Ben Aldridge as Matthew Venn and Declan Bennett as Jonathan Roberts in THE LONG CALL (2021)
I was raised... I was raised in fear and shame. I was raised to despise myself. I know it's what you believe. I know that you didn't mean to, or maybe you didn't see what I was, or even admit it to yourself, because I did a very good job of hiding it. Mum... If I could have turned myself straight, I would have. If I could have taken a pill, or if the praying had worked... Even after I left, I spent years just hiding myself, just working, doing everything I could to be good, to redeem myself. And it was sad and it was lonely and I spent years like that.
And then...
Then I met Jonathan. And he showed me that I didn't have to be scared all the time of people seeing who I really am. That I can be loved.
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Ben Aldridge in leather
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For ONCE I want a movie where the main character and their companion(s) choose to be selfish, and do the wrong thing for each other instead of sacrificing or hurting each other for the greater good. I want them to acknowledge what they're doing is fucked up, and that they feel guilt over it, but they still choose each other even if it means causing hell for all others. I want to see a movie where the expected "good, and noble" people do the opposite because they'd rather see the world burn than hurt each other. I just want a movie where what's expected to happen doesn't happen, and they're selfish for themselves, and whom they love. I want to see that kind of love on screen for once as fucked as it is. I've seen it happen in books, but I want to SEE it on screen.
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I want to add that I'm talking about wanting to see BOTH of them simultaneously decide it. Not when one person says fuck the world, and the other doesn't so it creates an issue, and they end up fighting over it because one is having difficulty moving on from it. I want them to be the main characters, I want them both to decide it, I want to see both of them live, essentially 'win', as happily as they can with each other while the world ends, even when the time is ticking for them as well. I don't want to see their demise. I just want to see them choose each other selfishly, and live till the very end before the screen fades into black.
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A Look Back At Matthew Venn In The Long Call🩵
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BEN ALDRIDGE
Thrive (Short 2019)
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No, what did we do? Well, I think Kristen was kind of like our bonding moment. We played "Just Dance" on the Playstation, which is extremely sweaty, we just spent a lot of time together. We had two weeks rehearsal as well, which is really unusual for any project. We just hung out. (video)
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ben and friends at mighty hoopla festival 2023
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