Shaun Mark Bean, professionally known as Sean Bean is an English actor who gained popularity for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV show Sharpe, but mostly for his Yorkshire accent which turned him into a sex symbol (death is beautiful).
With an impressive filmography to his credit and multiple nominations for numerous prestigious awards and wins in his trophy case, if there’s anything more attached to Bean other than his accent, it has to be his screen deaths.
Sean here has died in every possible way a person can imagine (Hell! I’d go as far as saying that your imagination is…limited). Shot by a gun? Check. Impaled by a sharp object? Check. Thrown off a height? Check. BLOWN TO BITS? CHECK!!!
I hope you see a pattern here?
Well, if you don’t. Welcome to this page. (You’re my bread and butter)
Before I talk about all the glorious ways that “The God of Death” has ascended from the silver screen to hall of eternal glory (or eh, death in this case?). Also, I’m a big fan of the guy and not only for his deaths. I’ll have you know, Sean doesn’t mind his deaths either. In fact, I can bet you an Obolus that he’d chuckle if he read this blog. (See what I did there? Huh? hmmm? Obolus instead of a dollar? i.e. Currency given to the ferryman to take you across the river Styx…because death? anyone?)
Okay, now to the meat (which is an oddly fitting word, kinda sadistic and yet still so satisfying). Following is a list of films in which Sean Bean did not make it to the end alive.
(List is made according to date)
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Caravaggio (1986)
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War Requiem (1989)
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Lorna Doone (1990)
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Clarissa (1991)
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Patriot Games (1992)
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Scarlett (1994)
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Airborne (1998)
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Essex Boys (2000)
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Equilibrium (2002)
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Henry VIII (2003)
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The Island (2005)
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Outlaw (2007)
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Red Riding: The Year Of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
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Ca$h (2010)
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Black Death (2010)
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The Hitcher (2010)
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Game Of Thrones (2011)
So, after looking at the size of that list. You must have figured out that you aren’t dealing with some back-alley-stunt-double-extra-who-fakes-death-badly-onscreen noob. This here is a professional, he knows what he’s doing and its art. Cherish it.
BEAN_STALKER OUT!
(for those who didn’t get the Bean_Stalk pun…here’s a visual representation)
(Drops figurative mic)