I have been incredibly busy lately, but I think I’m ready to play catch-up with Ben and his news/travels. Thank you to everyone who has linked me over the past week or so.

To start off here’s an interview out of New Zealand.

Source: The New Zealand Herald

“Bastards,” says Ben Barnes. He’s talking about his fellow actors from Prince Caspian, the new Chronicles of Narnia film in which he plays the title role. He’s joking. Sort of. “I’m eternally jealous of all of them,” says Barnes.

The problem is the constant, tedious raving of castmates, as well as director Andrew Adamson, about a magical day they shared shooting a scene in a remote corner of New Zealand’s beautiful South Island.

On a gloriously crystalline, isolated river near Haast, all the stars except Barnes spent a day in rowboats, with Adamson working an outboard motor and wielding the radio controls for the actors’ dinghy. “It was like student film-making, completely idyllic and intimate,” says Adamson.

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Source: myLifetime

In our exclusive interview, the rising star of “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” opens up about hilarious pranks on the set and how he’s dealing with the pressure of sudden fame.

Imagine being a struggling actor plucked from near-obscurity to star in a blockbuster movie franchise that will make billions. That’s what London-bred Ben Barnes, 26, is experiencing, thanks to his breakthrough starring role as Prince Caspian in “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” the second movie in a series based on the popular C.S. Lewis novels. Before getting his big break in “Prince Caspian,” Barnes had a small role in the 2007 fantasy movie “Stardust” and had a theater background (including a stint in the West End production of “The History Boys), but “Prince Caspian” has vaulted Barnes to a whole new level of fame. (He’s also signed on to do the next two “Narnia” films, and he stars with Jessica Biel and Colin Firth in the 2009 romantic comedy “Easy Virtue.”) Barnes recently spent time with myLifetime.com and chatted about what he thinks about being made into Prince Caspian action figure, his unforgettable “Spinal Tap” moment on the set and why you’ll never see him be in a boy band again.

Who was the first person you called when you found out you got the part in “Prince Caspian”?
The first person was my mum. And she was, if it’s possible, even more excited than I was.

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Source: OCRegister.com

It was the night before Ben Barnes was to begin filming his first scenes on the big-budget sequel “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.”

To celebrate the occasion in New Zealand, director Andrew Adamson and a group of studio executives took the 26-year-old British actor, who plays the title character, out to dinner.

The meal ended late, and the group walked Barnes to his hotel. As the actor climbed the front steps, Adamson called out a few words of encouragement:

“Oh, Ben, by the way, don’t mess up the franchise.”

Barnes, sipping tea and eating a bacon and tomato omelet at a corner table in the Château Marmont hotel in West Hollywood, shivers a bit as he tells the story. The film opens Friday, and it is unlikely that he will ruin the profitable franchise (the first “Chronicles of Narnia” made nearly $750 million at the worldwide box office). But the memory of that night still unnerves him.

“I know he was joking, but there was probably a hint of truth in what he said. If this movie doesn’t do well, the only thing people will remember is that guy on every poster and billboard in the world.”

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Reminder: Ben will be on Rachel Ray today, supposedly, and on TRL as well. I’m going to try to screencap TRL.

Source: IESB.net

Ben Barnes has the role of his life this year playing PRINCE CASPIAN in the new Chronicles of Narnia film out from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media!

Due out May 16th, Barnes is about to go for the ride of his life as a child’s hero, action figure and household name and face! Plus, he’s got another Narnia film ahead of him that starts shooting in October!

IESB’s Robert Sanchez sat down with Barnes in Westwood, California last week to talk about the upcoming opening and it’s effects. Plus, find out how he got the role, the training he went through, the next Narnia film and more in IESB ’s exclusive interview with Prince Caspian himself, Ben Barnes, below!

Ben Barnes Interview –
Q: How are you enjoying California? Hot enough for you?

Ben Barnes: Yes, just perfect. Everyone’s like “It’s so hot!” Stop whining, you could be in London you could be freezing your ass off.

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Source: Access Hollywood

Ben Barnes might not be a household name just yet, but landing the lead role as Prince Caspian in Disney’s second installment of “The Chronicles of Narnia” franchise is about to change everything for the young actor.

Fans might recognize Ben from his role in the fantasy romp “Stardust,” and theatergoers lucky enough to catch him in the London West End production of “History Boys” already have a taste for the talents of AccessHollywood.com’s newest Rising Star.

Upon hearing the news he had been crowned Access Hollywood.com’s new Rising Star, he wondered if he had won something. When told the prize would be all eyes on him, he responded with a nervous laugh, “That’s slightly terrifying. Let’s hope I can live up to it!”

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