Killing Bono

Killing Bono is a rock’ n’ roll comedy about two Irish brothers struggling to forge their path through the 1980′s music scene, whilst the meteoric rise to fame of their old school pals U2 only serves to cast them deeper into the shadows…

Available on DVD in the UK, opens in NYC Friday, November 4 and in LA Friday, November 11.

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Hello Two Thousand-11!

Happy New Year one and all! And what a year 2010 was. We ended things with a *bang!* getting 50,000 hits in the month of December. Our heartfelt thanks to you for making that milestone possible.

If you haven’t already taken a look at our Featured Profiles for Garrett Hedlund (by new contributor Laura), Cam Gigandet (by RioKitty) and Ben Barnes (by ClaireW) check them out. You just might find your next obsession.

We have a new poll up. Do you think you can predict what will be the Best Picture of 2010? Get in there and vote!

Are you curious who were the most visited Ones2Watch4 profiles of 2010? Well wonder no longer:

1. Matthew Goode
2. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
3. Cam Gigandet
4. James Marsden (soon to be seen on Modern Family!)
5. Josh Duhamel

Off we go into 2011! As always we love suggestions on who we should profile and welcome new contributors. Stay classy World Wide Web.

Ben Barnes

A few years ago you’d of been forgiven for saying “Ben Who?” But those days are thankfully behind us now. Benjamin Thomas Barnes was born on August 20, 1981 in London, England, a place he still calls home today. Ben first crept out of obscurity in 2008 playing the title role in the screen adaptation of the second in the series of C.S Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia as Prince Caspian, a role he reprises in the third installment, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader opening this month. Barnes is often compared to fellow Brit thespian Orlando Bloom. Nonthreatening and gentlemanly, Ben certainly ticks all the same tall, dark and handsome boxes Bloom can – right down to the doe brown come-hither eyes, the bright smile and dreamy English accent. Though there is a strong physical resemblance there are eerie similarities in their careers as well: both were fast tracked to fame in major motion picture fantasy sagas- (Uncannily, Lord of the Rings author J.R.R Tolkien and C.S Lewis were close friends- FACT) and both also began their careers in British television medical dramas (Casualty and Doctors respectively). But to equate them too readily would be to sell both actors talents short.

Barnes was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre between 1997 and 2003, where both his musical and theatrical talents were first put to the test. A man of many talents, he can sing, plays the piano and the drums- as he displayed in Bugsy Malone at The Queen’s Theater in 1997 at the tender age of 16. Before landing the gig in the adaptation of C.S Lewis’s classic fantasy, Ben was again on stage in the UK touring production of The History Boys as “Dakin” in the fall of 2006. When the opportunity of Prince Caspian came up, he was forced to terminate his contract early to appear on the silver screen.

I am sure Ben would like us to forget that for a fleeting moment in 2004 he was part of a boyband called Hyrise- who vied to be the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest with a song entitled “Leading Me On”. They came in second. But we at Ones2Watch4 forget NOTHING! There is no doubting the boy can sing of course and in truth he would have been wasted as part of a pop band. Far better he put his musicality to use on the screen as he did in Easy Virtue in 2009 and again in the upcoming Killing Bono (2011) – a film about two Irish brothers attempt to become rock stars who can only look on as old school friends become U2 and the biggest band in the world.

It’s not only music however, that has had an impact on Barnes’ career. It seems as though literature and the stage have also played their part: from Narnia to the modern adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic Dorian Gray (2009) and Noel Coward’s Easy Virtue (originally a staged play) both co-starring the dashing Colin Firth, to his current role on the stage in Birdsong (based on the novel by Sebastian Faulks). Of course Barnes’ career has occasionally bucked this trend. We have seen him take on some more unique films like the small Brit flick Bigga than Ben in 2007, a black comedy about two Russian immigrants and their guide to ripping off London, the American psychological drama Locked In (2010) alongside Eliza Dushku and of course the forthcoming Killing Bono.

With every role Ben has taken: from dashing fairy tale prince to foreign street thug to the most refined English gentleman we know him to be he has shown his passion, dedication and that he really is One2Watch4. We predict that his popularity will continue to increase and look forward to him becoming a household name over the next few years. Looks, voice, and talent…What’s not to like?

Ben reading at the LA Times Book Festival

OFFICIAL SITES:
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Killing Bono Blog
Birdsong, The Play

Trailer for the yet unreleased Locked In:

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Return to the magic and wonder of C.S. Lewis’ beloved world – via the fantastic Narnian ship, the Dawn Treader. In this new installment of the blockbuster “The Chronicles of Narnia” motion picture franchise, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their cousin Eustace, their royal friend King Caspian and a warrior mouse named Reepicheep find themselves swallowed into a painting and onto the Dawn Treader.

Their mission – on which lays the fate of Narnia itself – takes the courageous voyagers to mysterious islands and a river that turns to gold, to fateful confrontations with magical creatures and sinister enemies, and to a reunion with their friend and protector the “Great Lion” Aslan.

Opens December 10th, 2010

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Chronicles Of Narnia 3 Trailer 2

Easy Virtue

The liberties taken in Easy Virtue, the new screen adaptation of Noel Coward’s 1924 play, may cause Noel Coward purists to have a heart attack or a fit of the vapors. However, as this is one of Coward’s lesser known plays, the changes made by writer/director Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) are far more forgivable than they would be to one of Coward’s classics, such as Private Lives, Design for Living, or Blithe Spirit. The film is not pure Coward by any means, but in the end is an enjoyable piece of fluff. Read more

Actor2Watch4 January Vote

So, get your clicking fingers out and VOTE! This month’s poll is below.

Each Month, we will put your voice to a vote on who should be our “Actor2Watch4″ for that month. At the end of the year, all the monthly winners will be entered in our end of the year vote.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

In theaters May 16, 2008.

The characters of C.S. Lewis’s timeless fantasy come to life once again in this newest installment of the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, in which the Pevensie siblings are magically transported back from England to the world of Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure and an even greater test of their faith and courage awaits them. Read more