I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing.

In 2012 Bentley also starred with Amber Tamblyn and Vincent Piazza in the indie feature 3 Nights in the Desert directed by Gabriel Cowan written by award winning playwright Adam Chanzit and produced by John Suits. Wesley Cook "Wes" Bentley (born September 4 1978) is an American film actor known for his roles of Ricky Fitts in American Beauty (1999) and Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games (2012). In 2010 he starred opposite Nina Arianda in the premier of the David Ives play Venus in Fur at the Classic Stage Company in New York City.

Rebuilding his career he starred in the premier of Venus in Fur by David Ives in the off-Broadway production in 2010 whose run was extended. Bentley was one of four subjects in the documentary My Big Break (2009) which covered his fame after American Beauty and struggles with substance abuse.