A veteran of the stage and former member of the esteemed Bancroft Players Youth Theatre, British actor Ben Whishaw made his belated entry into Hollywood in 2007 as the star of the feature film, “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.” Considered one of the U.K.’s most promising new rising stars, Whishaw was also handpicked by director Todd Haynes as one of nine actors to play the legendary Bob Dylan in a biopic told from several points of view. But it was Whishaw’s stage work and his chilling performance in the highly anticipated “Perfume” that put the actor in great demand on both sides of the
