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For 35 years, since 1984, Sean Bean has dedicated his life to an extremely active career in film and television industry.

The much-beloved Sheffield, U.K.-born actor is both a BAFTA and Emmy award winning actor, and he’s known best for his roles in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, National Treasure (2004) and more recently, Game of Thrones among many, many other pictures.

Unfortunately for Bean, however, a large portion of his onscreen roles have ended up in death. From first having his throat slit in Derek Jarman’s Carvaggio (1986) to being impaled by an anchor in 1992’s Patriot Games, the 60-year-old actor has seen his fair share of fake blood.

He’s been shot head to toe with a plethora of different weapons, including a gruesome gunshot to the head in Terry Winsor’s Essex Boys (2000). More notably, one of Bean’s characters, Ulric, was ripped apart, limb by limb, by wild horses in 2010’s Black Death.

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WARNING: This video contains graphic scenes of violence and various spoilers — A compilation of Sean Bean’s onscreen deaths

Now, three-and-a-half decades into his film career, Bean is taking a stand against being killed onscreen.

In a recent interview with The Sun, the critically-acclaimed actor revealed that he’s done with the overwhelming multitudes of death, and has been rejecting a number of roles because of it.

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On having a variety of his character’s being killed, Bean began by saying, “I’ve turned down stuff,” adding, “I just had to cut that out and start surviving, otherwise it all [became] a bit predictable.”

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“I’ve played a lot of baddies [too],” he continued. “They were great, but they weren’t very fulfilling, [because] I always died,” he added.

‘Game of Thrones’ cast members Sean Bean, left, and Lena Headey accept the Best TV Show award on behalf of the show at the 2011 Scream Awards, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, in Los Angeles, Calif. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

He later joked that whenever he’s cast in something that the directors should immediately know that his character will be killed off eventually.

“They know my character’s going to die because I’m in it,” said Bean.

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With that, Bean spoke about being cast for the first season of Game of Thrones as the widely popular Ned Stark.

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He told The Sun: “I read the Game Of Thrones books and [the directors] said to me, ‘You do die in this, but it’s near the end of the series.’ [So] I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, fair enough.'”

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“They made it very clear at the time I was going to die,” he added, “And I thought, ‘I don’t want to get stuck in one of these series that lasts seven years [anyway].'”

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Bean’s character, Stark, was killed off of the popular HBO series in the penultimate episode of first season. He was beheaded in front of his entire family after confessing to treason.

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Though he was killed off quickly, the narrative of Game of Thrones led many to believe that Stark would serve as the main character. He quickly became a fan-favourite role, and his death resulted in the grief of many fans across the world.

“I wish I’d have got stuck now,” added Bean, “But it was very clear what George R. R. Martin [author] wanted to happen to Ned — and it did.”

PHILADELPHIA, PA – MAY 19: Actor Sean Bean attends the 2018 Wizard World Comic Con at Pennsylvania Convention Center on May 19, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images).

On his new policy for accepting a role, the star recounted one time that he convinced a director to keep his character alive if he accepted the job.

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“I did do one job,” he said, “and they said, ‘We’re going to kill you,’ and I was like, ‘Oh no!’ and then they said, ‘Well, can we injure you badly?’ and I was like, ‘OK, so long as I stay alive this time,'” concluded Bean.

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Since the death of Stark, many dedicated fans launched their own social media campaign protesting any possibility of Bean being killed off in any future projects. It was/is called #DontKillSeanBean.

Here’s what some of those passionate fans had to say on Twitter:

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Finally a worthy cause #DontKillSeanBean — Toni K (@killasukka) September 19, 2019

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My washing machine ripped my #DONTKILLSEANBEAN shirt in half. Hope Sean Bean is safe out there, my Whirlpool wants him dead. — toolboy (@tim___taylor) March 25, 2017

Global News has reached out to a representative of Bean seeking further comment.