George Blagden
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George Blagden
George Paul Blagdenis an English stage and film actor. He is best known for his role as Athelstan in the television series Vikings. He also played Grantaire in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables and is currently portraying Louis XIV in the French-produced television series drama Versailles...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 December 1989
named settled towns
The Vikings colonized Britain, and a lot of our modern day towns are named after Viking names that settled these big towns.
kind horseback terrified
Always, when I get onto horseback, I'm kind of terrified of being up there.
horse historical sweden
I've worked a lot of historical stuff back in Sweden and there's always conflict with horses. I get a bit paranoid when I'm on them, and they can sense that and they get a bit paranoid. It ends up in this bad spiral where I don't want to be on them, and they don't want me on their backs.
acting cameras exciting
Learning about acting for camera is really quite exciting to engage with and deal with.