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“Many compare me with Orlando Bloom“

Bingo for the british shooting-star Ben Barnes (26): He plays the title role in the second part of the fantasy films “The Chronicles of Narnia”.

- Was the audition process hard?
Ben Barnes: No, an casting agent saw me on stage in the “History Boys” and begged me for an application. You don’t get such a thing as an actor very often.

- Have you known “The Chronicles of Narnia” before?
Are you kidding? I grown up with the books! I still have my old damaged books which I read as I was a child.

- And you always imagined Prince Caspian exactly the way you play him now?
No in my imagination he was a lot younger and had blond hair.

- “Narnia” is a big fantasy-world, do you have a big power of imagination as well?
Each child has a huge imagination. But I realize that the imagination is getting lesser when you’re getting older. That is really too bad.

- Has anyone already said that you are looking like the young Orlando Bloom?
O thank you very much! Yes I’ve already heard that. For me that compare is a compliment.