--- title: Fans Want Sean Bean to Survive TNT's Legends With #DontKillSeanBean description: Will he survive his latest role in TNT's Legends? canonical: https://time.com/3045528/dontkillseanbean-sean-bean-comic-con-tnt/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-28T13:42:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:57.166Z og:title: Fans Want Sean Bean to Survive TNT's Legends With #DontKillSeanBean og:description: Will he survive his latest role in TNT's Legends? og:url: https://time.com/3045528/dontkillseanbean-sean-bean-comic-con-tnt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fans Want Sean Bean to Survive TNT's Legends With #DontKillSeanBean twitter:description: Will he survive his latest role in TNT's Legends? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # #DontKillSeanBean Campaign Aims to Save Actor From Yet Another Onscreen Death > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=30298095-674b-4f25-8bbf-a0927298377f&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jul 28, 2014 1:42 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jul 28, 2014 1:42 PM UTC Sean Bean is the actor who’s died a thousand deaths. From _Lord of the Rings_ to _Black Death_ to _Game of Thrones,_ Sean Bean has been shot, drawn and quartered, beheaded, you name it. This [FHM infographic](http://geektyrant.com/news/infographic-the-many-deaths-of-sean-bean) counts 16 on-screen deaths for the actor, which has provoked a campaign to save the actor in his latest endeavor, TNT’s _Legends_. “I’ve died a lot of different deaths. Maybe it’s the quality of my death people are fascinated by. I liked Lord of the Rings. Big death,” the actor told [_The Daily Telegraph_.](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10995262/DontKillSeanBean-campaign-launches.html) So when TNT producers launched a #DontKillSeanBean marketing campaign over the weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, the hashtag quickly went viral. > [](https://twitter.com/ComicBookGrrl/status/493463510429736960) > [](https://twitter.com/DaveOshry/status/490993867190063105) > [](https://twitter.com/MildlyAmused/status/487638144154886144) No word yet on whether Sean Bean will survive his latest role, but here’s a reel of all his deaths for your viewing pleasure: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3045528/dontkillseanbean-sean-bean-comic-con-tnt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3045528/dontkillseanbean-sean-bean-comic-con-tnt/"},"headline":"#DontKillSeanBean Campaign Aims to Save Actor From Yet Another Onscreen Death","datePublished":"2014-07-28T13:42:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:57.166Z","description":"Will he survive his latest role in TNT's Legends?","url":"https://time.com/3045528/dontkillseanbean-sean-bean-comic-con-tnt/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","marketing","San Diego","Comic Con","Lord of the Rings"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3045528/dontkillseanbean-sean-bean-comic-con-tnt/","name":"#DontKillSeanBean Campaign Aims to Save Actor From Yet Another Onscreen Death"}}]}] ```