Rege-Jean Page was our winter bae because of his breakout role in Netflix’s Bridgerton. But now that we are in warmer climes and are moving toward our hot girl summers, we are on the hunt for our Spring bae. Well we don’t need to look any further because Ben Barnes, who plays the Darkling in Netflix’s Shadow and Bone, seems to have won the race. What can I say? I like my men like I like my coffee: dark, mysterious, and hot. Ben is officially spring bae (because I said so). We’re trying to uncover as much as we can about him like we obsessively dug into Rege-Jean’s life. We’ve discovered that Ben was originally tapped by fans of the Shadow and Bones books as their dream casting for the Darkling (he was). Ben loves romcoms and hopes to one day be a leading man in one. And my favorite tidbit about Mr. Barnes is that he can sing. Like the voice of an angel, sing. Ben says he hopes to release some original music soon. Below are a few more highlights from his interview with TmrwxToday:
1. Fans suggested him for the role of General Kirigan as far back as 2013!
Before he actually landed the roll of General Kirigan, fans posting on Tumblr suggested him as a dream casting of the character and it even caught the attention of the author of the book on which the show is based.“I saw old tweets that the author of the book [Leigh Bardugo] approved of in suggesting me to play that role. It definitely peaked my curiosity of the role; as an actor you wonder what you’d like to do next and for me it’s usually based on things in my life. But wondering how other people see you and would like to cast you is something that’s interesting and particularly made me interested,” Barnes shared.
2. He’s planning on releasing original songs in the near future
While we’ve seen Barnes post cover tracks on social media, he’s also getting ready to release his own original works. He’s been taking music so seriously, in fact, that he bought himself a piano at the start of pandemic.“I realized that if we were going to be in lockdown for a bit, I’m going to do this. I’ve been working on songs that have been in the works for a couple of years with producers. I love singing so much. Singing was my first love, starting at 19 with my first-ever job. I played the drums in a production and I’ve done quite a few films with singing in them. Something’s coming … hopefully soon. I’m excited to share that with everybody as soon as I can!”
5. He loves rom-coms
While the actor is often cast in dramatic roles or sci-fi series, he’s a huge fan of romantic-comedies and would love to play the leading man in one. We hope to see it happen soon!
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Ben is totes Spring bae because I personally love a multilayered man. I remember when I first discovered that he could sing. One of our lovely Celebitches suggested that I go google “Ben Barnes singing” and I was floored. I would love to see him in a romcom. When I am feeling down, I tend to binge romcoms for their frivolity. And I personally think that Ben has the good looks to be the Hugh Grant or Colin Firth of the 20s. I look forward to see what kind of music Ben writes and produces. It seems he leans towards pop and R&B and I am here for it. I like that Ben says he keeps his romantic life to himself. He said that it is good to keep a part of yourself private and away from public consumption. I agree with him, I think it makes life less messy. I am looking forward to season 2 of Shadow and Bone. Season one’s finale got me crunk. While I wait, I’m gonna go drool over more pictures and videos of Mr. Barnes, because I can.
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