So I am watching Doctor Who. Season 23, Serial two, Episodes five through eight. There’s this guy playing a sort of barbarian king type thing. He’s very loud. He’s very operatic. His acting is WAY over the top.
He seemed familiar. I couldn’t place him. It was driving me a little nuts. Then as I was watching episode seven it came to me. He yelled something that brought it all back to me.
Hawk Men! Diiiiiiiiiive!!!!
His name is Brian Blessed and IMDB confirmed for me that he was in a Doctor Who serial in 1986. That’s the guy. I knew it would come to me.
IMDB also told me that he was the voice of the Gungan Boss in Star Wars Episode One. Oh… well that’s too bad, I think. He was Epically Epic in Flash Gordon, so he’s got that going for him forever.
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@robertjames1971.blog There was a Battlefield-esque medieval video game called #WarOfTheRoses, based on the historic British conflict. It's long been defunct, but when it released, the pre-order DLC replaced the announcer's voice lines with Brian Blessed. He's one of those Shakespeare-trained actors that perfected the art of haming it up, no matter where he appears in. He's awesome.
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@robertjames1971.blog Check out Blackadder He's in part of that
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