Rowan Atkinson returns as Johnny English.
- 13 years ago
After an eight year break, Rowan Atkinson is back as bumbling British secret agent, Johnny English.
He joined co-stars Gillian Anderson and Dominic West on the red carpet for the UK premiere of Johnny English Reborn.
The story sees the hapless spy return from forced retirement.
True to form, he's soon involved in plenty of cover-blowing capers...
SOUNDBITE: Rowan Atkinson, actor, saying (English):
"You know we put him through more actually. We put him through more stress and difficulty. There's more action. It's more international this movie. More money has been spent is kind of the long and short way of putting what I'm trying to say, and I think it makes for a more engaging film, actually. I think you're more engaged by the story."
One memorable sequence sees Johnny English speeding through London on a turbo-charged wheelchair.
SOUNDBITE: Rowan Atkinson, actor, saying (English):
"The chair was great actually, and it really is as fast as it looks. It is a wheelchair with a go-cart engine in it and it does go thirty five or forty miles an hour, and I can promise you that forty miles an hour in a wheelchair is very, very quick and you know about it."
X-Files star Gillian Anderson plays English's boss.
She says she couldn't pass up an opportunity to work with a living legend of comedy.
SOUNDBITE: Gillian Anderson, actress, saying (English):
"The idea of playing the Head of MI7 was absolutely hysterical to me. The idea that I would be the head of anything makes me laugh in fits of giggles. So that was part of it. The second part of it was working with Rowan, doing a comedy, even though I don't really get to be very funny -- I'm terribly funny you know [smiles] -- and yup, that was it."
"Johnny English Reborn" is out in UK cinemas on October 7, and in the US later in the same month.
Edward Baran Reuters
He joined co-stars Gillian Anderson and Dominic West on the red carpet for the UK premiere of Johnny English Reborn.
The story sees the hapless spy return from forced retirement.
True to form, he's soon involved in plenty of cover-blowing capers...
SOUNDBITE: Rowan Atkinson, actor, saying (English):
"You know we put him through more actually. We put him through more stress and difficulty. There's more action. It's more international this movie. More money has been spent is kind of the long and short way of putting what I'm trying to say, and I think it makes for a more engaging film, actually. I think you're more engaged by the story."
One memorable sequence sees Johnny English speeding through London on a turbo-charged wheelchair.
SOUNDBITE: Rowan Atkinson, actor, saying (English):
"The chair was great actually, and it really is as fast as it looks. It is a wheelchair with a go-cart engine in it and it does go thirty five or forty miles an hour, and I can promise you that forty miles an hour in a wheelchair is very, very quick and you know about it."
X-Files star Gillian Anderson plays English's boss.
She says she couldn't pass up an opportunity to work with a living legend of comedy.
SOUNDBITE: Gillian Anderson, actress, saying (English):
"The idea of playing the Head of MI7 was absolutely hysterical to me. The idea that I would be the head of anything makes me laugh in fits of giggles. So that was part of it. The second part of it was working with Rowan, doing a comedy, even though I don't really get to be very funny -- I'm terribly funny you know [smiles] -- and yup, that was it."
"Johnny English Reborn" is out in UK cinemas on October 7, and in the US later in the same month.
Edward Baran Reuters