“Game of Thrones” star Sean Bean says he is no longer interested in taking on acting roles that lead to his character’s demise.
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In an interview with The Sun, the British actor said that after nearly two dozen of his characters died across 35 years in the business, he has become selective, reports people.com.
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“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,” he said.
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Bean’s iconic roles include Ned Stark on “Game of Thrones”, Alec Trevelyan in “GoldenEye”, and Boromir in “The Lord of the Rings”.
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“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’,” he said.
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“I’ve played a lot of baddies, they were great but they weren’t very fulfilling — and I always died,” said Bean, who has played villains in most of his roles, with one exception in “Game of Thrones”.
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“I’d read the ‘Game Of Thrones’ books and they said to me, ‘You do die in this, but it’s near the end of the series’. And I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, fair enough’. So they made it very clear at the time I was going to die, and I thought, ‘I don’t want to get stuck in one of these series that lasts seven years’.
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“But I wish I’d have got stuck now,” he added.
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