ben cross great in role of barnabas
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selowe — 18 years ago(June 23, 2007 08:48 AM)
I have to say i think ben cross is brilliant in the role as barnabas,i read somewhere that he did'nt have enough charisma for the part and that he was'nt sexy enough, i disagree selo7we
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Sandoz — 14 years ago(February 28, 2012 06:08 AM)
i read somewhere that he did'nt have enough charisma for the part and that he was'nt sexy enough,
Well, whoever did write thatI absolutely agree with them. Ben Cross as Barnabas was the reason that I, after the 2nd episode, stopped watching this revival. Couldn't have been only me who felt this way, either, since the show crashed, burned, and was off the air after, what was it, about 10 episodes?
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bahpofficer — 13 years ago(April 10, 2012 11:34 PM)
I fully agree and he would love to hear from you! Here is a link to his FB fan page and he DOES answer fan posts! Since the release of the trailer of the new movie, viewers are watching the Revival series on hulu.com more and are giving the cast some well-deserved and belated respect! Ben is a very gracious man and he cares about his fans so it's cool to tell him what you think and ask questions too! He so rocks!
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bahpofficer — 13 years ago(April 10, 2012 11:37 PM)
Since the release of the new trailer, he's getting new fans ever day on his FB page and many of them say that he is the one that OWNED the role in retrospect. It lasted 12 episodes and it has been well documented that the Gulf War coverage killed the ratingsnot the cast or Dan Curtis.
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bittenhoney — 9 years ago(August 31, 2016 02:07 AM)
Would you rather he have been an old man like in the original series? Because that guy repulsed me. The show didn't crash and burn The Gulf War news footage took it off the air. Many shows ended up being cancelled in 1991 because they couldn't get air time on a major network.
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bahpofficer — 13 years ago(May 21, 2012 04:26 AM)
Tell him that on his FB page! He'll get a kick out of that one! Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/actorbencross
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Venus-25 — 13 years ago(May 26, 2012 05:37 AM)
I thought Ben Cross was excellent.
What I found incredible was that despite avoiding watching the original series he gave a very similar interpretation to Barnabas as Jonathan Frid. This is possibly because of both of them being Sagittarians.
I also loved that his pre-vampire life was shown as 1790 instead of 1795. Better clothes!
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Pharaoh Osmosis — 13 years ago(January 02, 2013 12:44 PM)
You, "fop" you! I much prefer "dandy" fashion of the regency era to the overly elegant later Georgian fashion of the years preceding it. Different strokes for different folks as they say.
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lae21 — 12 years ago(February 23, 2014 10:50 PM)
Oh hell YES he was a sexy vampire! After watching this back in the day I went out and rented all his movies that I could find (not an easy task before the internet, I think I had to look him up in Who's Who at the library). I had a mad crush on him for many months. Am watching his DS on Chiller and have a mad crush on him once again! Loved his portrayal of Barnabas. NBC shot themselves in the foot over this one.
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ElectricWarlock — 10 years ago(December 14, 2015 08:00 AM)
I thought he was wonderful in the role. After seeing only Jonathan Frid's perfect portrayal of Barnabas for so many years it took me a long time to get used to someone else in the role, but once I did I found him to be very great. He was very charismatic and seemed so classy and sophisticated yet he could also be terrifying and menacing. Just like Jonathan Frid. I love everything about this revival series but I think the casting is one of the strongest assets.
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bittenhoney — 9 years ago(August 31, 2016 02:04 AM)
Of all the men who've played Barnabas he was the sexiest and most alluring. The others are not attractive to me and were over acting the role or their makeup was just too odd. His looks and accent really added something. Whoever wrote that he was bad in the role must know zero about seduction.