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English actor Ben Barnes has been a staple of many sci-fi and fantasy franchises – “Westworld,” “The Punisher,” “Shadow and Bone” and “The Chronicles of Narnia” – however he can’t escape followers coming as much as him about Harry Potter, regardless of by no means showing in it.
“[The way] that started, it was about doing a prequel,” Barnes instructed The Publish in a current interview, whereas selling his debut album “Where the Light Gets In.”
For a few years, it was well-liked amongst Harry Potter devotees to “fan cast” a prequel collection about Harry’s dad and his buddies throughout their faculty days, aka “The Marauders.”
“[Fans] had myself and Andrew Garfield and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. They wanted to do this prequel idea. I knew nothing about it ….It went on for years before I had any idea what was happening,” defined Barnes.
A prequel collection about Harry’s father and his buddies doesn’t exist — the one “Potter” prequel is the “Fantastic Beasts” films about younger Dumbledore. Nonetheless, that didn’t cease the web.
Barnes was the go-to solid option to play a youthful model of Harry’s godfather, Sirius Black, who was performed by Gary Oldman within the films. Garfield was the “fan cast” of Remus Lupin (performed by David Thewlis within the films) and Taylor-Johnson was the selection to play a teen model of Harry’s father, James.
He added, “I was being asked to sign copies of Harry Potter books, and being given these Gryffindor ties.”
The “Westworld” actor stated that when requested to signal Potter paraphernalia, he was bewildered for a very long time.
“I felt like saying, ‘You know, I was in ‘Narnia,’ not ‘Harry Potter,’ right? Do you understand that I was not in these films?”
“The Punisher” actor stated it received to the purpose the place somebody even instructed him, “I loved you in Harry Potter.”
He recalled replying, “You absolutely didn’t, because I wasn’t in it!”
Barnes, now 43, is simply too previous to play Sirius Black through the character’s faculty years if a prequel ever occurred. However, he’s now the appropriate age to play grownup Sirius Black.
“It’s funny that that’s been going on for so many years that we are now the same age as the actors like Gary Oldman were when they started those films,” he stated.
The Harry Potter collection is getting a reboot, within the type of an upcoming TV present for HBO that’s anticipated to come back out in 2026.
Might that be Barnes’ probability to lastly play Sirius Black?
“I think it’s interesting that people are still referencing it to me all these years later,” he instructed the Publish. “Look, I’m a huge fan of the books. I’ve done so many films and TV shows – mainly films based on works of literature that I love. I was as big a fan of those books as the next guy. So, you never know.”
