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TNT’sLegendsseason 2 gave the thriller series a dramatic rhytidectomy , but sadly , it proved too later to carry through it . Sean Bean is an thespian good sleep with for his appearance inThe Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring , GoldenEye , andGame Of Thrones . Whether he has a leading role or a cameo , he always bring some gravitas to a project . That said , he ’s also become somewhat infamous for the disturbingly gamey fatality rate charge per unit of his characters . Outside of uncommon exceptions like theSilent Hillmovies orTroy , its normally a dependable stake Bean wo n’t make it to the end credits .
The role player himself has baffle in on this jest in recent year , including his appearance in picture gameHitman 2as an " undying " target . The hashtag # DontKillSeanBean was also used by TNT to promote their thriller seriesLegends . The show is base onLegends : A Novel of Dissimulationby Robert Littel , where Bean plays Martin Odum , an FBI agent who is the best at creating false identities dubbed " caption . " Odum is about to live one of these hole-and-corner identities so completely he practically transforms into another person , with examples include a stuttering construction worker who turns to terrorism . This takes something of a toll on his personal living , and he calls his own identity element into dubiousness when he learns Odum may just be another caption too .
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The first season ofLegendswas a slick , entertain adjective with a coolheaded lure . It was bring forth by24’sHoward Gordon and just like that series , it was a tense thriller pepper with activity and surprise kink . The show never really hire off in the military rank , so whenLegendsseason 2 was greenlit , it was given a big makeover . Cast members like Ali Larter and Morris Chestnut were dropped - though Chestnut later returned in a client office - as was the adjective data format of Odum taking on a young case each calendar week .
or else , Legendsseason 2 zeroed in on Martin Odum ’s yesteryear , with the story being split between present day , and 15 years in the past when he was he was undercover as a gangster call Dmitry Petrovich . The show became more of a moody thriller than an legal action dramatic play , and Odum con some shocking secret about his dead on target past times . Legendsseason 2 was a tonal reboot that essay to reinvent the show , and while critic complained about its complex construction - involve multiple timelines and flashback - it received good reviews than season one , especially thanks toSean Bean’sperformance(s ) .
alas , while the aim was to improveLegendsfortunes in the rating , season 2 fared even worse . Those who savor season 1 ’s more action - based approach were turned off by the literary genre shift , and viewers who had n’t seen the first season did n’t bother with time of year 2 . It ’s a pity because whileLegendsseason 2 had issues , it was more ambitious and took some interesting risks . It also ended on a cliffhanger which will now never be resolve - at least it ended withSean Bean’scharacter still alive though .
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