May 2 2007Rowan Atkinson Takes on Dickens
Mr. Bean, as usual, doing something asinine.
Director Peter Howitt and his producing partner Richard Johns are set to make a new version of the Charles Dickens classic David Copperfield that Johns claims will break the mold of mannered, reverential Dickens adaptations. "With Dickens," Johns said, "filmmakers have been trapped in this place where you have caricatured characters, but Peter wants to deal with them like real people."
Naturally, their mind went to Mr. Bean. Rowan Atkinson will play Mr. Micawber, Copperfield's landlord. As described, Atkinson will play the part not as a caricature but as a real person, assuming this "real person" is a bumbling retard making constant wide-eyed stares and strange noises.
Reader Comments
1. lambman - May 2, 2007 5:12 PM
Quit bashing Mr. Bean just because he's funnier than this site!
2. Triston - May 2, 2007 7:16 PM
Obviously whoever wrote this article has never seen Rowan Atkinson's other work, such as the BBC series, Blackadder. He's a whole lot more than Mr Bean. It's just what he's most well-known for, and gets typecast for roles as such.
3. Thinkhouse - May 3, 2007 4:46 AM
True true, and least we forget his groundbreaking role as Zazu
4. Praz - May 3, 2007 10:09 AM
Why have I never heard of Mickey's PhilharMagic?
5. Reed - May 3, 2007 9:12 PM
Philharmagic pwnzrz
6. El Duderino - May 7, 2007 12:32 PM
The man is a comic genius.
Mr Bean despite being comically weak is strangely very popular in the US and, funnily enough Germany.
Rowan Atkinson is very talented both verbally & facially. I use the word 'Genius' quite appropriately.