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In late 2009, Blessed played a time-displaced Henry VIII in the short internet series [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6fa9fa57e38f0ae6&search_query=henry+8.0 Henry 8.0].
He was cast as Odin in ''[[Thor (Film)|Thor]]'', a part Blessed was ''born'' to play, [[What Could Have Been|but then Anthony Hopkins got the part instead]].
After a campaign by fans, tomtom have worked with Brian to record a [http://www.tomtom.com/brianblessed voice track] for their satnav appliances. The campaign's own demo video starring Brian himself can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JpKuYbJQK4 here] on [[YouTube]]. His excited thanks to the 25,000+ people who signed up for the campaign can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOicbYFq4C0 here]. In response to their success, Brian suggested in an interview that somebody should make a [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=146719395347443&ref=ts#!/group.php?gid=146719395347443&v=wall&ref=ts campaign to send BRIAN BLESSED to the moon].
{{quote|I have now become a fully-trained cosmonaut, in Moscow. I've done 800 hours, centrifuge, mid-twenties, mid-twenty fives, and I am now first reserve for the International Space Station, and I'll be going there, next year, to the International Space Station. I'm 76! I WON'T BE RESTRICTED! You follow your dream! (To the audience) There's no one like you! We've all got something that no one else has got. Follow your dream, and don't let the bastards grind you down!"}}▼
You need a Brian Blessed [http://youtu.be/P0XCsdz5Ofs alarm clock].
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He was in the running to be elected Chancellor of Cambridge University. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z43Nzk_whnM Despite a compelling speech,] Lord Sainsbury won instead. ''Bollocks.''
▲{{quote|I have now become a fully-trained cosmonaut, in Moscow. I've done 800 hours, centrifuge, mid-twenties, mid-twenty fives, and I am now first reserve for the International Space Station, and I'll be going there, next year, to the International Space Station. I'm 76! I WON'T BE RESTRICTED! You follow your dream! (To the audience) There's no one like you! We've all got something that no one else has got. Follow your dream, and don't let the bastards grind you down!"}}
In his personal life, Blessed is a mild-mannered and soft-spoken man, who spends a lot of time caring for abused animals.
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