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Sean Bean

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RachelTopliss · 20/07/2023 08:00

One trick pony. AIBU?

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Pringleface · 21/07/2023 07:04

He was in a TV series called Extremely Dangerous which I liked.

MichelleScarn · 21/07/2023 07:01

Pieceofpurplesky · 20/07/2023 19:32

Seen bean here too.
Sharpe. There needs to be nothing more said.

Captain Richard Sharpe 🥰 can see why he's a Chosen Man!

StopStartStop · 21/07/2023 06:51

No, silly man, I didn't 'recognise' you, I'm face-blind. And I didn't fancy you. But you go about as if people ought...

Mollymalone123 · 21/07/2023 06:50

He was brilliant as Sharpe then in Time.Also v good in I think it was Patriot Games

PimpMyFridge · 21/07/2023 06:48

Sean Bean and Pete Postlethwaite!!! <Faints>

WomanOfSteel · 21/07/2023 06:32

AlecTrevelyan006 · 20/07/2023 09:10

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PIpoLVVfl7s&pp=ygUbd2hlbiBzYXR1cmRheSBjb21lcyB0cmFpbGVy

anyone remember this typically British film? Wasn’t as a big a success as The Full Monty or Brassed Off but just as good.

I was at the Lane when they filmed that. ⚔️ They filmed a lot of it around where I live and he used to go in my local with Pete Postlethwaite. My dad had a drink with him a few times and brought me home a signed picture of him (which I still have).

5foot5 · 21/07/2023 00:06

FanFanFanFanYam · 20/07/2023 09:44

I love Harrison Ford but do think he’s very similar in everything - he does it really well though.

I wanted to cite Harrison Ford but checked the thread to see if anyone else had mentioned him. I mean, he is Harrison Ford and I had a poster of him on my wall as a young 20 something. But he plays every role exactly the same. In every film he is Harrison Ford.

Sean Bean may use the same accent for every role but in no way are his characters the same. YABU in that. Definitely not a one trick pony.

Also just interested. Actors who always speak RP or some generic Southern accent do you think they are one trick ponies?

MoonriseKingdom · 20/07/2023 23:44

I think you haven’t seen enough Sean Bean roles! Not mentioned so far:
Red Riding - an evil character but understated and slow burn compared to some of his other roles
Black Death - an interesting film about superstition and belied, not a straightforward villain role

Addymontgomeryfan · 20/07/2023 23:23

I saw him in Homebase once, so I guess he can do more than act 😂

gazpachosoupday · 20/07/2023 23:19

icebearforpresident · 20/07/2023 22:37

Not wanting to derail the thread or anything, but there’s SEVEN Tremors movies?!

Thats my weekend sorted.

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Yep, Seven Tremors movies and 5 or 6 lake placid's if you get really bored.

But I shall go back to Sean Bean

If anyone does want to watch the Sharpe's they are on the ITV Hub,

gazpachosoupday · 20/07/2023 23:17

Mrsjayy · 20/07/2023 21:09

I think there was a Highlander TV series I tried to.watch I just couldn't. 7 tremors movies ! I think I've seen 2

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There was a highlander TV series, it got fairly weird, fairly quickly,

Anyotherdude · 20/07/2023 23:15

His interpretation of Beowulf is genius. I had tried really hard to understand it, but his reading of it just made sense. It also made me cry. Who would have thought that a way of saying a poem would have made total sense, when reading it was so difficult…

BackAgainstWall · 20/07/2023 23:03

Yawn.

KnickerlessParsons · 20/07/2023 22:56

smilesup · 20/07/2023 08:05

That prison thing was amazing. The main complaint I have about his is that as a dyslexic this name is complicated to compute as it should rhyme 😁

Nothing to do with dyslexia. I feel the same - it really annoys me that
It isn't Sheen Been.

icebearforpresident · 20/07/2023 22:37

gazpachosoupday · 20/07/2023 21:04

You are talking to someone who has watched all 7 Tremors movies.

Love Highlander and Highlander 2 (also had Sean Connery with his Portuguese/Scots accent)

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Not wanting to derail the thread or anything, but there’s SEVEN Tremors movies?!

Thats my weekend sorted.

Gatekeeper · 20/07/2023 22:00

smilesup · 20/07/2023 08:05

That prison thing was amazing. The main complaint I have about his is that as a dyslexic this name is complicated to compute as it should rhyme 😁

It does in our house! Alos known as 'Shaun Born'

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RachelTopliss · 20/07/2023 21:50

xsquared · 20/07/2023 19:56

What's your view?

You know more about him than me, as I didn't even realise that was his real name.

Are you referring to his being killed off in pretty much everything he's in?

He doesn't write the script.

He was very good in Time, and his character survives in the end.

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I only know that from Wikipedia. I saw him on a really old inspector Morse a few weeks ago playing a posh boy in prison but the accent didn't work, you just expect him to say "do it for Yorkshire". Yes I was thinking about him being bumped off in everything and only playing Yorkshire parts.

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AlbertaWildRose · 20/07/2023 21:30

AngelinaFibres · 20/07/2023 08:24

We call him Seen Been in our house. 😁

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My kids call him either Seen Been or Sean Bonn.

CoQ10 · 20/07/2023 21:15

Beenhereforever1978 · 20/07/2023 21:13

I read this comment and I have nothing to add. Perfect.

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Ditto. Other than I bloody loved him in that Harrison Ford thriller. ❤️

Weird thread.

Toohotforchips · 20/07/2023 21:14

bryceQ · 20/07/2023 08:22

Happiest memories watching Sharpe with my dad as kid

Ah, that's brought back many happy memories for me of watching Sharpe with my Dad too. Sharpe and trying to choose a movie together from Blockbusters on a Saturday evening were great. We'd usually come out with two videos as we couldnt decide. And some sweets.

Gracewithoutend · 20/07/2023 21:13

Oooo. "Men bearing gifts..." I feel quite unnecessary. ☺

Beenhereforever1978 · 20/07/2023 21:13

Dotjones · 20/07/2023 08:03

Yeah he's a one-trick pony, as far as I can tell he earns a living just by being an actor. I've never heard of him doing complicated surgery work or piloting commercial airliners.

I read this comment and I have nothing to add. Perfect.

pippinsleftleg · 20/07/2023 21:11

gazpachosoupday · 20/07/2023 21:04

You are talking to someone who has watched all 7 Tremors movies.

Love Highlander and Highlander 2 (also had Sean Connery with his Portuguese/Scots accent)

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Can we stick to one Sean please. This is getting confusing.

Mrsjayy · 20/07/2023 21:09

gazpachosoupday · 20/07/2023 21:04

You are talking to someone who has watched all 7 Tremors movies.

Love Highlander and Highlander 2 (also had Sean Connery with his Portuguese/Scots accent)

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I think there was a Highlander TV series I tried to.watch I just couldn't. 7 tremors movies ! I think I've seen 2