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‘Dorian Gray’ & ‘Bigga than Ben’ US Release

August 12th, 2008 • By ivonne • General

Shock Till You Drop has posted a larger version of the first picture of ‘Dorian Gray’. The film, which is currently being filmed in London, stars Ben alongside Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin, Rebecca Hall, Fiona Shaw and Rachel Hurd-Wood.

There’s been much discussion regarding Ben’s looks for ‘Dorian Gray’ as Dorian is described as a fair haired and blue eyed young lad which is not how Ben looks in the promotional pic (I personally do not mind). However, I tried giving Ben a Dorian Gray look just to see if he could pull it off, and he indeed can. Take a look:

What do you think? Discuss away!

Also, IMDB confirms a US release for “Bigga than Ben” scheduled for November 18th, 2008.

Comments

Jutta said:

Nice but creepy…
makes him look a bit too pale… =(

Or is it just me?

I don’t mind him playing “dark blonds”… hair-colour isn’t the character… ;)

I just consider it to be a funny incident =)

August 12th, 2008

Natalie said:

He can’t do no wrong.

But he is so much better with his dark hair.

August 12th, 2008

BarnesFan said:

Ben is a perfect for Dorian Grey,the hair dosen’t matter,just look at him he’s gorgeous!

August 12th, 2008

Loni said:

I prefer him with his dark brown hair. He looks unnatural here.

August 12th, 2008

ben!! said:

i think he looks better with his dark hair!!!

alsoooooooooo i heard he is going out with someone called Rachel Curtis……………. is there anyway of finding out if this is tru or false ???
i would lov to know!!!!!!!!
http://www.whosdatedwho.com/celebrities/people/dating/ben-barnes.htm
this is where i heard the news!!!

August 12th, 2008

Gabriela said:

i like the dark brown hair…
dorian is described as the most beautiful man, and who’s better than Ben for that?
=D

August 12th, 2008

Naiya Chhabra said:

He does not look good in blonde hair but he looks good in the brown besides his movies i can’t wait to see him.

August 12th, 2008

imrana ali said:

he looks so different with blonde hair but he looks so hot with brown hair besides that i cant wait until his movie comes out yay!!!

August 13th, 2008

Capucine said:

Your picture is very well changed but I prefer Ben with brown hair xD

August 13th, 2008

connie said:

well..i prefer the dark brown one

August 13th, 2008

Natalia said:

Ben looks better with a dark hair and eye…
(4 the fans) he is perfect to this role, but as a HUGE Dorian Gray fan I waited a blonde guy…
anyway, he is very handsome and an very good actor…

AND the rumors about Rachel Curtis is fully lie.

xxx

August 13th, 2008

Juliana said:

Very good, thanks Ivonne! And… This photo of Ben with blue eyes and light hair is true? I think no, right?

August 13th, 2008

Sahib said:

I think as a general consensus here, we all agree that the brown hair makes him oh-so-perfect!

But him being Ben Barnes and all, he ALWAYS looks good. But with the blonde, he looks more like your average guy…

August 13th, 2008

Aliya said:

BB is NOT a normal guy, and the blonde looks definatley normal. SO I think I will have to diss the blonde look! But I have to admit, if you didn’t read about how it was altered, you would think that he REALLY dyed it! Thanks Ivonne!

Ben is still hot though!!!

xD

August 13th, 2008

Sarah said:

Hi Ivonne, can you update us about the birthday book?

August 13th, 2008

lidia said:

i think that Ben looks really hot and sexy with dark haiir, but he looks ok as a blonde guy.

August 13th, 2008

tishah said:

blonde eh? >__< and i do agree with some of you. blonde makes him look ok. dark hair is different ;)

August 14th, 2008

Niki said:

I think the dark hair and eyes make him look more mysterious. Doesn’t that suit the character of Dorian Dray more? And in the original novel ‘Prince Caspian’, Caspian was supposed to have blonde hair and be 8 years old.
I think the movies derived from novels are usually v.different to the books.

Oh well, Ben is going to do a wonderful job. I could bet on it =D

August 14th, 2008

Niki said:

Oh and great editing work Ivonne.
Before I read the text, I thought he had really died his hair!

August 14th, 2008

Jutta said:

You’re right, Niki… his normal hair- and eye-colour DOES make him look a bit more “spine-chilling” in a way that you cannot be really certain about his character’s motives… *wink*
Perfect condition for an actor, though… ;)

And yeah, I think Prince Caspian was supposed to be 13 years old and blond, too….
That’s why I thought it to be a “funny incident”… like Ben prefering to portray blond literature-characters…

But I think we all agree that it won’t be his looks, to rely upon, but the way he is going to establish the character…
I’ve seen an interview, where he described there interpretation of Wild’s story as a dark one with something like a gothic touch to it…
That’s one reason why I really want to see that movie now, as I remember, once I’ve read the story I got that feeling about the atmosphere in the book being of something of that kind…

August 14th, 2008

Sonia said:

He look beautiful :)
But i think that he looks better with his dark hair and brown eyes ^^

August 14th, 2008

Elaine said:

Ben is perfect as he looks, but a blonde character wouldn’t be a complete disaster… ;D
Good work, Ivonne!

August 14th, 2008

kleyr said:

honestly, he looks like a vampire…

August 15th, 2008

Gothica said:

I’d take him any look :) But seriously, I wouldn’t have been able to imagine him as blonde. But now that I’ve seen him with it, I think that he could pull off any look or style. Is it possible for him to look bad? Doubtful.

August 15th, 2008

BarnesFan said:

Girls ,i found the Prince Caspian BluRay cover art ,is good!
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc27/GeonosisMX/narniacasp.jpg

August 15th, 2008

Annabelle said:

I just read this in an article:

“He seems jolly enough now – and entirely resigned to the fact that he has to shave twice a day to keep that fresh-faced teen glow. As he says: “I’ve been playing 17 for the past four years!”

HOTTTTTTT!

August 15th, 2008

Florence said:

He looks better with the dark brown hair. He looks scary with blonde hair.

August 16th, 2008

Beckie said:

haha how funny
i think dorian grey suits him very well as dorian like ben is known to be extremely atractive altho
ben very dark so i dont know what they are going to do about that
i hope they dont give him blonde hair and blue eyes haha that picture you made of him is very funny but he looks more like lucias malfoy on it

August 18th, 2008

Hannah said:

He may be described blonde (or whatever) but sincerly, I’ve always imagined him with dark hair. Kinda Dracula like =P Fits Ben perfectly!

August 18th, 2008

Jahanara said:

you look better in your dark hair but this look is good 2

August 19th, 2008

BarnesGrl said:

Ummm..Rachel Curtis denied that she and Ben are dating. It even says so on whosdatedwho.com if you go search for Rachel Curtis and her quotes.

August 20th, 2008

BarnesGrl said:

and also….rachelcurtis.tk, go to “Rachel’s Corner” and Rachel Curtis denied it herself.

August 20th, 2008

Ali said:

I reckon he looks better with brown hair. But he could pull it off lol!

August 23rd, 2008

Toribia Mu said:

Dorian Gray is about the superficiality of the physical beauty. The history is about a very beautiful man whose physical beauty , inocence and immaculate soul captivated everyone. I think it does not matter if Dorian is blond or not, Ben has the deep and essential beauty the book talks about. I think Ben has the same magnetism as Dorian in the book, which is the important issue in the movie plot. Dorian Gray was written in 1890 when the beauty models where different.

August 24th, 2008

Letizia said:

I think that is not important how ben alias dorian looks like but how he will be able to play the role. ben is a great actor so he will be a more than perfect dorian, in my opinion

August 25th, 2008

Alena said:

I have a question about Bigger than ben…it is true that bigger than ben came on the 28 March on the DVD in german?
I mean the language: german, right?
Its this true?
bye
Alena

August 26th, 2008

Lizzie said:

Does anyone know if Ben is going out with Rachel Curtis?

August 26th, 2008

Cacahuete Auchocolat said:

He’s not very beautiful with blond hair. I prefer him like natural.

August 28th, 2008

shaen said:

omg! he’s gonna be a hot dorian gray! but him blonde is a bit freaky looking :O

August 29th, 2008

bluebottle said:

OMG……the way he looks in this pic absolutely TERRIFIED me!! it doesnt look anywhere close to Dorian Gray and nothing like the Ben i like….gee…put that wig away..and yes that contact lence as well…

August 31st, 2008

randii said:

he ‘s hot any way

January 6th, 2009

ana said:

Honestly he looks realy gay…. He’d better not go out like that!

January 7th, 2009

Mrs.Barnes said:

Imádom Bent!
? a leghelyesebb pasi a világon ,jól néz ki ,gyönyör?en énekel ,és bármilyen haj-,szemszín jól áll neki!
Bárcsak én lehetnék a felesége!!

February 3rd, 2009

I'ts me! said:

Lord! He’s so ugly!I love his brown hair,was so cute!I So,now,we can’t to make anything !=( but…..he’s still handsome…

March 25th, 2009