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Ben Wheeler (Jonas Dylan Allen) is a character in Netflix’s First Kill. Based on the short story by V.E. Schwab, the plot centers on two enemies: Calliope and Juliette. As the title suggests, each must carry out their first kill — Calliope must kill her first monster and Juliette must feed from her first victim — but they fall for each other instead. Ben is Juliette’s childhood best friend. He’s human, so he has a hard time handling the news that his best friend is a vampire. But he’ll still help her hide a dead body — which actually happens in the show. He is openly gay and in a secret fling with Noah. Though when Noah refuses to go public, Ben stands up for himself and breaks things off.