Beany!

I have never liked the Mr. Bean episodes. I hate them actually. Still I do. But, I appreciate Rowan Atkinson as an artiste. He is definitely a versatile actor like Jim Carrey. I was reading few facts about Atkinson which was really surprising. Those facts for you now;

• He went to school with Tony Blair.
• His biggest passion and hobby: fancy racing cars.
• He’s married to a gorgeous Hindu woman, Sunetra Sastry.

Isn’t it amazing; Read on...

Rowan's interest was in engineering and he is a topper with Masters in Electronics. He was so obsessed with staging skits of Buster Keaton and French comedian Jacques Tati and he used to play pranks on all his masters. However, it was his headmaster who asked him to seriously consider a career in entertainment.

He fell heavily in love with a very attractive BBC makeup artiste called Sunetra Sastry…but it took months for him to ask her for a date. There is enough evidence that Sunetra Sastry is the biggest love of his life than anything else and fiercely protective of her too. That’s now a trivia which Indians will wonder about!

However he is funny on screen, he is a bravo in his real life. Flying over Kenya in a private Cessna, the pilot passed out of acute dehydration and Rowan, despite any flying experience brought the plane back in position avoiding a disaster. The pilot was then revived by his wife and then it landed safely in Nairobi. This is an episode which makes even the die hard haters of Mr. Bean stand up and clap for Rowan.

People who make others laugh with their sense of humour have been the most courageous in heart. I still hate Mr. Bean, but admire Mr. Rowan Atkinson.