Gladiator Cobra star Michael Wilson claimed the show is too “Gladiator friendly” as he spots signs in challenges.
The original cast member spoke exclusively to the Daily Star about his time on the BBC show and his thoughts about the new reboot. When asked what he would change about the show, he answered: “They need to change The Dual – it is too friendly.
“The platforms are too close, a smaller guy can duck and dive and out of the way of them pugil sticks usually. But the heads of the pugil sticks are too big.”
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He continued: “I can’t see anyone at the moment like a smaller guy being able to win against their big legs, knocking them off. They need to be able to duck and dive and make the other guys lose their balance.
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“You need to spread them apart. Also, there’s another game called Danger Zone where we use huge grey balls against a consistent running across a bridge, what we’ve got now is rubbish and not as effective. They won’t cost a lot of money to use the balls so they need to bring that back. I think it probably needs another series to perfect everything.”
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Michael also revealed his best earnings were from personal appearances and pantomimes. He explained: “People don’t realise the best money really weekly was panto.
“When you see the papers often say ‘they’ve ended up doing some panto’ and some of these big soap stars were getting 20,000 a week. Frank Bruno was on £25,000 a week in the 80s.
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“He used to get a ribbing for it, but it was that much money in the 80s, let alone now. Paul O’Grady, when he appeared in the Birmingham Hippodrome, he was on £100,000 a week short-term.
“The best money I got was from that and personal appearances. You might have five in a week and we get between £750 and £2,000.”
Gladiators airs every Saturday at 5:50pm on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer.
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