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Rouan Atkinson je britanski glumac, komičar i scenarista kojem je 2013.godine kraljica Elizabeta Druga dodelila titulu viteza Rowan Atkinson is a British actor, comedian and screenwriter who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2013
In Atkinson’s case, there’s no doubt that we expect a joke and some kind of grimace whenever we see him, which is a situation in which the actor has himself lost confidence to an extent. As he admits, he hesitated for a long time when it came to accepting the role of fa- mous detective Jules Maigret, a creation of the pen of Belgian novelist Georges Simenon. But he ultimately made the right decision, because it was somewhat re- freshing to see Atkinson in such a role, which didn’t require any comedic moments whatsoever and actual- ly provided a completely new dimension to this actor. His four Maigret films are divided into two seasons. We had the chance to watch the first two on the Ep- ic Drama channel on 28 th March and 4 th April, while the other two are on the schedule for 2 nd and 9 th May. How did you end up portraying Maigret? That went slowly, and proved a little difficult, as often happens in my case, and that’s why some say I’m a bit difficult (laughs). The production sent the script for the first Maigret film. I read it, spent three months thinking about it, then decided I didn’t want to do it. And I do that quite often. Not because I didn’t
ROWAN ATKINSON, ACTOR I didn’t know if I was ready for Maigret
I have a tendency to take my work too seriously; I’m afraid that I won’t be good enough, because I’m always worried that I’ve always been the same in all my comedy roles S etting aside the fact that we find it a little tough to pronounce his name, you have to admit that you’ll always call Rowan Atkinson either Mr Bean or Black Adder. It’s simply the case that some actors are synonymous with some roles, just like David Suchet and Poirot (may Ken- neth Branagh forgive us) or Jeremy Brett and Sherlock Holmes (may Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cum- berbatch forgive us).
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