Beans are kind of like the your best friend from high school — nearly forgotten but always ready to step back into the limelight and help out an old pal when needed.

OSCAR-winning actress Dame Emma Thompson has her bag checked by security while shopping. The screen legend, 65, was left shocked at high end clothing store Maje in Hampstead, North London.

The bean bags first went viral on TikTok, amassing hundreds of thousands of views across multiple videos, and the social media boost has unsurprisingly caused pouch sales to percolate. Dustin ...