In November 2012 it emerged that the character of Mr. Bean will not be
performed again. "The stuff that has been most commercially successful for
me – basically quite physical, quite childish – I increasingly feel I'm going
to do a lot less of," Atkinson told the Daily Telegraph's Review. "Apart from the fact that your
physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their 50s being
childlike becomes a little sad. You've got to be careful." He has also
said that the role typecast him to a degree.