Benjamin Barnes has an interview and photos in the September '08 edition of Interview magazine. A transcript of the interview can be read here, courtesy of Ben Barnes Online. Features this great quote from the actor:
I don't really see the point in making a film unless you can think of a good reason to do it. We live in this celebrity-obsessed, youth-obsessed culture, and it just seems to make a lot of sense to make this Dorian Gray film right now. Especially for me, as somebody who's...I don't know if "on the brink" is the right term, but sort of at the beginning of getting attention from the media and from other people. Dorian Gray is also somebody who, at the beginning, doesn't want to be looked at, doesn't really want to be noticed, but then begins to realize the power of youth and the power of people wanting to be around him. Obviously it goes very dark...
Seems a pretty accurate summary of Dorian's character to me!
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