SEAN BEAN IS RELISHING NEW FILM ROLE (EXPRESS CO. UK)

By Lizzie Catt with Lisa Higgins and Jack Teague


SEAN BEAN is relishing his new role. The burly Yorkshireman, 52, plays an intelligence agent in terrorist film Cleanskin and says he enjoyed feeling super-macho on set when battling against a suicide bomber called Ash, played by young actor Abhin Galeya.

“It’s good fun, especially having fights with Ash. It’s always good fun to have fights. There’s some good violence in there but there’s no wallowing in gore, it’s more an extension of the characters’ raw emotions.” 

And keen to show off his warrior body, heart-throb Sean almost got carried away at the premiere of the film at London’s Mayfair Hotel, asking photographers: “Shall I take my top off?” Rest assured cold towels were provided to ladies in the crowd.


http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/307124/Sean-Bean-is-relishing-new-film-role

Cleanskin Movie Review (IRISHTIMES.COM)

Clearskin Directed by Hadi Hajaig. Starring Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Peter Polycarpou 16 cert, general release, 108 min

Hajaig wants to make the British Parallax View and he’s halfway there.

By the third act we’re aware that no one in the world of black ops and terrorism cells can be trusted. (Who new?) In common with TV’s Spooks and current critical wow Homeland , Hajaig’s script incorporates sneaky nods to recent political scandals and conspiracies.

This is a big movie trapped inside a tiny one. Tussles over British- Islamic identity are seamlessly incorporated. A boorish Middle Eastern assassin with a fondness for diabolical jumpers and Mr Bean marks an audacious and deftly handled shift between dark Borat comedy and unvarnished horror.

There’s a lovely frisson between Bean and Rampling that makes you think what James Bond and M could be. Unhappily, budgetary constraints do tell on the finished product. Cleanskin works hard with make-do joins, library music and tiny interiors but can’t quite rise above them. As for that fake headline about Spurs winning the Champions League . . . Still, we can name 10 Hollywood attempts to grapple with the war on terror that don’t work nearly as well.


Read further:  http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2012/0309/1224313046424.html

Sean Bean: "Cleanskin" interview video (WHATCULTURE)

Cleanskin Interviews With Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya & Director Hadi Hajaig
By Mark Clark


 


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Sean Bean Interview: Terrorism Around Us, How He Relaxes And Finding His Groove (HUFFINGTON POST)

If I could have a penny for every time I've watched Sean Bean pick up a gun (or bow and arrow if he's got his toga on for Game of Thrones/Lord of the Rings/anything with Sharpe in it), look meaningfully into the semi-distance and plot a one-man revenge for the way the world has turned against him, I'd... be able to buy Patriot Games on DVD. Twice.

Everything Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham have learnt, the original British tough man has already forgotten.

Why never a romantic lead, I wonder? "I like what I do, and it appears to be working out," he chuckles. Which is fair enough, when you think how many millions he must have made from bulked-up, narrow-eyed appearances in everything from Lord of the Rings to Sharpe, via Patriot Games and Lady Chatterley's Lover (the last one a bit worryingly romantic, but ultimately doomed, thankfully).

So it comes as something of a surprise to find him, in person, disarmingly gentle, full of northern shyness and an apparently authentic humility. No middle-distance, shrewd appraisals, or any of the suspicion on which he has built a substantial career of two decades and counting. My respect for him as an actor just went up.

He's here to talk about his latest - guess what - terrorist thriller, filmed on the streets of London and concerning the security services' worst nightmare, a crime about to occur, but attributable to someone nowhere on their files - a 'Cleanskin'.

Read further:  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/07/sean-bean-interview-cleanskin_n_1326601.html?ref=uk

Sean Bean: The Changing Roles Of Sean Bean (FEMALE FIRST)

6th March 2012 1Comments |


Deep undercover in London’s criminal under belly, hot on the heels of a deadly terrorist cell is Ewan (Sean Bean) - a Secret Service Agent. His mission: to terminate extremism. Directed, written, edited and produced by Hadi Hajaig Cleanskin is an explosive thriller, set across the dramatic backdrop of London under terrorist siege.

Sean Bean in fine form as the gritty agent on a mission - to celebrate the film’s release check out this round of Sean Bean’s film and TV performances from Middle Earth to the 21st century.

 - Sharpe (TV Movies) - from 1993 There can be no retrospective of Bean’s work without mentioning Richard Sharpe. Thanks to a freak accident to Paul McGann, Sean took over the role as the Napoleonic hero that was to make his name. Many TV movies on this theme followed leaving swooning female fans in his wake. - GoldenEye

 - 1995 Sean cemented his rep as a dastardly villain when he played Agent 006, Alec Trevelyan, opposite Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond. Could Bond prevent Bean from unleashing a nuclear hell in London? Well of course he could.

 - When Saturday Comes - 1996 Lifelong Sheffield Utd fan Sean, couldn’t resist this football drama where a nobody goes on to play in the Cup Final for United. Full of every footie cliché under the sun, it’s a good intentioned flick or die-hard football fans.

 - Ronin - 1998 It was a mark of his growing reputation that he was cast alongside Robert De Niro as a weapons expert in the thriller Ronin. The fact that he is still remembered to have been in the popular film despite the presence of De Niro says something more!

 - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - 2001-2003 Sean will be fondly remembered as Boromir the goodie/baddie/goodie who was slain at the hands of the Orcs while bravely trying to fend them off. It was here that he caught the eye of the future producers of the fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.


Read further:  http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/Sean+Bean-230524.html

Sean Bean: Video, fight scene from Cleanskin & Trailer (BRITSCENE)

British Movie Trailer Roundup: Sean Bean, Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Bob Marley & Loads More

Written on February 25, 2012 by Paul

I love doing the British movie trailer roundup as it gives me a chance to catch up with all the trailers Laura has been posting to our trailer Facebook & Twitter pages. Some make me smile others get my blood pumping and then there are the ones that just make me think, WTF, but I love checking them all out. This week we have a little of everything I just mentioned. First up is Sean Bean looking like an action hero in the trailer and clip from Cleanskin. He plays a secret service agent faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a suicide bomber and his terrorist cell. Based on the trailer I would think this has a chance of  making it over to the US>







Read the whole article:  http://www.britscene.com/2012/02/british-movie-trailer-roundup-sean-bean-ewan-mcgregor-bob-marley-loads-more/32104

Sean Bean: CleanSkin Trailer

http://youtu.be/HvLl7BKPfbg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvLl7BKPfbg&feature=player_embedded

Sean Bean's new movie "Cleanskin" trailer (Worst Previews)

Plot: Ewan (Bean) is a secret service agent faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a suicide bomber and his terrorist cell.

The new movie is written and directed by Hadi Hajaig. It is set to hit UK theaters on March 9th. There's currently no US distributor on board, which means US audiences will likely have to wait for the DVD release.



Read more: http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=23990&count=0#ixzz1lSTmFdPK