I just wanted to let you know that I’m going to be offline until after the new year. My computer got a nasty virus and has been dying a slow death over the past couple of weeks. I’ll be back to making regular updates once my shiny new laptop arrives, so look for lots of new photos after that time.
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a fantastic New Year. Be safe and I’ll see you all in 2008. 
Claire, once of our site visitors, recently launched a new forum, so I’m helping her spread the word about it. If you’re interested in chatting with other Ben fans from around the world, click here or on the link below and join today.
www.benmckenzie.co.nr
‘The O.C.’ Complete Series Collection, a 28-disc box set, is now available for purchase through Amazon.com for $119.99 (new and used from $105.99). It comes in a photo album-type book/box and includes full page color photos and would make a perfect holiday gift for any fan. Click here to order your copy today!
Hello all!
My name is Stef and I am the new owner of benjamin-mckenzie.org. Some of you may know me from some of my other sites, Heather-Graham.org, Charlize-Central.com and Jonathan-Togo.com. I have been a fan of Ben’s since 2003 and couldn’t pass up the opportunity to apply for this site when I saw that it was available at Fan-Sites.org a few weeks ago. A huge thanks goes out to Gertie for approving my application and entrusting the site to my care.
Please bear with me over the course of the next few months as I rebuild the site content and gallery and build a video archive. It will be a long ride, but I think you will all be very happy with the end result. Please note that due to the fact that I’d like to respect Ben’s privacy and keep this site stalkerazzi photo free, there will not be any candids posted here, unless they are on-set images or images of Ben arriving and/or leaving interviews, etc. I hope you will understand my reasons behind this decision.
If anyone would like to donate photos, video clips, fan art, etc., please email them to me at stef@benjamin-mckenzie.org and I will add them in as I update the various areas of the site.
Thanks in advance for visiting. I hope you will enjoy the new look and new content that is being added weekly.
Quotes from Benjamin McKenzie:
“It’s a bit surreal, everyone is here, though, so that’s nice. Pretty much all the principal cast is on set today. It’s a bit bizarre but it’s fun.”
“It’s been a great experience. I learned a lot about acting and the business of acting and interacting. I met a lot of very cool people. It has been a great experience.”
“I just want to thank everyone for watching for four years. And supporting us. It’s meant a lot. Thank you. You stuck through a lot of schedule changes… Different days, different time slots. Very appreciative; so thanks.”
“I’ll probably miss working with everyone. From the crew, to the actors, that will probably be the thing that I miss the most. It’s a very good group of people and we work well together. It’ll be a shame to have to move on. But life goes on. I have a feeling I will run into almost everyone at some point later.”
“The first day of the pilot was kind of nutty. I showed up in the Valley and we were shooting Ryan at his old house with his mom. I think McG stopped by for like two seconds… ‘You’re going to be great, you’re going to be great’ and then ran away. It was cool. I think it was just me and Doug and I think Peter maybe worked a little with Doug Liman the director. And then Peter was in a couple scenes… it was pretty heavy stuff. It was kind of crazy. It was either sink or swim time; so thankfully it has worked out.”
“First day, yeah…. I had done a guest star or co-star a couple times so I was pretty green. Certainly it was my first time heading up a show. It was fun, though.”
(more…)
Batman: Year One (2011)
Southland (2009-2010)
Sin Bin (2010)
The Eight Percent (2009)
Johnny Got His Gun (2008)
