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Aspen alert: 'Mr. Bean' Atkinson driving around town, prangs car

By Stone Martindale Dec 23, 2007, 18:47 GMT

Rowan Atkinson's zany character, Mr. Bean, is prone to all sorts of calamity. Now the actor has been involved in a minor Aspen Colorado motoring mishap. British actor Rowan Atkinson grimaces during the German television show

British actor Rowan Atkinson grimaces during the German television show "Wetten, dass..?" (Bet it..?) in Freiburg, southern Germany, Saturday 31 March 2007. EPA/ROLF HAIDAtkinson's Bean character is known for his bad luck, and the BBC reports that Atkinson accidentally pranged another car while on vacation in Colorado.The star was reversing from a parking meter in Aspen, Colorado, when his four-by-four vehicle hit a Volkswagen Jetta, police said."He was backing out of a parking spot and didn't see the car behind him," Sgt Dan Davis told the Associated Press.Atkinson would not be charged with any offense, he added."There was a little bit of a damage to the car. He put a ding in it."Atkinson introduced Mr Bean in the UK in 1990, and his UK television popularity led to two spin-off films and an animated cartoon series.

The BBC reports that while promoting "Mr Bean's Holiday," Atkinson drove a lime-green Mini into London's Leicester Square.

He parked it on the red carpet and then met fans who had gathered outside the cinema staging the film's premiere last March.

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