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Ben Barnes Has BEEN the Internet’s Boyfriend
Going on 13 years strong now.
By Rachel LeishmanApr 28th, 2021, 12:03 pm
Ben Barnes is, currently, the talk of the town. I have seen talk of him being the internet’s “new boyfriend,” and I would just like to say that we’ve BEEN HERE. Ben Barnes has been our collective boyfriend for very nearly 13 years (and we still don’t have a ring!). The actor, who came into the fold (get it?) back in 2007 in
Stardust was instantly in our hearts.
Then, in 2008, we watched Ben Barnes as Prince Caspian in the
Chronicles of Narnia series, and quickly, the internet knew his name and the rise of Bin Bons began. (We call him Bin Bons. It’s a whole thing. Just go with it.)
specific type of internet boyfriend, because if you ask the average person who Ben Barnes is, their answer would probably be “Who?”
Thanks to his breakout role as the title character in 2008’s
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (the quintessential fantasy prince, complete with shiny hair and a poet shirt), Barnes became crush-material for a generation of tweens. Thirteen years later, his career has come full circle, playing the menacingly attractive General Kirigan (aka the Darkling) in
Shadow and Bone. And we partly have fandom to thank for that, because Barnes has long been a popular casting choice among fans of
ONTD Original: Five Reasons to watch Shadow & Bone
Shadow & Bones is the latest Netflix YA book adaptation that was released worldwide on the 23rd of this month. This is how I described it to my sister word for word in the text message I sent her on the weekend using Harry Potter as a comparison:
“It’s set in like a fantasy Russia. There s this big black scary thing in the middle of the country called The Fold where it’s like dementor paradise. There s a bunch of people called Grisha aka Wizards with powers. And they re trying to get rid of it, but they need a person called a Sun Summoner (Harry Potter) to get rid of it. Harry s a girl in this and Ben Barnes is in this, and he’s like Hot Voldemort?? I dunno just watch it pls”.