Given that Barnes, 39, was the most established actor in a cast of mostly young up-and-comers, he enjoyed his role as someone who had forged that path before and could be there for his younger colleagues.
Being number one on the call sheet usually comes with extra, unofficial responsibilities, and Li credited Barnes with some advice he gave her before filming. “We would end up just constantly having these long discussions about all sorts of things. He would actually listen to me, which I really appreciated. And that’s why we became such good friends.”
“The parallels between myself and Alina are bizarre,” Li explained. “Her whole story is about someone who doesn’t necessarily want all of this and suddenly everyone knows who she is. And I was thinking, ‘Oh, that’s kind of how I feel’.Ben Barnes has previously been in Chronicles of Narnia, The Punisher and Westworld.’s reception. In the week and change sincewas released, the series is still in Netflix’s top 10 charts and it’s been well received critically and by fans.