Ben Barnes is Dorian Gray

Ben Barnes, the cute Brit, has been chosen to play Dorian Gray in the film adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray. The Picture of Dorian Gray is an Oscar Wilde classic. Ben Barnes plas a young guy whose appearance doesn’t change while his portrait ages as he plunges into a hedonistic lifestyle. Ben Barnes played Prince Caspian in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. It is Ben Barnes birthday today, August 20th,. He turns 27! (old, but still hot)..

Filming for The Picture of Dorian Gray has begun in London with Colin Firth as Lord Henry Wotton, the aristocrat who corrupts Dorian Gray; Rebecca Hall, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, Rachel Hurd-Wood and Fiona Shaw.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is directed by Oliver Parker, whose credits include The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband. Ben Barnes will next be seen on screen in Bigga Than Ben this August.