Fantastic Mr Fox as Mrs. Fox, Henry Grant Kerswell, Peter Kent and John Lofthouse as Farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean. Fantastic Mr Fox Fantastic Mr Fox is a children's novel written by British author Roald Dahl. It was published in 1970, by George Allen & Unwin in the UK and Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S., with illustrations by Donald Chaffin. The first U.K. Puffin paperback, first issued in 1974, featured illustrations by Jill Bennett. Later editions have featured illustrations by Tony Ross (1988) and Quentin Blake (1996). The story is about Mr. Fox and how he outwits his farmer neighbours to steal
Sean Bean was the first of several villains that he would portray, all of whom die in gruesome ways. In the 1995 film "GoldenEye", Bean portrayed James Bond's nemesis Alec Trevelyan (MI6's 006). He played the weak-stomached Spence in "Ronin" (1998), a wife-beating ex-con in "Essex Boys" (2000), and a malevolent kidnapper/jewel thief in "Don't Say a Word" (2001). He was also widely recognised as villainous treasure hunter Ian Howe in "National Treasure", and played a villainous scientist in "The Island" (2005). In the independent film "Far North", he plays a Russian mercenary who gets lost in the tundra and is rescued