Bean Returns to the Swashbuckling Role That Made His Name Sean's Back at the Sharpe End Sean's Back at the Sharpe End

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NEARLY a decade after Sean Bean's big break as rugged swashbuckler Sharpe, the star says he was delighted to dust off his sword and get back in the saddle to reprise the role that kick- started his Hollywood career.

Ironically, back in 1999 when the Sharpe series finished, Sean found it hard to get work.

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Bean Returns to the Swashbuckling Role That Made His Name Sean's Back at the Sharpe End Sean's Back at the Sharpe End

"I was out of work for almost a year, " he recalls. "Basically I'd been typecast, people only saw me as him. It was a very difficult time in my life and it really got me down."

In the end, the Sheffield-born star was forced to leave Britain and head for Hollywood - a result which more ...

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