Sean Bean is good in most roles he plays, and he’s been pleasing audiences as Ned Stark in HBO’s Game of Thrones—at least until last Sunday, when–spoiler alert!–he came up a head short (a head short!! I slay me—oh, there I go again…) in his involvement in the Lannister family psychodrama. Meanwhile, back in physical reality, Sean was proving he can be quite the badass in real life. Sean was out for drinks when some yob started making lewd comments about his companion, sometime topless model April Summers. Sean chased the lout out of the bar and all was well until he and Ms. Summers stepped out for a smoke. At that point, Bean was attacked by an unidentified lout—the same guy or one of multiple louts in the neighborhood—who punched him and stabbed him in the arm with a chunk of broken glass. But it takes more than that to faze Sean Bean:

Mr Bean was said to have a cut arm and a bruised face, according to witnesses. However, extraordinarily, he declined to attend hospital. Instead, the star walked back into the bar and, after staff gave him aid from a first aid kit, ordered another drink.

So: life imitates art, insofar as being publicly beheaded after you’ve been betrayed by a couple of incestuous psychopaths resembles being stabbed by a yob when you’re out for drinks with a Page Three girl. Still, pretty impressive. I honestly hope I can maintain this level of cool the next time I’m stabbed or beheaded.