Ben Aldridge wants attention

Ugh this is going to be another Luke Evans situation isn’t it

Actor with a movie opening does a cover shoot where they look sexy. This is normal.

He's hot. People here are just jealous of hottest like Ben and Luke Evans

He is beautiful and a decent actor. He's in for a long and steady, if wholly unremarkable, career.

That hole looks musky and sweaty.

Blech.

I can’t believe Knock at the Cabin had no Gay sex, why make an M. Night movie rated R and have no Gay sex? I think M. Night must be a homopho, Ang Lee would have gotten some sex in there for sure.

He is so much hotter than that puffy purse-lipped scorch-skinned Luke Evans

Trying to find his erotic short film called THRIVE…

Love how he's offering a glimpse up his shorts to his pants

Says he dated a closeted actor in the UK for years. Who was it?

Does he have Brass in Pocket in those short shorts?

He definitely wants attention.

In this age of actors being uptight with taking off their clothes, I applaud this.

I'd like to chase him around a locker room snapping a towel at his ass!

Aldridge is one of My TV Boyfriends and has been since he played Arsehole Guy in Fleabag. I haven't seen Cabin, but he is the *only* reason to watch Spoiler Alert. The Long Call is on a streaming service I don't have, but season 1 of Pennyworth is a bit of a slog (I am not the audience for superheroes' backstories, well, one of their butler's backstory), and Aldridge is not in it enough to warrant me watching S2 or 3.

Reddit is saying that Aldridge fucked Pedro Pascal.

The Pedro fangirls are furious that Ben may have tried to out him.

He looks younger than 37. And yes he's fine. I hope he becomes A list. If we supported artists like him, the Cooopers and Leo's of the world wouldn't have to beard.

Goodness r18, those frauen are pressed. Typical breeder frau hypocrisy. If Pedro doesn’t want to be outed then he shouldn’t date men. Because eventually someone will find out.

Let's put his numbers up against Game of Thrones, Narcos, The Mandalorian and The Last of Us (and that Nic Cage thing, I don't know what that is really).

Whatever Ben Aldridge has been doing for the past ten years, it won't match that track record. Pedro will be protected from Aldridge messing with him.

You can bet he is only halfway "joking", I'm sure they have fucked r14.

Lmao at the fraus on Reddit at R18 having breakdowns because Pedro isn’t out yet. Oh honey.

Did I miss something? What from Ben’s interview leads them to believe he fucked Pedro?

R21 numbers? Are they racehorses?

Yes numbers, r25, now what could that possibly mean when talking about four very successful television series??

It's a huge mystery.

He’s looking pretty good on the cover. First came to my attention from Fleabag.

I’m tired of Pascal not coming out. Wtf is that dude’s problem? Closet cases are assholes

R26 I know what numbers you were referring to, assclown. What on earth do you think being in higher rated projects "wins" for Pascal here? Reddit is missing a fangurl tonight.

Ben’s hot, but he doesn’t necessarily fit the narrative everyone’s made for him. According to pretty reliable sources, he’s not the top people want him to be, and he tends to pick guys who treat him badly and smack him around a bit. Makes him less attractive.

How many of his costars do we think Groff has slept with? I would put money he slept with both Russell Tovey and Murray Bartlett at some point during the filming of Looking

He 100% slept with Tovey - those two's chemistry on Looking was nuclear, off and on-screen -- and good for them. I wish they'd have recorded it - their sex scenes are the closest we'll get but that said they're pretty convincing sex scenes

I have absolutely no doubt that Groff fucked Aldridge. He even said they had a “vibe” - what else could that mean

I thought Groff was a bottom.

Even hetero actors commonly end up fucking while doing doing a project together. You take gay guys who are inherently more free about sex, it's inevitable what's going to happen.

Hetero actors break up their entire families over on-set affairs. It’s sort of crazy when you think about it.

Did creepy M.Night watch and direct while they fucked?

R30 He hasn’t really been hiding it. Ben says he likes men who take control during dates and order food for him… he also “joked” that he was disappointed Dave Bautista wasn’t playing his older daddy boyfriend in Knock at the Cabin.

I think it’s safe to assume Groff topped.

Groff as a top is pretty funny.

I thought he topped Tovey convincingly on Looking

I had the same thought when I first watched that scene. "Groff isn't a total bottom! He looks like has done some topping before"

He gives me big bottom vibes, and physically he has a naturally big ass and a small dick so it fits.

I heard that one of Ben’s exes was known to be kind of abusive towards him. There was a huge power imbalance. It’s hard to imagine him as a top, even though he looks like he could be one

Ben Aldridge can have my attention, OP. Except that I imagine he doesn't.

Go full on Sharon Stone or don't bother.

I don’t hate the idea of Aldridge being a bottom. Though he seems like the type to have bottom shame, which is blech

Are bottoms with shame afflicted with dirty anuses?

Podcast episode with him where he really camps it up.

He also says he only dates American guys.

When was he with Pedro Pascal

[R48] I mean at the very least they aren’t very fun to fuck

Probably no more attention-seeking than most other actors

R49 I’m impressed with his voice work in knock at the cabin. He managed to get his voice about an octave below where it is in that interview

It's funny to me that he's only now letting himself like campy things like RuPaul's Drag Race and musicals. 2 years ago when the cast of Pennyworth were asked who was the British act of all time everyone else went with rock acts and he chose The Spice Girls.He wasn't fooling anyone.

[quote]Trying to find his erotic short film called THRIVE…

I don't even know how long I have had this bookmarked.

If I were his agent I would be pushing him for Bond.

He’s the right age, has the right look, he’s a Brit, and he’s proven he can at least act butch. And as a gay man he has the diversity hire thing in his favor, so the studios can pretend they’re being progressive.

R43 it seems like he’s been in more than one unhealthy relationship. I never get it when guys like him settle for guys who are shit to them when they could have basically anyone

I liked Ben in The Long Call. And he had good chemistry with the guy who played his husband on it.

I thought he was by far the best thing about both Spoiler Alert and Knock at the Cabin. He is talented for sure

From everything I’ve heard, Aldridge is extremely passive in the bedroom. And he’s cute, so win-win.

Did he actually date Pedro Pascal?

Thanks for posting r94. It was short but good.

I mean r54, thanks for posting this.

I refuse to believe he’s a total bottom. Not that it really matters, but it just doesn’t compute in my head

R55 I’d be happy to see him as Bond. Better than Johnny Bailey and some of the other actors in the running

R59 Going to need more details about what you’ve heard.

R66 A friend of mine slept with him a few years ago, back before he was out. Not to get into it too much, but Ben had a reputation for letting men do pretty much whatever they wanted to him - he liked being controlled. I doubt much has changed, although he plays butch pretty well.

Kind of disappointing. I wouldn’t expect someone like him to be into that aggressive demeaning shit. But anyway.

He must be very popular in the sex clubs.

His family was in some sort of evangelical cult and he’s said in interviews he’s still in therapy because of it. Probably classic case of someone with low self-esteem wanting to be punished sexually.

Thanks for that link, R54! He fine (despite his supposed sexual submissiveness).

He’s cute. And not to be that person, but we probably shouldn’t be making assumptions about his sex life on here.

Well, I’m sure lots of men are more than happy to rough him up a little if he’s into that. Who am I to judge

He’s attractive. His American accent always sounds a little off to me, but I like his English stuff. And it seems like he’s very sweet in person, whatever he might be into behind closed doors.

If they end up doing that tv adaptation of A Little Life, I think he’d be a fantastic Jude. Painfully miserable story but he has the right look and plays sad/hurt very well

Get this man some dancing lessons.

Video directed by his rumoured boyfriend (ex?) David-Simon Dayan.

R80 that is impressively bad

Interesting choice for him to choreograph his sister (?) bending his boyfriend (?) over and pretending to fuck him in the ass

Y'all got me picturing Ben getting hard fucked and choked and spat on and I don't hate it, I gotta say

The short film r54 linked to is really hot. Good acting too.

David-Simon Dayan is odd looking. I don’t get the appeal, if Aldridge really is/was with him.

Ben says in this podcast episode that he has been single since June 2022. So he and David broke up, but they comment on each other’s Instagrams all the time so it seems they’re still close.

r87 I don't think he's that odd looking at all, he just looks like your classic bad boy who'll beat up your bussy half to death. Which can be hot for a while, but can get boring quickly because guys like that usually don't have any other speed in the sack.

[quote]reign it in

r84 Oh, dear.

Kind of hot that they met when Dayan was photographing him, though. Wonder how that went down.

Ben is always commenting little hearts and flowers on D-S’s posts. If they broke up, he sure still has feelings.

Never before has my perception of someone been so changed by a DL thread

He's never really done any proper nudity

R90 Sounds like Ben’s dream

R71 He said in one of his interviews that he’s been carrying around an unbearable amount of shame since his childhood. I really feel for him. And I hope he hasn’t been taken advantage of - so many of those Hollywood creeps love to prey on vulnerable men. Not being an 18 year old twink might have protected him some, but everyone has their type.

He was at some fashion show earlier with nail polish on. I didn’t realize he was into that kind of thing

“Area homosexual deemed flouncier than strangers would desire.”

I guess it makes sense - he only came out like two years ago. He’s probably still figuring out how he actually likes to dress now that he doesn’t have to look straight

I watched SPOILER ALERT today. I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it since I normally can’t stand Jim Parsons. Ben was fantastic. And sooooo dreamy.

R100 I thought the acting was good but I just couldn’t buy them as a couple

Yeah, it’s hard picturing Ben with anyone less than gorgeous. But, ya know..movies.

I’m usually pretty good at suspending disbelief but something about Jim Parsons made me struggle with this one. But yeah, movies.

Ben’s hot, and even hotter if the things people say about him on here are true.

He’s put on weight. Look at him in older photos vs the press photos for Knock at the Cabin.

I think I’m developing an unhealthy crush on Mr. Ben.

I wonder if he’s dating anyone right now

I’d like to be the meat in a Ben Aldridge/Pedro Pascal sandwich.

I still can’t imagine them together. I guess I just don’t find Pedro attractive - although that’s subjective, of course. I just can’t believe that that relationship, of all things, put Ben in therapy.

I want to see just how submissive he’s willing to be

He was quite lean and trim in the British TV series Our Girl (it was on Prime Video when I watched it). The show is Just OK -- young London woman leaves her crappy life, enlists and gets sent to Afghanistan; he's her superior officer -- but I've watched far worse. And like the first season of Pennyworth, I watched it just for him.

Do you think he’s a shy bottom or a slutty bottom?

R111 he looked great in Our Girl. He’s definitely gained some weight since then.

Oh Christ he’s just joined Cameo

Yikes. Embarrassing for him.

I’ve heard that Ben is pretty promiscuous. He likes sleeping with men he hardly knows and being put in his place by them. I get the feeling that, despite being constantly praised for his looks, he has self esteem issues - being sexually desired by men makes him feel better.

The cameo thing is bleak. Is that for real?

Isn’t cameo for z-listers?

Okay, he’s doing it to raise money for charity.

There are so many less embarrassing ways to raise money for charity

He really does want attention, doesn’t he

[quote] I’ve heard that Ben is pretty promiscuous. He likes sleeping with men he hardly knows and being put in his place by them.

Hot!

More stories of Ben being a pass around bottom, please.

[quote]Okay, he’s doing it to raise money for charity.

He's going to be the one needing charity if he doesn't book another gig now that PENNYWORTH has been cancelled.

R126 he probably got decent money for Knock at the Cabin, and I’m sure he’ll keep booking movies. Was Pennyworth even that popular?

He needs to have a sex scene in something where he bottoms. Everything he’s in tries to pass him off as a top, except maybe The Long Call, which doesn’t have even a hint of sex.

I don’t think he’s a particularly great actor but he’s so nice to look at that I don’t really care

He reminds me a bit of gorgeous Davood Ghadami who made his name on EastEnders

Is he dating anyone at the moment?

If he's isn't I'm free, albeit not American.

Or remotely attractive.

But I'm a total top.

What do you reckon my chances are?

Well, statistically nonzero…

What’s with the whole Americans-only thing anyway?

I watched Spoiler Alert today. It's my favorite movie in a long time. I knew I shouldn't have listened to you naysayers. You don't like ANYTHING.

It was because of Ben Aldridge that I decided to watch, but I thought Jim Parsons was terrific.

R135 I thought they were both very good individually but lacked chemistry together, at least at the beginning. They somehow worked more for me after Aldridge’s character got sick

He looks like he’d be very fun to throw around

Anyone who is passive like that is asking for trouble. A veritable bum magnet.

Ask me how I found out...you have to grow a pair to be out there.

R138 True, though everyone I’ve met like that has had some sort of trauma that led to it. I think the whole “bum magnet” issue probably stems more from that than from being passive.

R138 nothing wrong with passive men! They can be great in bed

[quote] That hole looks musky and sweaty. Blech.

r7 Uh, that's just the way I like them. What, you like 'em dry antiseptic and fruity douched? Enjoy your celibacy, weirdo.

He just posted some pretty slutty pictures on Instagram

I bet you that he's high maintenance.

Oh, 100%. He has needy vibes.

How soon until he reaches Brandon Flynn levels of neediness

Let’s be real though, who here wouldn’t happily put up with some neediness if it meant spending a night with Ben

I don’t even know who he’s dated

I wonder if he and Jonathan Bailey hooked up back when they worked together

Benny likes being overpowered, and he likes a bruise or two. It’s not really that surprising - I think he comes across differently in person than on camera. He’s not really macho at all.

Do they have a new red carpet every time they switch up casts of Cabaret?

I’m not sure how I feel about that outfit there

Those white socks are fucking offensive.

Has he booked anything else since knock at the cabin?

[quote] When was he with Pedro Pascal?

The receipts here say they were fucking around 2017. Ben even visited him in Colombia.

From all the gossip here we know that Ben LOVES a daddy. No wonder he was devastated when Pedro dumped him. Now the Pedro fangirls won’t forgive him for badmouthing Pedro in the press, even if he didn’t use his name.

R43 Any chance it was Pedro? I’d hope not.

[QUOTE] If they end up doing that tv adaptation of A Little Life, I think he’d be a fantastic Jude. Painfully miserable story but he has the right look and plays sad/hurt very well

Jude is a total bottom and is supposed to be quite attractive so this casting really works.

R157 OMG that bitch is a fucking Pinkerton detective

That Tumblr is insane. So Pedro had Rafa Olarra too? Does that mean Pedro is versatile?

Anyone who dated Luke Evans is a top!

Pedro’s probably vers, or maybe Rafa. Someone in another thread said Pedro’s surprisingly aggressive, so there’s that.

Never underestimate the tumblr fraus for uncovering info. They are intense AF.

Ben and Pedro in Colombia in 2017.

Ben visiting Pedro in Colombia in 2017.

“I won’t name names. But it was basically a well-known actor at the time, and he was very conscious of it not being in the press for him.”

This was post-Game of Thrones and Pedro was the lead on Narcos at the time (when he had Ben come visit him). So he’s definitely talking about Pascal.

I like the composition in OPs photo. I feel like it’s rare I do these days. Has a bit of a late 70s feel.

[quote]Aldridge is one of My TV Boyfriends and has been since he played Arsehole Guy in Fleabag.

Oh that’s him? I didn’t realise it was the same actor! Cool!

What do his legs look like?

I met him at an event a few years ago. He seemed a little shy, which I thought was cute. And he’s very attractive.

So at least three of the boyfriends in Fleabag were gay actors, then? Arsehole Guy, Harry and Hot Priest? I love that. When you are used to hearing ‘gay men can’t play straights’ it’s fun to see.

Ben played straight pretty well in Our Girl, too. It does seem like he’s been typecast into gay roles since he came out.

r176 it's one of the reasons I will love Phoebe Waller-Bridge forever - she cast all of her love interests with gay men

What happened with him and that photographer? Are they still together?

So Pedro is an aggressive top.

R181 I guess he was with Ben, at least

I bet he likes a good spanking

He’s apparently narrated a few audiobooks - he has a nice voice so I might listen to the new one, although the book itself looks iffy.

I didn't realize he had narrated the audiobook of [bold]The Long Call[/bold], which is the 4-part British mini-series he would star in a couple years later. (It's currently on BritBox.)

He was perfectly cast, as there are a number of parallels between Detective Inspector Matthew Venn and Ben himself.

R185 I thought it was interesting how similar his background is to the character’s. The evangelical cult he was raised in seems pretty similar to the one in the book, too.

The newer book he narrated is pretty good - lots of sex scenes and talk of getting fucked. I don’t know if I’d read it on my own, but it’s hot hearing him read it.

[quote]I thought it was interesting how similar his background is to the character’s.

R186 Yes, Ben is a gay man from Devon, who was raised in the evangelical sect, the Plymouth Brethren.

DI Matthew Venn is a gay man from Devon, who was raised in the [italic]fictitious[/italic] evangelical sect, the [italic]Barum[/italic] Brethren.

The Plymouth Brethren actually have a statement on their website saying "No, that's not us!" being depicted in [bold]The Long Call[/bold].

R188 So… it IS probably based on them, right?

I read up on that church a bit and can see why Ben is into the things he is. It’s one of those groups that isolates its members and teaches blind obedience. Scary stuff.

He grew up in the Brethren? Damn, poor guy, I bet he's (understandably) messed up in the head due to that.

Aren't they the ones that shun you when you leave too? So, he might not have any connections to his family at all now.

It sounds frightful, R190 and R191. I wish I could comfort him!

[quote]I wish I could comfort him!

With your butt? ;)

R193 I don’t think that would do it for Ben

I'm not sure you've read the thread, R193. Admittedly he can look like a top in pictures.

I don't really hold to the whole strict "top"/"bottom" thing. Most guys I've met go either way depending on mood and who they're with.

Indeed, R196, but we've been reading lots of stories which would lead one to the conclusion that he's a total bottom.

R196 Plenty of guys prefer to stick to one position or the other. Some just don’t want to be in control, and thus choose partners who do.

R191 He probably has daddy issues from that. Makes sense.

He could do it if they transfer the play from the west end to broadway. I’ve heard it’s grueling (and over three hours!) but somehow it’s sold out and they’re adding an extra run at another theatre, R159 .

Ben needs to post on social media more. It’s been weeks!

I have such a crush on him

Some theatre event last week

He looks like he’s gained weight in most of his recent photos but he looks emaciated in that.

[QUOTE] I don't really hold to the whole strict "top"/"bottom" thing. Most guys I've met go either way depending on mood and who they're with.

Why can’t you just accept that some guys happen to be total bottoms and some happen to be total tops? We exist and we don’t give a shit that you don’t like it or can’t understand it.

What does it even matter that “most guys you’ve been with” are versatile? Why are you making it all about you?

[quote]Why can’t you just accept that some guys happen to be total bottoms and some happen to be total tops? We exist and we don’t give a shit that you don’t like it or can’t understand it.

I think the question is why did you read something more extreme into what I said than what I actually said? I never said or implied the things you think I said. This is a you issue.

There’s also a difference between liking bottoming and being totally submissive, which it sounds like he is. Lots of guys are vers, but I think submissive guys tend to prefer to always bottom, at least in my experience.

Didn’t he post it pretty recently?

He seemed like such a top in knock at the cabin. I know it’s a movie, but still.

He looks good in his new post. I find it interesting that he’s still getting photographed by his ex. And he’s very well spoken in the interview.

Every interview he does rehashes the same things - how ashamed he was/is of being gay, and how he thought coming out would ruin his career and make people in the industry dislike him. He claims to be loud and proud, but clearly still has a lot of issues with himself.

Ben somehow manages to seem like a slut and a prude simultaneously

He seems shorter than six feet.

R216 yeah he has 5’9 energy

R218 I don’t know how to explain it but most of the taller men I know seem to have a sort of confidence/presence that he doesn’t give off. 5’9 was just a random height though, don’t worry

I know what you mean, R219. Height is definitely correlated with confidence in my own experience too (even though there are, of course, truly self-confident small guys and insecure tall guys - I'm painting with a broad brush).

[quote] Every interview he does rehashes the same things - how ashamed he was/is of being gay, and how he thought coming out would ruin his career and make people in the industry dislike him. He claims to be loud and proud, but clearly still has a lot of issues with himself.

Don't blame him for this, it's usually a symptom of a lazy journalist whose only research is googling the last interview done by their subject. I spent a year doing interviews and Q&As for a project and was basically asked the exact same questions every time. But you have to act like you've never heard the question before and give it your all.

R221 He needs to interview with better journalists, then, because so many of his interviews end up giving off the impression that he hates himself (at least to some extent).

But that's my point, R222. There ARE no better journalists. The days of journalism as an art are dead. Hell, the days of journalism, period, are dead.

Also, I'm pretty sure Ben can't request the journalists he'd like to be interviewed by or the publications the stories will appear in (although he can probably turn down any publications he'd rather not be in). I hope he (or his agent) is busy looking for a new project anyway.

R224 I guess so. But I’d think his agent would tell him to talk about something besides how ashamed he is, unless that’s an angle he’s going for for some reason.

What makes you think he isn’t confident?

R226 I guess just the way he talks about himself. He seems very self deprecating. And frankly, I think there has to be some level of self esteem issues for someone to be totally passive and allow themselves to be completely controlled during sex - although maybe I’m wrong about that.

Very… interesting video from his attitude mag shoot

R229 He is trying sooo hard to look like an alpha bro man in that but it is not working.

He posted some adorable and very flouncy behind the scenes pics from Knock at the Cabin.

At least hang a nut out. Throw us a bone, Ben.

[quote]Throw us a boner, Ben.

Fixed.

I’m pretty sure he has an ass pic floating around the internet somewhere

Jonathan’s hand on the inside of his thigh…

R235 Ok, so whoever said they were fucking may have been onto something

In this one specific instance, perhaps R237

He looks very cozy with Dave Bautista in the fourth photo. A little crush, maybe?

I heard he likes being choked out

I'm liking him less and less with these ridiculous photo shoots.

R241 He’s full of himself, as all actors are.

And needy, as all actors are. Don't forget, none of us got enough love in our childhoods.

He’s probably trying to prove something, though I have no clue what.

In any event, I'd eat his ass till the "You'll get antibiotic-resistant shigella" troll's head explodes.

R245 The horror! Still, if he’s really letting guys do whatever they want to him, I’d be careful in your attempts.

R235 Are he and Jonathan Groff together? I don’t see why he’d post that picture if there wasn’t something going on there. Or maybe I’m just old fashioned.

He’s always struck me as someone who looks dirty.

He’s getting too chubby for my tastes.

I think there’s potential for a sex scene in his upcoming film, Tyger. He’s playing some sort of love interest for the ex-con protagonist.

He is rather plump there.

Oh, well, it never lasts when you're fighting it, does it?

He’s going to have a hard time finding a nice top if he keeps packing on the pounds.

He strikes me as a gusher of needy, too.

Submissive guys always are, R255.

His ex is still photographing and posting him.

do you think they fucked?

"Knock at the Cabin" is now on Peacock.

R261 Is is worth watching? I struggled with Aldridge’s terrible American accent in Spoiler Alert.

His accent is fine, and he is very good in it. Movie is really dumb though.

How is he surviving? He doesn’t seem to have much work.

My impression is he's been working quite steadily. In between photo shoots in ugly clothes.

R266 Does he have any upcoming projects though? Besides that Tyger thing.

He used to be pretty responsive to dm’s on Instagram. He would respond to guys pics - I think he liked the attention.

R250 Eeewwww, he needs to lose 20 lbs asap. His bone structure looks great at lower body fat. Also looks more straight thinner.

[quote] Also looks more straight thinner.

The most hilarious quote in this entire thread.

R269 he looks like Cam from Modern Family in that pic.

[quote]He used to be pretty responsive to dm’s on Instagram. He would respond to guys pics - I think he liked the attention.

He openly said on the Evan Ross Katz podcast that he was hoping to find guys to date through DMs.

R272 Seems like a great way to find creeps!

These days it's pretty common for guys to meet through Instagram or Twitter.

Alright, who on here is gonna give it a try @R272

R274 I would just think that he wouldn’t need to, being a movie star and all. But maybe he isn’t finding the kind of guys he wants among industry people.

I want to shave his hole!

He just needs a nice daddy

Kind of sad, he looks like a top to me

R270 bloated = feminine, estrogenic look

I do think that’s a particularly bad photo. In general he looks fine. And what more can you expect from a papb, r280 ?

He’s got a strong, sturdy nose.

Has he been doing anything recently? Haven’t heard a word about him since knock at the cabin

He needs to be in something stat

[quote]He is so much hotter than that puffy purse-lipped scorch-skinned Luke Evans

Luke is good looking. This guy has a weirdly shaped face.

Is he dating anyone right now?

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