# Oh, THAT'S Sean Bean! \*\*swoon\*\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799 "2004-05-24T15:30:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/1 "2004-05-24T15:30:56Z")
Saw **Troy** last night. (If someone will bump the thread, I’ll read it and perhaps post.) Overall my reaction was that I was moderately entertained for 2 hours and 40 minutes, and could have been just as entertained for two hours flat, but hey, beefcake’s okay with me. Brad Pitt – nice ass! Eric Bana – yum yum! Orlando Bloom – I see why my 25-year-old former underling has a thing for him! The revelation, though was Sean Bean – a name I’d heard, but an actor whose work I was unfamiliar with – apparently he was in some series of flicks about critters of some sort? – and who is my latest poster boy. Ah, the wily Odysseus indeed. Give me a man with a few miles on him, whose eyes reflect a little life experience. Hubba hubba! ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/2 "2004-05-24T16:11:29Z")
MMM, Sean Bean, best known as Boromir (LOTR) and Richard Sharpe in all 14 movies. I’m glad to see him in more movies lately. That voice, those eyes… ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/3 "2004-05-24T19:52:05Z")
Try to catch SB in _Goldeneye_, too, where he very convincingly plays an elegant bad guy. Now there’s a film with two hotties - Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean. Yum yum! ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/4 "2004-05-24T22:16:40Z")
I’m a Sean Bean fan too. He was fantastic in Fellowship of the Ring ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/5 "2004-05-25T00:27:21Z")
whoa, whoa, just hold on a minute here. lest we forget, sean bean tried to kill harrison ford (patriot games). not always a good guy. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/6 "2004-05-25T01:10:53Z")
> [@rocking chair](#): > > whoa, whoa, just hold on a minute here. lest we forget, sean bean tried to kill harrison ford (patriot games). not always a good guy. Well, if Harrison Ford had taken up with Callista Flockhart at that point, he would’ve deserved it. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/7 "2004-05-25T01:17:26Z")
I first drooled over him in [Sharpe’s Rifles](http://imdb.com/title/tt0108108/). He was very yummy. . . I mean good in that. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/8 "2004-05-25T02:14:41Z")
nah, mr ford was married to melissa during patriot games. i’m baffled by the harrison/callista pairing. i am reminded of an old catch phrase of my mum’s: “perhaps there are good qualities that only the other sees.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/9 "2004-05-25T03:54:56Z")
> [@rocking chair](#): > > i’m baffled by the harrison/callista pairing. i am reminded of an old catch phrase of my mum’s: “perhaps there are good qualities that only the other sees.” I understand you can’t see _any_ of Flockhart’s qualities, once she turns sideways. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/10 "2004-05-25T07:20:44Z")
[This movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321442/) from last year went almost completely unnoticed. Sean Bean had a wonderful role in it. It’s a really great movie, try to see it if you get the chance! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/11 "2004-05-25T13:37:50Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Saw **Troy** last night. (If someone will bump the thread, I’ll read it and perhaps post.) Overall my reaction was that I was moderately entertained for 2 hours and 40 minutes, and could have been just as entertained for two hours flat, but hey, beefcake’s okay with me. Brad Pitt – nice ass! Eric Bana – yum yum! Orlando Bloom – I see why my 25-year-old former underling has a thing for him! > > The revelation, though was Sean Bean – a name I’d heard, but an actor whose work I was unfamiliar with – apparently he was in some series of flicks about critters of some sort? – and who is my latest poster boy. Ah, the wily Odysseus indeed. Give me a man with a few miles on him, whose eyes reflect a little life experience. > > Hubba hubba! I agree, he was the best thing about **Troy**. I’d love to see someone (Peter Jackson!) make The Odyssey with Sean. You have to watch **The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring**! He doesn’t come in until halfway through the film (but don’t fast forward!) and plays one of the most interesting characters, Boromir. He has more scenes in the Extended edition of Fellowship and the Extended edition of **The Two Towers**. ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/12 "2004-05-25T19:08:10Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I first drooled over him in [Sharpe’s Rifles](http://imdb.com/title/tt0108108/). > > He was very yummy. . . I mean good in that. I was drooling too, but the object of my lust was his Baker rifle. I will admit though that Sean Bean is one of the few actors that will cause me to watch a movie I’ve never heard of just because he’s in it. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/13 "2004-05-25T22:01:42Z")
I know that Sean Bean starred in a British production of Lady Chatterley’s Lover (as guess who). Naturally, I’m curious. Any of you guys seen it? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/14 "2004-05-25T22:02:03Z")
Oooooo Sean Bean! I’ve adored him for years. First saw him in [_Stormy Monday_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096180/) with Tommy Lee Jones and Melanie Griffth (of all people). He plays Strong yet Senstive[sup]TM[/sup] very well. He has had a solid career playing second fiddles and carracter parts (bad guys). He needs to get some big budget leading man roles so the rest of the world can gaze longingly into those eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/15 "2004-05-25T22:12:30Z")
Straight guy calling in - Sean Bean has the kind of looks and manner that other guys admire, and wish they had. Or at least, _I_ do. 😉 Orlando Bloom just looks like a pretty boy. Well cast as Paris, though. Here’s to hoping that they do an “Odyssey” with Sean Bean. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/16 "2004-05-25T23:25:31Z")
> [@well he's back](#): > > I know that Sean Bean starred in a British production of Lady Chatterley’s Lover (as guess who). Naturally, I’m curious. Any of you guys seen it? He played Lady Chatterly? What range! ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/17 "2004-05-26T01:35:02Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Orlando Bloom just looks like a pretty boy. Well cast as Paris, though. Wait, I thought Orlando Bloom was playing **Helen**. She was gorgeous. What? Male? What do you mean? Ohhhhhhhhh… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/18 "2004-05-26T03:27:26Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Here’s to hoping that they do an “Odyssey” with Sean Bean. 🙂 Starts offering, um, offerings to Apollo… ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/19 "2004-05-26T15:09:57Z")
> [@well he's back](#): > > I know that Sean Bean starred in a British production of Lady Chatterley’s Lover (as guess who). Naturally, I’m curious. Any of you guys seen it? I’m coming late to this, but I’ve seen it, and it’s definitely worth watching. I really liked his portrayal of Mellors. And if you’re even remotely interested Sean Bean full-frontal nudity and shots of him romping naked through forests and meadows, it should be at the top of your list. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-sean-bean-swoon/246799/20 "2004-05-26T15:14:27Z")
Plus, it’s fun to annoy him by alternately pronouncing his name Shawn Been Seen Bawn Shawn Bawn Seen Been