Behind the goofy character who gave a museum security guard horrendous diarrhea by surreptitiously pouring an entire bottle of liquid laxative into the worker’s coffee, who revived a heart-attack victim with jumper cables intended to be used on cars, and who defaced an invaluable painting was a real man who now wants nothing more than to cease being Mr. Bean largely communicates nonverbally.Įven if he is speaking hyperbolically, what a dark revelation from Mr. “It’s easier for me to perform the character vocally than visually,” he said during the interview, which makes sense, given Mr. Bean has, for the most part, moved on to non-Bean projects - the character has already starred in a sitcom, feature films, animated series, and books - a new animated film is apparently in the works. I find it stressful and exhausting, and I look forward to the end of it.” While Mr. “The weight of responsibility is not pleasant. “I don’t much enjoy playing him,” Atkinson started off, before digging further into his misery. Some jobs just carry an inordinate amount of responsibility. Indeed, the man behind the widely beloved character who has delighted the world with his silly antics and proclivity for wreaking havoc is deeply stressed and weary. Bean, and he prays every day for the ordeal to end. outlet Radio Times: Apparently, he hates being Mr. Bean, had to say during an interview with U.K. Bean’s tedious comments has overshadowed something far more chilling that Rowan Atkinson, the man behind Mr. Bean is in the news today, mostly because he has decided to weigh in on “cancel culture” - a development the world certainly wasn’t clamoring for but one that it got nonetheless. The new edition of Radio Times is out now.Mr. He previously led a successful campaign against Westminster legislation that would have criminalised insulting language. So it is scary for anyone who’s a victim of that mob and it fills me with fear about the future.’ ‘It’s important that we’re exposed to a wide spectrum of opinion, but what we have now is the digital equivalent of the medieval mob roaming the streets looking for someone to burn. And if you’re against us, you deserve to be "cancelled". It becomes a case of either you’re with us or against us. He said: ‘The problem we have online is that an algorithm decides what we want to see, which ends up creating a simplistic, binary view of society. In his interview with the new edition of Radio Times, Atkinson also condemned cancel culture. What happens there is a sideshow in my world.’ However, Atkinson says: ‘I have no desire to have any presence on social media. The character’s YouTube channel has more than 25million subscribers and his Facebook page is the tenth-most popular in the world. The ensuing animated series ran for a total of 130 episodes, made originally airing between 20 and then from 2015 to 2019.Ītkinson’s near-wordless performance in physical and cartoon form have made him Mr Bean an enduring international hi. The Mr Bean television series ended in 1995, and was followed by two films as well as music videos the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony and adverts for Snickers. To try to replicate that 30 years on wouldn’t be easy.’ĭespite his discomfort in performing Mr Bean, Atkinson is to star in a new physical comedy series for Netflix entitled Man Vs Bee, in which he battles an annoying bug. Blackadder represented the creative energy we all had in the 1980s. He added that it was ‘certainly not impossible’ for the sitcom to return, indicating there had been early discussions about possible scenarios.īut the 65-year-old said: ‘That’s about as optimistic as I can be and I’d rather not speculate on when it could be set. The responsibility for making that series funny was on many shoulders, not just mine.’ ‘I don’t actually like the process of making anything – with the possible exception of Blackadder. I find it stressful and exhausting, and I look forward to the end of it. The weight of responsibility is not pleasant. ‘Having made an animated TV series, we’re now in the foothills of developing an animated movie for Mr Bean,’ the comic told the Radio Times.Īnd speaking about the pressures of making the real-life shows, he added: ‘It’s easier for me to perform the character vocally than visually. He broke the news as he confessed that he hated performing the character that has made him a fortune. The sitcom consisted of 15 episodes that were co-written by Atkinson alongside Curtis and Robin Driscoll for the pilot, it was co-written by Ben Elton. Rowan Atkinson is set to make an animated Mr Bean movie. Bean is a British sitcom created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions and starring Atkinson as the title character.
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