I'm too old to play Mr Bean again: Rowan Atkinson
Mr. Bean is Rowan Atkinson’s most commercially successful creation. However, Mr Bean is unlikely to appear on our screens again in any new adventures. Atkinson, 56, says he believes he is too old to play the bumbling character.

Mr Bean first blundered on to television in an ITV series which ran for five years from 1990.
Despite the derision of some critics, the programme proved a huge ratings success, with viewing figures of more than 18million. The character proved such a draw – even in the notoriously difficult U.S. market – that two films were made of his exploits, Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie in 1997 and Mr Bean’s Holiday four year ago. Between them the two films earned £305million worldwide.

However, Atkinson – who describes Mr Bean as 'a child in a grown man’s body' - says: 'I’ve got a feeling I probably won’t play the character [Mr Bean] again. 'Never say never, but I just feel I’m getting too old for it. I’ve always liked Mr Bean as a cartoon-like figure, who doesn’t really age much. 'I’ve always seen him as an ageless and timeless being and I’m clearly not ageless and timeless. 'The older I get, I feel I am less qualified to play him.'