Ben Barnes talks Netflix's Shadow and Bone

Winter-Is-Coming contributor Corey Smith speaks with Ben Barnes (Westworld, The Punisher, Chronicles of Narnia) about his upcoming Netflix show Shadow and Bone.
#ShadowAndBone #Netflix #ThePunisher
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Ben Barnes' horrible action figure
2:41 Stardust
3:17 Prince Caspian
5:35 Logan Delos (Westworld)
8:35 Being free to be "naughty"
9:58 Westworld keeping secrets from actors
12:29 What "park" would Ben visit?
13:20 Comparing Logan w/Billy Russo (The Punisher)
16:32 Making Billy vulnerable in season 2
19:26 Ben's big regret with Billy Russo
21:32 Moral ambiguity of Jigsaw/The Punisher
23:16 Working with Jon Bernthal
25:57 Cast members he'd love to work with again
27:38 Best advice given from coworkers
28:51 Music vs. acting
30:47 Preferred genre of music
32:22 Weird recording scenario...
34:10 Ben's character in Shadow and Bones
36:45 Dream reboot/remake to be apart of

[@NupurIyer]

15:50 He basically says, "We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are."..... Sirius Black CONFIRMED!!

[@pranavitoleti4430]

Yeahhhhhh!!!!!

[@riotsunss]

yesssss Sirius

[@animaticToshiue]

That's so Narnia 3 movie

[@ellasalem3562]

HAHAHAHHAH

[@julieklemm1906]

just a reminder that this man is almost 40 and still looks like this...

[@francismh]

ikr-

[@emiliejenkins9225]

He loooks so good i can’t believe it

[@asmallsandstorm4686]

He looks about 26. It's crazy

[@jahryan7]

Guys he sold his soul to the devil to look young forever didn’t you watch Dorian gray 😂😐

[@CallMe.Anything]

@@jahryan7 😂👍

[@kylaszemplinski3776]

Ben's smile, his dark eyes, his accent I swear. How is he single? I would marry him in a heartbeat. Even better, he and I are birthday twins!!

[@benbarnes6628]

Thank you very much for getting back to me looking forward to hear from you send me an email📧 [e-mail]

[@mayfair_forest_witch]

Good thing not only pretty people can be married. Relationships are more than just one's appearance.

[@happierthanever5287]

@@mayfair_forest_witch yea but we always look first at how people looks and then their personality

[@SimonKnight1023]

He has access to multiple women at a time , why would he be in a relationship? Lol

[@jennifermiller7670]

all the Harry Potter fans' first thoughts were young Sirius Black

[@elonaackerman4163]

How can he always look so good ? He really is the Darkling, some Genya must be around

[@suzengabri]

I love the way that he answer all questions so clearly. Can't wait to see him as Darkling and would be a dream see as Sirius Black too.

[@benvoliofairbain6779]

" Fun to see what others want me to play" BOY HE KNOWSS

[@brunette.dilemma]

WHEN DOES HE SAY IT

[@miacastaneda7825]

@@brunette.dilemma 37:47

[@tinajain2348]

I am surprised it took him this long to kind of say it on camera. Us crazy hp fanatics have been at it for faaar too long loll

[@srijabhattacharya8142]

Petition for a marauder series with Ben as Sirius...and Andrew Garfield as Remus, Aaron Taylor Johnson as James, Jamie Bells as Peter and Karen Gillian as Lily....they are literally the perfect cast

[@armande4646]

Yes ! But Dane Dehaan as Peter is perfect too ! Sorry I don't speak english very well

[@alaina3045]

And Sophie Skelton would be an amazing Lily too

[@rubiavendaxo]

sophie skelton queda mejor para lily!! pero en lo demás concuerdo🛐

[@addie230]

@@rubiavendaxo Dane Dehaan as Peter and Sophie Skelton as Lily

[@holly_j7603]

Everything is great but Sophie Skelton for Lily

[@figlia-della-luna]

37:47 If there were a remake of Harry Potter, Ben would be an amazing Sirius Black

[@isabellapena7211]

his reaction when he talks about harry potter, and the smirk on his face makes it obvious he’s aware of being fan cast as sirius black AND IM SO HERE FOR IT YES

[@theninthmarauder]

Can you say the exact time when they are talking about Harry Potter because that i didn't realize and I'm curious about it?

[@florinaradu3766]

he was perfectly cast for the role of darkling...just look at his big black eyes and he is so handsome that you would do anything for me and i was laughing when he was trying to talk about his character without spoiling anything : ))) i wished you would've talked about his role in dorian grey cause he was amazing.

[@benbarnes6628]

Thank you very much for getting back to me looking forward to hear from you send me an email📧 [e-mail]

[@sth1106]

Love how passionate he is, closing his eyes to express how he feels. Such a gem

[@delta1658]

IM SO HAPPY THEY CHOSE HIM AS THE DARKLING😭😭✋🏻

[@pipimoll8560]

Definition of single by choice, nobody has those looks, that voice, that personality and that talent AND CAN'T FIND SOMEONE

[@Lily_James]

POLL THE COMMUNITY? Well, Ben, just look at the hundreds of Marauders videos on youtube, the Harry Potter fandom has adopted you as Sirius Black

[@tonymyers1756]

Ben Barnes should be the next James Bond.

[@user-od7dh1ox9g]

I can’t even look into his eyes directly it makeS ME SO NERVOUS HE’S SO BLOODY HANDSOME

[@evelinaseastar6033]

I'd die if I met him in real-life

[@UU-ys6lv]

Yeah right

[@LovesDarkness]

OMG man, you have no idea how jealous I am, I honestly could cry. I have such an infatuation with this guy right now, his eyes just make me melt. I'd give anything to sit down with Ben Barnes and chat with him about everything under the sun. (And like many others here...he is 100% my headcanon for Sirius Black and is who I picture in my head when writing my fanfic)

[@sabahbilani]

I never get bored of him talking

[@brittanyKuchiki]

Me neither I can listen to him talk all day long

[@equestrianrosie]

His interviews give me Tom Hiddleston vibes, eloquent and pleasant

[@kathleencaitlyn]

to clarify: I didn't *just* come here for Shadow and Bone. Like, I love Ben Barnes and I've watched a lot of his work (even the "really, really bad" The Big Wedding), but to click on a video with "Ben Barnes talks Netflix's Shadow and Bone" as the title and then to get 3 minutes at the very end about said series, where the interview partner not only seems ill-prepared but actually uninterested is a huge let down!

[@violetevervlogs]

Have to agree . Highly disappointed

[@inglescomanat]

Agreed

[@lk-kq1tk]

Ben as Sirius Black in the marauders (harry potter’s parents story) I NEED !!!🤩🤩🤩

[@artsyworld3265]

Same as me!!

[@mdr1990]

Really enjoyed Ben and Jon on the Punisher series.

[@c4tlover127]

Great interview!! Ben is so talented and sweet, I love how he always gets really into all the shades of the characters that he plays, is impossible not to love every one of them, even the villains.

[@benbarnes6628]

Thank you very much for getting back to me looking forward to hear from you send me an email📧 [e-mail]

[@UU-ys6lv]

I agree with you He is so talented and I think in real life very nice man😘

[@koelk7603]

I guess my love for him will never fade❤️❤️❤️

[@paj-bn8pe]

Great interview. The questions were interesting and the answers even more so. Can't wait to see him as General Kirigan/The Darkling!

[@arapoviclajla]

yk, if they picked someone else as the darkling. it just wouldn't be the same. his eyes, smile, his mannerisms made him perfect for the role. also, he's such a little cinnamon roll, pls our sirius black 🥺🤍

[@angandhercatemma1984]

I still really really want them to re do the vampire academy books into a movie series. Every time I think of Dimitri Belikov... I think of Ben Barns! He was made for that role... those eyes, that face.. his talent as an actor... He is Dimitri!

[@grigotts]

Exactly, I literally started crying when I saw the trailer for the VA ages ago. I had always been imagining Ben as Dimka in my head while reading the books. No hate to the guy who played the role in the movie but damn I wanted Ben Barnes as Dimitri.

[@child_of_lilith]

@@grigotts the guy who played dimitri was a huge let down😭😭😭 zero chemistry and he was not even what i had imagined Dimitri to be. Ben Barnes would have been PERFECT

[@victoria8685]

why is this man 40 and looking so fine

[@leticiasoares742]

Amazing interview, great selection of questions and he always answers in a very sincere way ❤️

[@benbarnes6628]

Thank you very much for getting back to me looking forward to hear from you send me an email📧 [e-mail]

[@junglejarnies1695]

What a great interview. I honestly never watch actor interviews, not sure what made me start, but to my surprise I watched the whole thing, that was really engaging.

[@tanyalarose8907]

Such a interesting, funny and handsome guy. He's very nice in person too.

[@TWariner]

I’ve always thought Ben Barnes is handsome and it looks like nothing has changed. I’ve always especially liked his strikingly dark eyes.

[@katsasden]

Waiting to see him as the Darkling!!! 🖤

[@melissaproulx6955]

I would love to see him on Succession or Peaky Blinders :) He is such a skilled actor and singer and so beautiful inside and out

[@amanix10]

I'm so excited for Ben as the Darkling

[@gutspillage]

He is so adorable and princely, he can't not be cast for fantasy movies.

[@danielrikelman]

Forever Sirius Black

[@benbarnes6628]

Thank you very much for getting back to me looking forward to hear from you send me an email📧 [e-mail]

[@mariebryant5731]

Thanks both, for doing this interview and keeping us fans happy. I literally cannot WAIT for shadow and bone now, after devouring the books in lockdown. Sure it'll be an all day Ben binge when its finally released! 😁👍🖤

[@roxanailie5452]

The HERO figure, finding the dark within them? He KNOWS he's Sirius Black.

[@allison3852]

u think he should played him who did play him

[@thecoddiwomplewitch]

This was such a great interview, thank you so much for sharing! Ben has such an incredible energy. As for other characters to play... I would love, love, LOVE to see him as Rhysand from A Court of Thorns and Roses (if that ever gets adapted...). That character has Ben Barnes written all over it!

[@Saanvi-ej5se]

omg yes when i read that book he’s exactly who i imagined

[@koelk7603]

Omg it would be so much fun❤️❤️❤️

[@QuickBell]

Ben as Sirius, please :)

[@fridaoropeza8965]

I just want to see him in so much more new movies/series; he is so talented

[@adqueen2548]

Thank you both so much for doing this!

[@she5139]

Thanks for the interview!

[@Qmcvnd70]

He will always be prince caspian too me

[@aruneelakkham5898]

Thank you your interviewing with Ben

[@heidiw3615]

Yes, finally a long video of Ben so I can stare at his face until my soul leaves my body

[@karinperrott9890]

Just watched Gold Digger. A great series with Ben in it.

[@brendadotter4433]

Absolutely! "Gold Digger" was a great series. One of my favorite of Ben's roles. He did some *fine* acting in it!🌄🖤🌄🖤🌄🖤🌄🖤🌄

[@sadiya6175]

Since he wants to know who we want him to play: SIRIUS BLACK

[@bome8625]

I love how he wanted them do make the scarring worse. I would have liked that, too... since it's a striking feature of Jigsaw and also a visual part of his trauma

[@Emma-so4oz]

Glad we can all agree that Ben Barnes is the perfect actor to play Sirius Black :)

[@emilymartin5806]

This man is my biggest celebrity crush ever. Also I wish I would have heard more about Narnia cus I have some questions: what happened to Caspian’s accent and how was the Queen Susan/Prince Caspian romance developed cus it wasn’t in the books and I still loved it

[@benbarnes6628]

Thank you very much for getting back to me looking forward to hear from you send me an email📧 [e-mail]

[@alexb4522]

I remember his Prince Caspian action figure lol I was so in love with him but even as a teen when I saw it, I was so baffled like oh my gawd. Its like a clay voo doo doll lol! A cute one thoo ALSO WTF...HE WAS IN STARDUST!

[@recycledcookie9510]

He’s just so beautiful i can’t-

[@ramandeepkaur4927]

Amazing interview

[@angesabaj2530]

no one: literally nobody: ben barnes: ...you know

[@CJEdmunds]

Thanks for posting this. Excited to see Ben to be The Darkling.

[@gloriamendoza6067]

I love watching Ben and his accent is so sexy. He's certainly accomplished much in his career. I can't wait to watch him in Shadow and Bone

[@lilyrosed.3660]

The way I can’t wait for Shadow and Bone to come out!! I’ve read all the books and was ecstatic when I saw they were turning it into a show. I’m claiming Kaz, The Darkling and Nikolai!! Ps I know Nikolai is not supposed to be in season 1 so hopefully we get a season 2.

[@wooof.]

HAHAHAHA I looked at the Prince Caspian action figure and he's right LMAO it looks like a 50 year old Knight from Shrek who's only job has been guarding the walls his whole life

[@violetbunches5438]

How are his eyes so dark 😳

[@thelibrarianofalexandria6200]

Haha Son. Farther. Love that anecdote. Loove stardust. Fancasting wise I think it would be fun to see him as Hermes in the upcoming pjo series. Or as someone in the netflix the mediator series

[@benbarnes6628]

Thank you very much for getting back to me looking forward to hear from you send me an email📧 [e-mail]

[@ginnienuckles3992]

Loving Shadow and Bone,, it is a mash up ,, i do see all those things in there along with the GOT narrow see ie. the fold,, loving it !!

[@99swm]

He gives me Keanu Reeves vibes

[@AD-zz6px]

Yes!!

[@gorgeousthingsmx]

I love his accent and I love him😍🤩😘... Great questions man!

[@tamarM7_]

I love listening to his ideas.

[@imdiana123]

Ben, you are wonderful! Love you!

[@emjbelle]

Is that a little grey patch in the beard? Too cute 🥰

[@ellamoony9323]

no stop i love him so much

[@babimuzachannel1996]

Damn gravitation seems strange thing for Ben Barnes he looks so young

[@melissachamoun3047]

theres something charming about him he did a good job playing darlking

[@carlacolon2081]

Not me tripping down the stairs and running to google just to see the prince caspian action figure

[@Hola-fz7jq]

What an English Accent...!!! Just Brilliant... 👍😊👌

[@sofiaquinones1081]

oh my god I dint know this was before shadow an bone came out

[@noagan3204]

Sirius black could be your light heroic character....I wish that’s what HBO’s working on!

[@RosePetal17]

SWEET HEART! What part of England does he come from?

[@brendadotter4433]

London . . . the posh part.

[@nazkdgn]

I love him soooo muchhhh

[@rubiavendaxo]

BEN BARNES I LOVE YOU🛐🛐

[@mirrors23]

Awesome interview. He's also very good in By the Gun. New massive fan of Ben, very talented guy.

[@Lauren-rq4xt]

I googled the Prince Caspian Action figure - it looks like Lord Farquaad LOL

[@luferreira8928]

2:15 Yeah well, it DOES say exactly that in the trivia section in Ben's IMDB page HAHAHA but it says it's something he usually comments about lol

[@BilDanzerian]

Hes a great actor

[@aaronblaze2251]

I never knew Ben was British :o

[@liemariearnejo5354]

So handsome my forever prince caspian🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@javier77th]

We need Jigsaw back

[@samaelclearwatercrucigerus4249]

Hast du jetzt ... lol

[@user-xt1it8ix5y]

HE IS SO HAAAAANDSOME

[@user-ps1qr3fl3t]

STARDUST IS MY TOP FAVOURITE FILM OF ALL TIMES

[@AnamikaGheewalla]

Ben Barnes ❤️❤️ ❤️💞❤️

[@KuldeepSingh-qq3xj]

ਬਈ ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਮਝ ਆਉਂਦੀ ਗਲ ਠੀਕ ਏ ਪਰ ਡਿਸਲਾਈਕ ਕਿਉਂ ਕਰਨਾ

[@mapletree3434]

Big Wedding...I agree! How may 'bad' he used in the sentence? :) However, the cast floored me and I endured it just because of the amazing actors, but the script - atrocious.

[@melissav9726]

Alto fachero.. Te re banco Ben!!!

[@melissachamoun3047]

i remember him as prince caspian

[@camilacuttiarevalo8364]

Ben Barnes Handsome Man I love so much My Prince Caspian 😍😘💖

[@AnamikaGheewalla]

Shadow and Bone 💞❤️

[@labelladawna4288]

He's right his Prince Caspian action figure looks nothing like him.

[@Forger7]

OMG, I was actually googling about the prince caspian action figure, the moment he said to go and google it. Damn !🤣🤣🤣

[@allison3852]

he seening loin witches and the wardrobe

[@alexstevie453]

he’s so beautiful

[@futuristurist]

Did you miss Madani?

[@laviniasnow4494]

I discovered him through his Dorian Gray role.

[@cagla1196]

I am falling in love with him🤗🤗