The award-winning actor said he felt it was harder to be a man nowadays (Picture: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)Sean Bean has said that he feels many men are now ‘made to feel like apologists for their sexuality and their masculinity’ while discussing his latest acting project. He won his third Bafta earlier this year for his role in Jimmy McGovern drama Time with Stephen Graham. Ahead of the start of his latest project, BBC drama Marriage, Bean spoke in a new interview about how he feels views on men have changed in the post #MeToo movement world. Bean said, when asked, that he felt it was harder to be a man now. Bean urged men to ‘celebrate’ their masculinity and sexuality (Picture: Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)‘Look at the old heroes in mythology, history – there’s a great respect for a man’s adventures and his strengths.’Explaining his stance further, the actor continued: ‘A lot of men these days are made to feel like apologists for their sexuality and their masculinity.

Source: The Times August 07, 2022 07:12 UTC