MUMBAI: Rowan Atkinson, who reprised the role of Mr Bean, is mulling with the idea to hang up his boots as he feels that he is too old to play the funnyman anymore. The 56-year-old actor last played the character in the Holiday.
 
Mr Bean first appeared on television in an ITV series that ran for five years from 1990. Despite the derision of some critics, the programme proved a huge ratings success with viewers amounting to more than 18 million, it is reported. The character even made its foray into movies with Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie in 1997 and Mr Bean‘s Holiday in 2007.
 
Said Atkinson, "I‘ve got a feeling I probably won‘t play the character again. Never say never, but I just feel I‘m getting too old for it. I‘ve always liked Mr Bean as a cartoon-like figure, who doesn‘t really age much. I‘ve always seen him as an ageless and timeless being and I‘m clearly not ageless and timeless. The older I get, I feel I am less qualified to play him."