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...Bean's classic teddy-bear companion with him in the movie...
...level of a child really. Mr. Bean is essentially a child trapped in the body of a man. All cultures identify with children in a similar way, so he has this bizarre global outreach. And 10-year-old boys from different cultures have more in common than 30-year-olds. As we grow up, we acquire this sensibility that divides...
...feeling that Mr. Bean's Holiday might be the last. But I probably said that 10 years ago, after the first movie. [Laughs.] When you get into your 50s, as I am now, there is a slight risk that you will start to look a bit geriatric. I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly...
...sort of an alter ego of mine. Mr. Bean is my natural organ of expression when I am told to be funny in an entirely visual way. We do have periods of improvisation, but that tends to happen during rehearsal rather than on the studio floor...
Sadly, Teddy has disappeared in the movies. While he was a companion on the TV show, the movies have a fish-out-of-water feel in which Mr. Bean is taken out of his familiar environment. We didn't want him to have any crutches to lean on, so we felt a need to jettison the teddy bear...