Sean Bean Is So Tired Of Dying He’s Now Rejecting Roles Where He Gets Killed
After a succession of memorable on-screen deaths, Sean Bean discussed turning down parts that would kill off his character. This archived story revisits those remarks and the reputation that followed roles across film and television.
He was beheaded in Game of Thrones and shot with arrows in Lord of the Rings, and let’s not forget about when he was torn to pieces by horses in Black Death.
But all that dying has taken its toll on Bean, who has died 21 bloody deaths in an incredible 23-year career as an actor.
Now, the 60-year-old has decided it’s time for a change, so he’s refusing to play roles in which his character dies. Fair play.
As per The Sun, he said:
I’ve turned down stuff. I’ve said, ‘They know my character’s going to die because I’m in it!’
I just had to cut that out and start surviving, otherwise it was all a bit predictable.
I did do one job and they said, ‘We’re going to kill you’, and I was like, ‘Oh no!’ and then they said, ‘Well, can we injure you badly?’ and I was like, ‘OK, so long as I stay alive this time’.
I’ve played a lot of baddies, they were great but they weren’t very fulfilling — and I always died.
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