DAWN FRENCH - FRENCH CONSIDERED ROMANCING ATKINSON

FRENCH CONSIDERED ROMANCING ATKINSON

British funnywoman DAWN FRENCH considered seducing MR BEAN star ROWAN ATKINSON, because she wanted to marry someone just as funny as her. THE VICAR OF DIBLEY actress' attention was finally diverted away from Atkinson in the early 1980s when she met future husband and British TV comic LENNY HENRY. French, who wed Henry in 1984, says, "I was determined to marry a funny bloke. I had my eyes set on Rowan. "I wanted a funny boy because I thought no one else would understand how being funny can also make you quite sad. "(But) I realised he would be absolutely the wrong person."