Rowan Atkinson
Brit builds a global empire with Bean character
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And yet the British actor and his signature character weren't done -- not by a long shot.
"Holiday," which took in a so-so $33 million at the Stateside B.O. for Universal, lived it up internationally, grossing a phenomenal $191 million. It was the latest success for a killer Bean who has spawned (to name just a few parts of its far-flung empire) a TV series, an animated show and a U.K. bestseller.
Point of view
"Although it would be rash to claim that 'Mr. Bean's Holiday' is a groundbreaking movie, it came as something of a relief to discover that the character still 'had legs,' as they say, after 15 years of TV and film exposure," Atkinson says.
