Sean Bean: British people can't believe 'buffoon' Donald Trump could be President
The Sheffield native weighed in on what Brits get wrong about Americans and vice versa
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Your support makes all the difference.Sean Bean has explained how many British people feel about Donald Trump to Americans.
When appearing on Larry King Now, the actor and host discussed Trump who is still currently leading the GOP candidate polls.
After being asked by King what British people get wrong about Americans, Bean said one major misconception centres around the real estate mogul.
“I don’t think British people can believe that this buffoon is a prospective American president,” he said.
He then went on to explain the petition which garnered over half a million signatures suggesting to ban Trump from the UK following his call to ban all Muslim immigration to the US.
The petition reached over 100,000 signatures and is now scheduled to be debated in parliament on January 18.
“I think there’s a lot of fallacies both ways”, he added, claiming Americans think Britain is a bit like “Downton Abbey” with “chauffeurs and tea parties”.
Bean has a career spanning two decades having appeared in films such as Lord of the Rings, The Martian and several James Bond films.
He also appeared in the first season of Game of Thrones which shocked fans when his popular character Ned Stark was killed off.
In fact, Bean's characters have been killed off so many times that the website dontkillseanbean.com has been launched.
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