283: The Institute with Ben Barnes

The Kingcast

FANGORIA Podcast Network

Tv & Film

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Not only is Ben Barnes well-spoken, professional, and ridiculously good-looking, he's also the star of a currently running TV adaptation of Stephen King's The Institute. We talk about his process working on that show, what he took from King's writing, his history with genre (from playing Prince Caspian in the Narnia films to appearances in Westworld and Black Mirror), and share a laugh over cat buttholes. In short, this is just the nerdy conversation you need this week.

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0:40.7	Now on with the show.
0:44.9	Hi.
0:51.1	My name is Stephen King.
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1:15.9	I'm Anthony Bresnikin.
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1:18.3	And we are your hosts.
1:20.3	Today on the show, we have a special guest,
1:22.7	who is the star of a new Stephen King TV series.
1:26.7	It's not midway through its run, but still a brand
1:28.7	new show. MGM Plus's The Institute. He plays Tim Jameson on the show, The Night Knocker,
1:34.8	who his sense of right and wrong and his natural curiosity lead him to get into trouble
1:40.8	investigating this strange place where children with supernatural abilities are being
1:47.4	used by a quasi-governmental organization to theoretically save the world, but also it uses them
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