Who wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film Bean?

Richard Curtis and Robin Driscoll wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film Bean.

The film expands the television character into an international story in which Bean travels to Los Angeles and becomes involved with the transfer of a famous painting. Curtis and Driscoll shaped the feature’s plot around Bean’s limited speech, escalating misunderstandings, and the reactions of people who expect him to act like a responsible museum expert.

Richard Curtis is a major British comedy writer known for television and film work. Robin Driscoll was closely associated with the creation and development of Mr. Bean’s comic material. Their screenplay had to preserve the character’s visual simplicity while providing enough story for a theatrical release.

The writers are sometimes confused with the film’s director, Mel Smith, or with Rowan Atkinson, who played Bean and helped develop the character. Those contributors were important to the production, but the screenplay credit belongs to Curtis and Driscoll.