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Sean Bean

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RachelTopliss · 20/07/2023 08:00

One trick pony. AIBU?

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LaDeeDa123 · 20/07/2023 08:43

People often describe working-class actors as one trick ponies. It’s frustrating. Eddie Redmayne never gets this because of his RP accent.

DustyLee123 · 20/07/2023 08:42

That Yorkshire Tea advert is hilarious. Absolutely sending himself up. And I’d like to see more of him on TV doing his one trick, he’s a great actor, and I bet he’d be great company to have a pint with too.

AutumnCrow · 20/07/2023 08:41

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.

Yup, poor show from Sean.

He also has never designed a bridge across San Francisco Bay.

LakieLady · 20/07/2023 08:41

Sceptre86 · 20/07/2023 08:09

In his earlier years he was either typecast or went for a very specific role and played to his strengths. His acting had gotten better with age and he chooses, gets offered better roles where he can show off his depth as an actor.

I agree.

I thought he was especially good in "World on Fire". He showed just the right degree of tenderness for the role.

gazpachosoupday · 20/07/2023 08:40

I saw him in Macbeth with Samantha Bond, he was really good.

And at least he does play different characters, Sean Pertwee plays Sean Pertwee in everything he does, still love him though

newnamethanks · 20/07/2023 08:37

Anyone who thinks Hugh Grant is stealing a living by just being Hughie should watch him playing Jeremy Thorpe. Excellent.

LeavesOnTrees · 20/07/2023 08:34

My mum used to fancy him in Sharpe, Sunday evenings, if I remember correctly.

He was good in Golden Eye.

JulieHoney · 20/07/2023 08:33

Bringonthesunforthewashing · 20/07/2023 08:15

Have you ever searched up Sean Bean Bastard on YouTube?

Basically it is loads of films he has been in saying ‘bastard’. He says it in loads of films, it’s absolutely hilarious 🤣. My personal favourite was ‘crafty little bastard’ 😂. Awesome 😁

Not loads of films, just Sharpe. Again and again.

Sharpe saying Bastard is one of the best bits

BarbedButterfly · 20/07/2023 08:31

I thought he was good in Equilibrium too. A lot of actors get typecast but at least he plays it well.

Toomanycaketins · 20/07/2023 08:30

Is it the accent that is distracting you? He is a great actor but I have never heard him branch out into other accents. Agree the prison thing, the Nicola walker drama and the thing when he was a priest were great. He even played a cross dressing character in a courtroom drama which was really good (accused maybe?)

Floogal · 20/07/2023 08:29

Used to like watching him in Sharpe

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RachelTopliss · 20/07/2023 08:29

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 20/07/2023 08:19

I’m not dyslexic, but it has always bothered me too! I assumed he had done it on purpose ( because actors often change or manipulate their names).

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He's Shaun Bean in real life, changed it to look more memorable I guess.

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HuntingoftheSnark · 20/07/2023 08:28

I first saw him as Romeo in Stratford with the RSC in about 1984-5. He was fantastic. Nothing like the screen persona he seems to have been pigeon holed into.

butterpuffed · 20/07/2023 08:27

Divebar2021 · 20/07/2023 08:15

I mean High Grant, Ray Winstone and Jason Statham also spring to mind as pretty typecast. Can’t get too worked up about it tbh.

I'd include Danny Dire Dyer in that list .

Blackbyrd · 20/07/2023 08:26

He's very charismatic and someone not afraid to speak out if appropriate. Not a pathetic virtue signaller like many in the acting establishment

Flopsythebunny · 20/07/2023 08:24

I know him in real life. He's actually a lovely bloke and a very loyal friend.

HRTQueen · 20/07/2023 08:24

He was excellent in both Time and Marriage

charters were completely different

i think he is a really good actor he has depth to his acting

AngelinaFibres · 20/07/2023 08:24

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 😁

We call him Seen Been in our house. 😁

Dontcallmescarface · 20/07/2023 08:24

At least he can act...Danny Dyer on the other hand is the ultimate one trick pony. I've seen reception class nativities with better acting that he can manage. Every role is Danny Dyer playing Danny Dyer.

CamelHairCardy · 20/07/2023 08:24

Tiredjoanna · 20/07/2023 08:09

Can't stand him. Everything he's in, it's just the same character every single time. Boring

Really? Exactly the same?

when you consider he’s been in such a lot of tv shows and films that seems like a pretty dumb thing to say on the face of it

Random789 · 20/07/2023 08:23

Plus, he did that nice pisstake (in the yorkshire tea advert) of the typecasting his has been prone to. So that's another trick. Several so far.

Perhaps the weird opening post was written by AI doing subtle marketing for Yorkshire Tea.

bonzaitree · 20/07/2023 08:22

One trick pony? One does not simply walk into Mordor.

bryceQ · 20/07/2023 08:22

Happiest memories watching Sharpe with my dad as kid

Princessbananahamock · 20/07/2023 08:22

Isn’t he known for being playing a character most likely to be killed.

maras2 · 20/07/2023 08:21

I would. Wink