Sean Bean has died on screen so many times in his acting career that a dedicated online campaign called Don't Kill Sean Bean was launched in 2014 to demand he survive at least one movie.

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Sean Bean has died on screen so many times in his acting career that a dedicated online campaign called Don't Kill Sean Bean was launched in 2014 to demand he survive at least one movie. Directors seem to hire him specifically because audiences have been conditioned to accept his inevitable demise, whether by arrows, decapitation, or satellite dish. Getting typecast as the guy who never makes it to the end credits is a uniquely morbid Hollywood achievement, essentially turning his mere presence in a cast list into a massive spoiler for anyone who actually expected his character to have a functional retirement plan