FROM EASTENDERS TO X-MEN: BEN HARDY IS ATTITUDE’S NEW COVER GUY!; Attitude, April 2016

Attitude; FROM EASTENDERS TO X-MEN: BEN HARDY IS ATTITUDE’S NEW COVER GUY! :

"From the streets of Walford to Hollywood star, Ben Hardy has joined the X-Men universe as conflicted billionaire playboy Angel.

Returning to Attitude two years after the scorching cover shoot which helped propel his rising star into the spotlight, the 25-year-old discusses his burgeoning Stateside career and why he’s proud to star in a franchise which has for so long been associated with the gay community’s own struggle for acceptance.

“I remember [director Bryan Singer] saying that was one of the attractions of doing the first X-Men film,” Ben tells us across an exclusive 10-page spread.

“He felt it was something that could relate to those movement and to that kid at school who deosn’t feel like he belongs, doesn’t feel like a part of society, feels like an outcast, or feeling like they’re not a part of society.

“In terms of my character, Angel is quite angry and I put that down to him being an outsider. People who don’t get looked after enough can end up being very angry and I feel like this is where Angel’s anger comes from and maybe that gives him the potential to transform and become one of the villains.”"