Walking spoiler Sean Bean has bitten the dust in film and television more than any other actor. But how well do you know his big-screen demises?
With Bean starring in this week's Jupiter Ascending, the film is naturally going to be loaded with tension over whether he makes it to the end credits in one piece. With that in mind, we've assembled a Sean Bean Death Quiz to test your knowledge on the many downfalls of Sheffield's favourite son.
1. Which on-screen death has Sean previously claimed is his favourite?
A) Boromir in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Correct! "It was a good, slow, heroic death," Bean told
Digital Spy in a 2012 interview. Watch the entire 'Death Reel' chat below:
B) Ned Stark in Game of Thrones
Wrong!
C) Danny Bryant in Outlaw
Wrong!
2. What were the final words of Sean's Bond villain Alec Trevelyan in GoldenEye?
A) "God save the Queen!"
Wrong!
B) "Buy me a pint…?"
Wrong!
C) "For England, James...?"
Correct! Pierce Brosnan's 007 drops him hundreds of feet onto a radio dish before he's crushed under a flaming inferno. Watch the entire Bond vs Bean fight below:
3. Which 2015 Oscar nominee watched Sean get dismembered by two horses in horror Black Death?
A) Benedict Cumberbatch
Wrong!
B) Eddie Redmayne
Correct! The Theory of Everything star played a monk called Osmund in
Black Death.
C) Rosamund Pike
Wrong!
4. Who ordered Ned Stark's execution in the penultimate season one episode of Game of Thrones?
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A) Cersei Lannister
Wrong!
B) Joffrey Baratheon
Correct! And what a little s**t he is!
C) Petyr Baelish
Wrong!
5. Which of these former Batman actors has killed Sean on the big screen?
A) Val Kilmer
Wrong!
B) Christian Bale
Correct! Sean took a bullet to the head for reading
The Poetry of William Butler Yeats in
Equilibrium.
C) George Clooney
Wrong!
6. Sean was buried alive in an excavation mine in which Michael Douglas thriller?
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A) Don't Say a Word
Correct! Brittany Murphy and Famke Janssen all also appeared in the 2001 movie alongside Bean and Douglas.
B) The Game
Wrong!
C) A Perfect Murder
Wrong!
7. In Jim Sheridan's 1990 film The Field, Sean died after being chased off a cliff by…?
A) A flock of sheep
Wrong!
B) A pack of wolves
Wrong!
C) A herd of cattle
Correct! Watch a clip of the moment (spliced with audio from the
"Fenton" viral) below:
8. In which Tom Clancy movie did Sean perish after being impaled on an anchor?
A) Patriot Games
Correct! Death by Harrison Ford!
B) The Hunt for Red October
Wrong!
C) Clear and Present Danger
Wrong!
9. Sean played the Rutger Hauer role in a remake of which cult '80s film?
A) Ladyhawke
Wrong!
B) Blade Runner
Wrong!
C) The Hitcher
Correct! Sean is lost, likes tears in rain. Time to die...
10. Sean was stabbed multiple times by a bayonet in which of his early screen demises?
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A) Caravaggio
Wrong!
B) War Requiem
Correct! Never leave anything to chance. Sean Bean's survival is not an option. Here's a rather grand trailer for the film:
C) Lorna Doone
Wrong!
Jupiter Ascending will open in cinemas on February 6.
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