Unread-"Mr. Bean" Speaks!

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"Mr. Bean" Speaks!

Rowan Atkinson's character, Mr. Bean, is a man of few words, but the actor himself is as articulate and thoughtful as he is entertaining
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Rowan Atkinson took an unusual route to comedy stardom. He earned a degree in electrical engineering and moved on to postgraduate work at
Oxford, where his work in sketches led to a position on the BBC's satirical Not the Nine O'Clock News. Soon afterward he found his breakout role as a sharp-tongued, scheming 15th-century nobleman in Blackadder.
His next character, the bumbling and nearly silent Mr. Bean, was a hapless creature of pure physical comedy. Bean has enjoyed numerous TV programs, spinning off an animated series and three feature films...