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In Lolita, Ben plays the part of the young Humbert Humbert.
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However, he’s not in it for *very* long. I timed it to precisely 1 minute and 5 seconds. In fact, his role is over before the titles are finished, so if you were still queuing for your popcorn, you’d have missed the best 1 minute and 5 seconds of the movie!
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Ok, so even if Ben doesn’t appear in Lolita for a whole lot of time, boy does he look great.
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The young Humbert Humbert scenes are there to establish were the grown-up Humbert (played by Jeremy Irons, and lead character in the movie), developed his taste for young girls.
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Young Humbert meets Annabel in France in the 1920s, when Humbert is 13.
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After catching Annabel’s eye at the hotel and in the park, pretty soon they seem to be getting down to some action in the barn.
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The original screenplay has a lot more of the young Humbert’s brief affair with Annabel, which sadly didn’t make the final cut.
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Four months after they met, Annabel dies of typhus in Corfu. Young Humbert is distraught, and that’s the end of Ben’s role in Lolita.