British royal family inspired Atkinson
September 25th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANSLondon, Sep 25 (IANS) Actor Rowan Atkinson, best remembered as Mr. Bean, considers the British royal family to be a great source of “inspiration”.
The 56-year-old, who is a friend of Prince Charles, says his penchant for making fun of the monarchy is “born out of love and respect” for them.
“In ‘Mr Bean’ there was a ‘thing’ at the time about nutting the Queen Mother. We’ve inflicted violence on members of the royal family on a regular basis so it seems silly to stop now. But it’s undoubtedly born out of love and respect and wanting them to carry on,” contactmusic.com quoted Atkinson as saying.
“The last thing I would wish is for it to discredit the British establishment or the monarchy because I need it there - a) as a source of inspiration and b) as a source of comedy,” he added.
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