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fall into depression or get frustrated when things are
not working,” says Benjamin, who keeps himself fit
through regular boxing training and thus gets himself
a big coat. “I had moments when I asked myself, ‘Why
am I doing this at all, why am I doing this?’ Even self-
doubt plagues him in between. “Was it a mistake to
go over there? Am I doing anything wrong?” All these
questions occupy the ambitious Germans. “But one
thing I always knew in the end was that giving up does
not exist, going back to Germany is always a possibility,
but realizing my dream can only happen once in my
life.”
In the meantime, he already had the chance working
on big projects like the TV series “Megastructures” for
National Geographic which is available on Netflix in
which he plays the lead role Jupp Klein trying to escape
Italy with his squad.
https://vimeo.com/302621211
https://www.netflix.com/title/80242339
Beside that he had the opportunity playing on ‘The
current war’ alongside Michael Shannon, Nicholas
Hault and Tom Holland released September 2017. “It
was a great experience acting beside Michael Shannon
turning this movie into reality”, he says.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140507/reference
This year Benjamin already wrapped movie ‘Divos’
in which he plays character Darren alongside actor Jake
Busey, who can be recently seen in ‘The predator’ and
‘Stranger Things’ and actress ‘Nicole Sullivan’.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8342232/reference n
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