# Mr. Bean to play Lord Voldemort?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212 "2004-01-07T14:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/1 "2004-01-07T14:57:58Z")
[According to the IMDB](http://uk.imdb.com/PeopleNews/#2) Rowan Atkinson has signed to play He who must not be named in Goblet of Fire. That’s an _interesting_ choice. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/2 "2004-01-07T15:07:00Z")
That’s pretty cool. If I were in charge of casting he wouldn’t have even crossed my mind. I’ve got faith in them though, I think he’ll surprise people. ---
**Author:** ![Moon-Watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Moon-Watcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moon-Watcher)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/3 "2004-01-07T15:11:01Z")
I personally think it’s a great choice. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/4 "2004-01-07T15:18:55Z")
You’ll never beat me Harry Potter! _I have a cunning plan!!!_ mwahahahaha ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/5 "2004-01-07T15:23:56Z")
Atkinson apparently begged and begged for an audition; they relented, and were amazed to find he scared the hell out of everyone. He got the role the old fashioned way - proving himself at audition. You can’t argue with that. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/6 "2004-01-07T15:24:15Z")
The main issue I’d have with that is that I don’t really see the young Tom Riddle growing up to be Rowan Atkinson. Maybe he was so evil he had part of his chin removed? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/7 "2004-01-07T15:27:01Z")
maybe they’ll give im a chin extension… ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/8 "2004-01-07T15:39:58Z")
Oh dear… Not that Mr. Bean couldn’t work as Voldemort, but I seriously doubt he will… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/9 "2004-01-07T16:02:25Z")
“Mr. Bean?!” He is and always will be Edmund Blackadder. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/10 "2004-01-07T16:12:41Z")
Tsk. Too many people only know Atkinson from the awful Mr Bean and haven’t seen him act scarey. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/11 "2004-01-07T16:27:50Z")
Remember that Voldemort is so twisted and deformed that he is unrecognizable as Tom Riddle. So that opens up the casting considerably. I wouldn’t have thought of Rowan Atkinson in a million years, but I’m more than willing to give him the chance. He _is_ a genius, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/12 "2004-01-07T16:36:47Z")
Rowan Atkinson is a brilliant actor. I bet he will scare the pants off of most of the audience and will have the perfect voice to boot. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![RitzyRae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@RitzyRae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitzyRae)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/13 "2004-01-07T16:55:41Z")
Mercy! Mr. Bean? I’m worried now. If I sit down in that movie theatre with my popcorn only to look at the screen and see Mr. Bean rather than the pure evil that is Voldemort… well I just hope he _is_ able to scare everyone’s pants off… ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/14 "2004-01-07T17:01:46Z")
This will be interesting to see. I actually think he will be able to pull it off convincingly. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/15 "2004-01-07T17:19:58Z")
> [@](#): > > I just hope he _is_ able to scare everyone’s pants off… > [@](#): > > I actually think he will be able to pull it off convincingly. Soooo, Rowan Atkinson is going to pull everyone’s pants off? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/16 "2004-01-07T17:20:21Z")
I’m willing to give him a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/17 "2004-01-07T17:36:58Z")
This is…very, very intriguing. I can’t picture him as Voldemort at all. If he had gotten the role just based on connections or his famous name, I’d assume that he’d be horrible at it. But he got the role on merit, apparently. Now I want to see this movie _really bad_, just to satisfy my curiousity. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/18 "2004-01-07T17:38:56Z")
What a fantastic choice! I think he will be excellent. When he was being evil in Blackadder, he was really good at it. Would it be asking too much to have Tony Robinson as Peter Pettigrew? Or has that role been cast? Now _that_ I could see “Master, I have a cunning plan…” ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/19 "2004-01-07T17:42:15Z")
I can see him as being truly frightening- in an old Monty Python movie, he did some bits and he can get this… _LOOK_ that is quite deranged. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212/20 "2004-01-07T17:50:12Z")
I thought Rowan was up for Peter Perigrew actually. Interesting. IMHO, when I first saw [Brad Dourif](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0167261/Ss/0167261/lotr2_gtr_3_25423.0004-F.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Dourif,%20Brad) in LOTR:TTT, I thought, “There’s your Peter Perigrew!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-to-play-lord-voldemort/223212.md?page=2)