6 Reasons Brian Blessed Needs To Appear In A Modern Comic Book Movie

3. He Was Great In Flash Gordon

Despite the fact that Brian Blessed has been around for years, is classically trained, has been acting since the 1960s and has had hundreds of roles in his life on stage and screen, he is undoubtedly best remember for his iconic portrayal of Prince Vultan - the leader of the Hawkmen - in the 1980 live action movie adaptation of Flash Gordon. Flash Gordon, of course, started life out as a comic strip, so that bodes well for any current comic book movie roles Blessed might take, as we know he can embody the larger-than-life characteristics of comic book characters. His line "Gordon's alive" will go down in history as one of the most memorable, quoted and parodied lines in movie history and if he can bring that level of memorable performance to the Marvel or DC Cinematic Universes, that would be amazing.