Game of Thrones star Sean Bean is fine with being a meme: "I'm not really dead!"
Throughout his illustrious career, Sean Bean has had to die onscreen over 20 times, so much that it's become a meme. Over the years, he's been shot down with arrows as Boromir on The Lord of the Rings, beheaded as Ned Stark on Game of Thrones, died from a fall as a James Bond villain in GoldenEye, dismembered in Black Death, and so on.
As a result of his grizzly on-screen exploits, Bean has officially become a meme. Want to kill off a character? Hire Sean Bean! It's become such a popular trope that viewers come to expect Bean to die whenever he turns up in a show or movie. After Ned Stark's untimely demise in Game of Thrones, everyone has come to learn not to get attached to any of his characters.
Of course, Sean Bean is very aware of his reputation. “I realized there were quite a lot of...
As a result of his grizzly on-screen exploits, Bean has officially become a meme. Want to kill off a character? Hire Sean Bean! It's become such a popular trope that viewers come to expect Bean to die whenever he turns up in a show or movie. After Ned Stark's untimely demise in Game of Thrones, everyone has come to learn not to get attached to any of his characters.
Of course, Sean Bean is very aware of his reputation. “I realized there were quite a lot of...
- 4/1/2025
- by Ashley Hurst
- Winter Is Coming
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