Rowan
Atkinson dusted off his world famous Mr Bean character today at the
premiere of his latest film which is only released in China.
The
comedian, 62, decided to revive the bumbling loner for the one-billion
strong Chinese audience after a £5million divorce with his wife of 24
years, Sunetra in 2015.
The film
titled Top Funny Comedian is expected to prove extremely lucrative after
Mr Bean's Holiday released in 2007 grossed more than £2.4million in
China alone.
Atkinson,
worth an estimated £70million, took to the stage to perform his mute
slapstick-style comedy which gloriously transcends languages.
He's back! Rowan Atkinson dusted off
his world famous Mr Bean character today at the premiere of his latest
film which is only released in China
Loving it: He pulled a series of hilarious facial expressions as he showed off the items
Clad
in his famous brown suit and red tie, Mr Bean was his typical animated
self as he pulled a series of facial expressions and pulled out some
props.
Top Funny Comedian The Movie is
a spin-off of the popular Chinese variety show of the same name and
sees the star - who is known as Mr Foolish Bean in Asia - as one of the
leading characters in the role.
The film stars comedians Guo Degang and Yue Yunpeng as they venture from from Beijing to Macao.
As
Guo speaks limited English and Rowan no mandarin, he revealed the pair
were forced to communicate mainly through body language.
'Just with facial expressions and gestures we seemed to understand each other,' Guo said at a promotional event in Beijing.
'It was really an interesting experience, which proves that comedy can cross boundaries.'
Split: Top
Funny Comedian The Movie is the first film Rowan has worked on since
being granted a 'quickie divorce' from Sunatra Atkinson, 56, (left) and
moving in with Louise Ford (right), 33
Hilarious: With his mute
slapstick-style comedy transcending any language barriers, the
62-year-old comedian had the crowds in stitches as he addressed them
Everything's coming up roses! Mr Bean seemed to be feeling flirtatious as he offered up a bouquet of roses on the stage
Top
Funny Comedian The Movie is the first film Rowan has worked on since
being granted a 'quickie divorce' from Sunatra Atkinson, 56, after he
left her for a comedy actress half his age in 2015.
Their divorce was granted on the grounds of 'unreasonable behaviour'.
Rowan
is currently dating comedy actress Louise. She has appeared in Channel
4's Misfits and starred alongside Inbetweeners actors Simon Bird and Joe
Thomas in Sky’s Chickens.
Rowan and Sunetra were building an £11million home in Oxfordshire at the time of their split in 2014.
Cheers! Mr Bean toasted his new film with his co-stars and the premier in China
Handful: Rowan Atkinson reprising Mr Bean held a variety of props as he entertained on stage
Following
the split, Blackadder star moved into a £4million London cottage while
Sunetra resided in a £21million mansion in the capital, bought for her
by Rowan in 2014.
One of Britain’s most
wealthy entertainers with a fortune of around £70million, Atkinson sold
his rare McLaren F1 supercar for £8million months before his divorce
was granted in 2015.
Atkinson first met
his wife, the daughter of an Indian engineer from Ealing, West London,
in the late Eighties, when she was working as a make-up artist for the
BBC
He was previously in a relationship
with Men Behaving Badly star Leslie Ash who he planted an avenue of
rowan and ash trees for at his country home.
Miss
Ford and Atkinson met in 2013 after appearing together in the West End
as he starred in the comic play Quartermaine's Terms.
Confused? The star appeared to have no idea what items he was handling at the premiere
Back in action: Rowan Atkison was back
to playing Mr Bean as he transformed into the iconic character for the
premiere of his new film, Top Funny Comedian, in China on Sunday
The comedienne grew up in Bexleyheath, south-east London, before gaining an English degree at Southampton University.
After
graduating, she won a place at RADA where she was in the same year and
treaded the boards with now Hollywood actress Gemma Arterton.
This led to appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with the Royal Shakespeare Company and parts in television comedies.
More
recently, Rowan has been keeping busy reprising his role as Rufus, the
pushy and overly-devoted salesman, for the Comic Relief Love Actually
special.
Whilst his role this time
around has not been released, it looks like fans are in for a repeat of
his iconic scene as he was pictured behind the till ready to throw
himself into some gift-wrapping, as with his famous scene in the 2003
movie.
His initial turn in the
franchise was one of the most iconic as he starred opposite the late
Alan Rickman who played Harry, the husband of Emma Thompson's character
Karen, who goes on to cheat on her.
Bouncing back: Rowan split from his
wife of 24 years, Sunetra, in a costly settlement in 2015 but appeared
to be making the money back with his new film.
As
he plots his affair with his secretary, he goes to Rufus' department
store to buy a necklace for his potential mistress although he is in the
same building as his wife.
While
trying to hurry the purchase along, he comes across Rowan's character
who lavishly, arduously and hilariously goes through an elaborate
wrapping process.
As he boxed up the
necklace, he placed the item in a bag before scattering sequins, placing
a cinnamon stick and tying a huge bow - in a process many fans will
instantly recognise.
Throwback: Rowan has been keeping busy
reprising his role as Rufus, the pushy and overly-devoted salesman, for
the Comic Relief Love Actually special
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