Supernatural: Benny is a vampire, a friend of Dean Winchester

Many heroes of the long-revered TV series "Supernatural", which appeared in only a few episodes, fell in love with millions of viewers. Among them, the new hero of the eighth season is the vampire Benny. "Supernatural", according to fans, from the appearance of such a character only won.

Supernatural: Benny Lafite

Vampire Benny, or Benjamin Lafite, was converted by a powerful and very ancient vampire called the Old Man. Becoming part of the vampire clan of its creator, Lafite for a long time hunted piracy, until one day met Andrea Cormos - an aristocrat from Greece. Benny loved it and, leaving his native vampire nest, began to live with her in Louisiana.

But the vampire brothers took Lafitte's act as a betrayal. By order of the Old Man, Benjamin was found and beheaded, and his Andrea turned into a vampire.

After death, like all the monsters shown in the Supernatural series, Benny found himself in Purgatory, where he had to fight his other inhabitants.

The history of dating Dina and Benny

After spending a total of almost half a century in Purgatory, Benny once met a man there. They were Dean Winchester. Benny and Dean soon became friends and fought together with other monsters, despite the fact that one of them was a vampire, and the other was a hunter.

It is unknown where the character of the series "Supernatural" Benny found out about the existence of a secret exit from Purgatory, which only people could use. However, making friends with the first person who got into Purgatory, the vampire tells him about this loophole. He promises to show where she is, provided that Dean will also help save Benny.

During the time spent fighting various monsters, Benjamin became very friendly with Dean, moreover, later Winchester called his brother a vampire. It is necessary to pay tribute to the fact that Lafite is also very attached to the person and really helped him and after liberation.

Since the secret exit from the Purgatory was made only for humans, Benny, with the help of a spell, placed his soul in Dean's hand and thus penetrated the portal into the world of people. Winchester, getting out of the damned place and finding where the vampire's bones are buried, with the help of Benny's brought soul, could revive him. After that, the former partners went each by their own way.

It is noteworthy that Dean acted decently in relation to his new friend. Since he could simply release the vampire's soul in the first ditch, he would be stuck forever between the two worlds.

The future of Benny

A fifty-year stay in Purgatory, as well as an acquaintance with Dean Winchester, influenced the character of the series "Supernatural" Benny. Once free, he did not hunt people, but simply drank the blood of animals, as well as the donor blood.

Having mastered the changes that have occurred on earth during his absence, Lafite decides to find his clan and take revenge on vampires. But, realizing that he alone can not cope, Lafite asks for help from Dean. He, postponing all the cases and not telling his brother Sam all the truth, goes with Benny to hunt.

In the nest Benny is ambushed and only with the help of the former beloved Andrea, who became a vampire, is saved. After killing the Old Man, Benjamin learns that his beloved has changed a lot. In response to his offer to start living together, she convinces Lafitte to establish his own nest on the site of the old and continue to engage in piracy. Benny refuses, and Andrea tries to kill him, but Dean destroys the vampire in time.

Dean's brother Sam Winchester, having found out who Benny is in fact, sends one of his familiar hunters named Martin to follow him. He, discovering a dead bloodless body, decides that this is the work of Lafite. After learning about the suspicions that fell on his friend, Dean does not believe in Lafitte's guilt and tries to protect him. As a result, Benny really is innocent, but Martin is determined to kill him. To do this, he uses the great-granddaughter of the vampire Lizzie: threatens to kill the girl if Benny does not give up. Lafitte manages to save his great-granddaughter, but he kills Martin and disappears.

For a long time after the incident, Benny and Dean do not communicate. However, when Sam and the soul of the deceased Winchester mentor Bobby get stuck in Purgatory, Dean asks for help from Benny. He lets himself be killed and, finding himself in Purgatory, helps the younger Winchester and Bobby to escape. The vampire himself remains there, as he sees no point in his return to the world of people.

Interesting facts about the vampire Benny

There are several interesting features of this character. First, the style of clothing is very Benjamin similar to the manner of dressing the deceased father of Sam and Dean Winchesters - John.

Benny is the first and only monster from the universe of "Supernatural", with which Dean got close fraternal relations.

Vampire Lafite - the only one of the evil in the series twice visited Purgatory. In addition, he is the only vampire who was resurrected from the dead.

Fighting with someone, Benny sometimes whistles.

Many fans of the series are of the opinion that Benny is not really as simple as it seems. For example, the series did not explain how Lafitte knew the spell that helped him resurrect him, as well as the exit for people from Purgatory. It is supposed that he could get this information from one of the monsters in Purgatory. Many suspected that, as the demon Ruby had once used to trust Sam, he used it for his own purposes, so Benny will eventually deal with Dean. But their suspicions were not confirmed. Although the fact that Benny was left to live in Purgatory leaves his storyline open - perhaps the writers will return this bright character in future series.

Tyler "Tai" Olsson is an actor who played Benny

The role of vampire-partner Dean Winchester went to Canadian actor Tay Olsson.

After studying at the University of Canterbury, Olsson went to conquer Hollywood. Unfortunately, he did not play major roles. But from the beginning of the two thousandth he was shooting a lot in episodic roles in box-office films, such as "X-Men-2", "The Chronicles of Riddick", "The Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Godzilla." It is noteworthy that the role of the vampire Benny ("Supernatural") the actor received, successfully playing on the screen of a ghoul in the famous vampire saga "Twilight".

In addition to the movie, Ty often acted in television series. So among his works - "The X Files", "Arrow", "Once in a Fairy Tale", "The First Wave", "The Crow", "The Dark Angel", "The Mysteries of Smallville" and many others.

As for the personal life of the actor, it is known that he has two daughters from the marriage with actress Lianna Nash. However, in 2012 this union disintegrated. Despite this, Tai tries to spend all his free time with his daughters.

In the biography of actor Taya Olsson there were many more well-known projects, but for the audience he was remembered thanks to the role of the vampire Benny. And although his character was killed, the fans of the series do not lose hope for his resurrection, because in the magic universe of "Supernatural" everything is possible.