憨豆先生告别荧幕

　　He is Rowan Atkinson’s most commercially successful creation. However, Mr. Bean is unlikely to appear on our screens again。

　　据英国《每日邮报》9月6日报道，“憨豆先生”是罗温·艾金森创造的最成功的商业作品，但是，这一角色可能不会再出现在我们的荧幕上了。

　　Atkinson, 56, says he believes he is too old to play the bumbling character。

　　56岁的艾金森说，他觉得自己年龄太大，难以继续扮演这个傻里傻气的角色了。

　　Atkinson – who describes Mr. Bean as "a child in a grown man’s body" - said:"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."

　　艾金森把憨豆先生称为“带有孩子气的成年人”，他说：“不能把话说死，但是我确实老了，不适合这个角色了。一直以来我都很喜欢这个像漫画形象一样的角色，他永远不会变老。在我眼中，憨豆是永恒不老的存在，但我本人却是会变老消亡的。年龄越大，我对扮演憨豆就越感到力不从心。”

　　Mr. Bean first blundered on to television in an ITV series。

　　在英国一家独立电视台的荧幕上，憨豆先生第一次踉踉跄跄现身。

　　Despite the derision of some critics, the program proved a huge ratings success, with viewing figures of more than 18 million。

　　虽然憨豆这个形象也不乏被批评家们嘲笑，但是，这一节目却带来了极高的收视率，拥有180多万观众。

　　The two films, Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie in 1997 and Mr. Bean's Holiday four year ago, earned 305 million worldwide。

　　1997年的《憨豆先生：终极灾难大电影》和四年前的《憨豆的黄金周》这两部电影在全球获得了3.05亿英镑的票房。