Beanz Meanz Sean

[altariel]

For the Bean-watchers of my acquaintance, scroll down here to see an early appearance on BBC TV in 1984, on The Bill.

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[mrkinch.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Completely delicious. My morning has remarkably improved.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

My pleasure.

I am loving that icon...

[akanthis.livejournal.com]

Gah! So thin! Thank God for the intervening years!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

:-D

[akanthis.livejournal.com]

Psss... does the rhyme Beanz/Sean mean that Sean is pronounced /Si:n/ and not /Shawn/? *is very confused*

[altariel.livejournal.com]

*whispers back* No, it is pronounced /Shawn/, except when Mr A. and I mispronounce it for the purposes of a bad joke.

[edrys.livejournal.com]

My first sighting of S.B. was on PBS's Masterpiece Theater, which aired the adaptation of Richardson's Clarissa in which he portrayed Lovelace - he wasn't quite as thin as he appears in the picture from The Bill. There are a couple of good pictures of him in costume as Lovelace here (http://www.compleatseanbean.com/clari.html)

What the article says about the soaps being a good springboard for actors generally holds true here in the States too. I remember reading a list of actors who had begun their careers in the soaps - I should see if I can find it again. It's rather amazing to see some of the names and realize where they got their starts.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Gosh, I remember watching Clarissa at college with a bunch of friends, crowded around my tiny portable telly, right at the end of term... Yep, those dates match the memory!

We used to joke that when actors got their Equity card, they got a free appearance in The Bill to go with it.

Young Beanie in CLARISSA

[bachdrych.livejournal.com]

I remember that miniseries. By that point, I knew who Bean was, and thought him a good actor. He was excellent, in a horrible way as the evil Lovelace.

[communicator.livejournal.com]

He looks better now than he did in 1984. Not fair.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Imagine what the picture in the attic looks like though.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Gosh, so young! I prefer him now.

[akanthis.livejournal.com]

He was merely pretty, he got handsome, and is well in his way to become beautiful. To wash the bad taste from your mouth (bad Altariel!), see here (http://www.livejournal.com/community/bean_daily/139664.html?#cutid1). Lovely blinding smile *melts*.

[edrys.livejournal.com]

He was merely pretty, he got handsome, and is well in his way to become beautiful.

Is he ever! The comment posted with that picture is correct - he was the only good thing about that mini-series. What a waste of such a gorgeous and talented man.

I've been thoroughly enjoying all the pictures that have been posted from the upcoming movie

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<blockquote>He was merely pretty, he got handsome, and is well in his way to become <i>beautiful</i>.</blockquote>
Is he ever! The comment posted with that picture is correct - he <i>was</i> the only good thing about that mini-series. What a waste of such a gorgeous and talented man.

I've been thoroughly enjoying all the pictures that have been posted from the upcoming movie <a href="http://www.compleatseanbean.com/troy.html target="newwindow">Troy</a>. If the real Odysseus was anything like him, then it's no wonder Penelope kept unraveling that web. <i>:-D</i>

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, that's so much better! Thank you!

Young Beanie

[bachdrych.livejournal.com]

Good gawd; is that our Boromir with the pretty-boy look and an earring? He definitely became hotter with a few more years on him.

Re: Young Beanie

[altariel.livejournal.com]

The Wild Boy of Sun Hill.

[aralanthiriel.livejournal.com]

Bwuahahaha. I saw that picture and nearly died laughing!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

:-D