"I'm a Mr Bean impressionist - kids stop me for selfies because they think I'm real deal" - video Dailymotion

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A Mr Bean superfan turned his uncanny impressions into a career - and is now so popular kids stop him in the street asking for selfies.  Lewis John, 27, became a "big fan" of Mr Bean in his childhood - and never stopped.  He discovered he had a knack for the much-loved British character's iconic voice - which became his party trick.  In 2018, he took to TikTok in its infancy with his impressions and quickly found himself going viral.  Four years on it's his full-time career - where he earns nearly £1k-a-month making Mr Bean "soundalike" videos for over 1.2 MILLION followers.  He even gets stopped for selfies when he's out in public filming videos, by kids who think he's the real deal.  Lewis, from Grantham, Lincs., said: "Me and my mate, in our college days, we watched Mr Bean YouTube videos all the time.  "I've always been a fan.  "I realised there are not many people who can do Mr Bean's voice - but I can!  "People said I started to talk more like Mr Bean, than Mr Bean talks!  "The older generations know I'm not the real Mr Bean but lots of kids think I am when I'm out and about filming videos.  "They ask for photos and tell me to do the Mr Bean voice."  He is sometimes booked to appear for live impersonations, such as at children's parties and weddings, but makes most of his money off TikTok.  He once made £700 in two hours during a TikTok live session - which saw over one million people tune in.  Lewis hopes to one day catch the attention of Rowan Atkinson himself.  He dreams that the iconic actor could "pass on the torch" to the "modern Mr Bean" - or they could even star in a film together.  Lewis said: "People say 'you need to do a video with Mr Bean', and I would if he noticed me!  "It would be unreal to meet him, I'd be very starstruck, I'd have to show him what I can do."  The unusual career path as a Mr Bean impressionist was never what Lewis predicted for himself.  But he added: "I'm going to continue doing this as long as I possibly can."

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00:00 Please can you say Bibby Bibby Ping Pong Ping Pong Poo in the Mr. Bean voice?

00:08 Absolutely, this is my favourite line from the Animator Mr. Bean.

00:12 It's probably my only favourite Animator Mr. Bean line, so here we go.

00:16 Bibby Bibby Ping Pong Ping Pong Poo

00:22 Say "Oh no!" in Mr. Bean voice.

00:29 Funny fact this, I found it incredibly hard to scream as Mr. Bean when I was first ever learning to do Mr. Bean's voice.

00:36 I've been doing Mr. Bean's voice for six years now, so this is going to be a good one to do.

00:43 Oh no!

00:52 You don't look like Mr. Bean, your voice and the way you act.

01:02 Thank you for your comment. Yeah I agree, I agree with everybody.

01:06 I do not look like Mr. Bean and I don't really want to look like Mr. Bean.

01:11 I kind of like the way I look, you know.

01:14 So I did all this really to sound like Mr. Bean right from the start.

01:19 The cosplay that I do is just so people know, if they don't know who I'm trying to sound like, they know I'm doing Mr. Bean of course.

01:26 But yeah, I never initially ever wanted to look like Mr. Bean.

01:31 There's plenty of absolutely amazing lookalikes of Mr. Bean out there.

01:37 And some fantastic impersonators out there of Mr. Bean.

01:40 But they all lack one thing.

01:42 And that's how to sound like Mr. Bean. None of them can actually talk the way I do and the way Rowan Atkinson does.

01:49 So I think me just being able to sound like Mr. Bean and be able to talk to anybody like this, you know, like we're having a full conversation on this video.

01:59 Compared to just switching voices like that.

02:01 In a matter of seconds, just like that, anytime I really want to do it.

02:04 I find sounding like Mr. Bean much more of a talent than just looking like a character.

02:12 Because I can do a lot of things with this voice.

02:15 I can make prank calls. I can go out to the general public anytime I want.

02:21 So yeah, there's a lot more advantages I can do with this voice.

02:25 So yeah, I'll leave the looks to Rowan Atkinson and to all the wonderful lookalikes out there.

02:31 Thank you very much for your comment though.

02:33 I've actually enjoyed doing this video.

02:35 If you're a fan of Mr. Bean and you like what I do, give me a follow and double tap this video.

02:44 Bye!

02:46 Please say "Now you're gonna pay" in angry voice of Mr. Bean.

02:55 Um, okay.

02:58 Alright. Now you're gonna pay.

03:05 Yes, you're gonna pay.

03:08 Eww.

03:10 Can you laugh for a long time in the Mr. Bean voice?

03:16 I'll certainly have a go. I mean, I've set this video up for 10 minutes.

03:22 I don't think I'm going to get anywhere near that, but here we go.

03:25 I'm just going to find something very funny to say.

03:29 Let's just think of something.

03:31 I know. I have to laugh a long time just for this video.

03:36 (Mr. Bean laughing)

03:58 (Mr. Bean laughing)

04:12 I could be laughing forever.

04:14 (clicking)

"I'm a Mr Bean impressionist - kids stop me for selfies because they think I'm real deal"

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