunday roast
The Story of Ben’s Prince Caspian book
There was a sticker in the front with a picture of a bear and it said “I can’t bear to be without my books”, a little pun and then it says “name” and I wrote Benjamin Barnes. I was eight years old.
Finally something he said to Teenhollywood that I think sums Ben up.
“Aslan asks whether Caspian – he tells the Kings and Queens of Narnia to rise. And Caspian looks up and says, “I don’t think I’m ready yet.” And he says, “For that reason, then, I know you are.” I sort of feel I find myself leaning toward that answer, when people ask me how I’d propose to deal with the attention of playing the lead in a film. I sort of feel that I’m not necessarily ready, or even deserving of it. At least – and that definitely mirrors.”
Acting Bio
Height: 6′ (182cm)
Weight: 11st. 5lb. (72kg)
Playing Age: 16 – 25 years
Role Types: White, Mediterranean, Eastern European
Eye Colour: Brown Hair Colour: Dark Brown
Accents & Dialects:
(* = native) American-New York, American-Standard, Australian, Cockney, Dublin, Liverpool, London, RP*, Scottish-Standard, Spanish, Welsh-Standard, Yorkshire Languages: (* = mother tongue) English*
Music & Dance:
(* = highly skilled) Baritone*, Drums*, Jazz Singing*, Piano, Rock Singing*
Performance: Musical Comedy, TV Presenting
Sports:
(* = highly skilled) Basketball, Cricket, Pool, Swimming, Tennis
Vehicle Licences: Car
Bio
Born Benjamin Thomas Barnes on August 20, 1981 he’s 28 his Dad is a Psychiatrist and my Mum is a Therapist. He grew up in South-West London and still lives in London now. He has a younger brother called Jack who’s currently 23.
Ben has a great many talents and as well as acting he can also sing and play piano and the drums.
His first professional job was playing the drums in “Bugsy Malone” in the West End when he was 16.
Ben was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre between 1997 and 2003
He says himself he has a very eclectic taste in music which include the Beatles, the Stones, Queen and some Motown
and Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway and modern stuff like Arctic Monkeys and Kanye West.
He also says he has a eclectic taste in movies as well one of his favourites is This is Spinal Tap.
Ben wanted to be a actor but on the advice of his parents went to University at Kingston and studied Drama and English Specializing in children’s literature.
Trivia
TeenHollywood asked: If you are going to take someone out on a date, what kind of qualities does that person have to have?
Ben: They’ve just got to be someone who enjoys life and enjoys a laugh and has a good appetite for life in general. I can’t stand it when I take someone to a restaurant and they order a salad. Ben’s favourite food is a big British Sunday roast
The Story of Ben’s Prince Caspian book
There was a sticker in the front with a picture of a bear and it said “I can’t bear to be without my books”, a little pun and then it says “name” and I wrote Benjamin Barnes. I was eight years old.
Finally something he said to Teenhollywood that I think sums Ben up.
“Aslan asks whether Caspian – he tells the Kings and Queens of Narnia to rise. And Caspian looks up and says, “I don’t think I’m ready yet.” And he says, “For that reason, then, I know you are.” I sort of feel I find myself leaning toward that answer, when people ask me how I’d propose to deal with the attention of playing the lead in a film. I sort of feel that I’m not necessarily ready, or even deserving of it. At least – and that definitely mirrors.”
Acting Bio
Height: 6′ (182cm)
Weight: 11st. 5lb. (72kg)
Playing Age: 16 – 25 years
Role Types: White, Mediterranean, Eastern European
Eye Colour: Brown Hair Colour: Dark Brown
Accents & Dialects:
(* = native) American-New York, American-Standard, Australian, Cockney, Dublin, Liverpool, London, RP*, Scottish-Standard, Spanish, Welsh-Standard, Yorkshire Languages: (* = mother tongue) English*
Music & Dance:
(* = highly skilled) Baritone*, Drums*, Jazz Singing*, Piano, Rock Singing*
Performance: Musical Comedy, TV Presenting
Sports:
(* = highly skilled) Basketball, Cricket, Pool, Swimming, Tennis
Vehicle Licences: Car
SammylovesNarnia1
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hehe I do like me a bit of ben thomas barnes...
Thomas great name I've got a sister called Tomasina it reminded me of her
Thomas great name I've got a sister called Tomasina it reminded me of her
Narniamoondust
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thats his dad's name. You know,how boys get their dad's first name as a middle name?
His mum's name is tricia
and yes her job is gross
His mum's name is tricia
and yes her job is gross
Narniamoondust
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hee hee,I knew half,and I didn't know half. I read some of the sources and they were asking him about what qualities he wants in a woman he dates and each one sounded like me so I was like talking to the computer saying "Oh,so you want to date me then eh?" ha ha. that salad part is funny. and Big British Sunday Roast is MY favorite food,and my sports are swimming and basketball! and I loooooooove drums and piano(even though I can't play.) the serendipity is getting creepy now
SammylovesNarnia1
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hee hee,I knew half,and I didn't know half. I read some of the sources and they were asking him about what qualities he wants in a woman he dates and each one sounded like me so I was like talking to the computer saying "Oh,so you want to date me then eh?" ha ha. that salad part is funny. and Big British Sunday Roast is MY favorite food,and my sports are swimming and basketball! and I loooooooove drums and piano(even though I can't play.) the serendipity is getting creepy now
I am fed up with sunday roast grrr every sunday so boring
Chisha92
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Yeah I pretty much knew everything on that list. Looking at everything all at once is almost overwhelming. Feel sorry for the guy about his mom's job. That would make the awkward years of life all the more awkward.
I kinda wonder if that's partly why he's able to do stuff like DG, perhaps out of self defence he became pretty comfortable with stuff like that because it was either that or be embarrassed off the face of the planet. Just a theory. This is the first time I've ever said that to anyone else.
I kinda wonder if that's partly why he's able to do stuff like DG, perhaps out of self defence he became pretty comfortable with stuff like that because it was either that or be embarrassed off the face of the planet. Just a theory. This is the first time I've ever said that to anyone else.
SammylovesNarnia1
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I don't see how ben could be bullied hes lush
Narniamoondust
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that could be true. I ought to ask him.
Yes,more awkward. He said that's why he retreated to theatre,nobody would bug him there or something like that,I can't exactly remember. He cracks me up with the use of all those fancy big words. I do that ALL the time,so,If I HAVE aspergers,YOU have aspergers