He is perhaps best known for his performance as Ben Hargreeves in Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy.Now, he has taken on the title role of Yang in AFTER YANG in his latest film. The Umbrella Academy season 3 premieres on Netflix on June 22. Min is a second-generation Korean American actor from Cerritos who graduated from Cornell, and was a journalist and photographer prior to becoming an actor. It’s something he whips out as a party trick and will do very casually.” In the very first montage where we introduce the Sparrows, you even see him using his tentacles to smoke a cigar and drink. It’s a casual way for him to assert his superiority. But since the Sparrows have been trained since such a young age to utilize their powers during combat, it’s something the new Ben feels much more control over. For example, 'They work with community leaders to help educate. 'I was really impressed by the way UNICEF offers community-driven solutions,' said the 32-year-old actor. Min saw firsthand how UNICEF programs are making a difference for children and their families. So when these tentacles were unleashed, he didn’t know what would transpire. On a recent visit to Lebanon, newly appointed UNICEF Ambassador Justin H. “It was something he never fully learned how to control on his own. “I think the previous version of Ben was fearful of his powers,” added Min. Regardless, the key difference between the Bens lies in their conflicting attitudes toward their tentacle-based superpowers. He also worked with a voice coach to help him speak at a lower, more imposing register. But Min didn’t just spend more time at the gym to highlight his jacked physique. As he tells it, this version of the character comes across much more domineering. Min clearly pushed himself to make Sparrow Ben seem as different as possible from his usual performance. So in this alternate reality where they’re being trained as these assassins and mighty superheroes who are famous and well-known, these are all things that we talked about leaving a great impression on Ben.” RELATED: Netflix Releases New Images From The Umbrella Academy Season 3 “I think Ben, in his essence, is a very impressionable person, so I think nurture is a huge striving force behind whoever Ben is and whoever Ben becomes. Min, who plays Ben (the dead member of the Hargreeves family that has only appeared through Klaus’ conjuring of him), recently got on the phone with Collider to chat all things Season 2. “Steve and I really talked at length about this balancing act between nature versus nurture, and what that would do to someone like Ben,” said Min.
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