Gladiators star Michael Van Wijk, better known as Wolf, has opened up about his co-stars and classic one-liners and Ulrika Jonsson walking off.
Van Wijk starred in the show from 1992-1999 but originally ran a gym in London with facilities for bodybuilders.
After he left Gladiators, he moved to New Zealand and returned to his passion by opening a chain of gyms.
Wolf was well known for his off the cuff remarks and whilst speaking to Daily Star on a Facebook Live today Michael said: “It’s all in good humour.”
Whilst he was filming with the Australian show, he said: “It surprised the other Gladiators that were there, they were totally shocked that they had people with cards holding up and they had to stick to a script. They said to us, “Where’s your script?” and we said “What script? We just say whatever comes to our heads.”
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“We think it up on the spot, if you think of something just say it! If the producers don’t like it, they’ll cut it out when they edit it.”
He continued: “Spontaneous, that’s my sense of humour. I remember one time with Ulrika – good on her, she was a great sport – one day I did abysmally on a game, and she said to me sarcastically “You weren’t very good, were you? That was quite pathetic wasn’t it!”
“So I took the microphone off her and said to the audience, “Do you want to know why I lost?” and they were all screaming “Yes!”
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“I said: “Just before I came out to do this game I saw Ulrika backstage with no makeup on and I felt sick!”
Well, she stormed off the set, but they kept it in! They loved it. She laughed backstage about it.”
When questioned about his on-screen rivalry with co-star John Anderson, Wolf said: “We used to go out for meals together, he’s lovely, ne time, I went into the audience and got some glasses off a guy in the front row.
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I put them on John Anderson and I said “You should be wearing these because you missed what happened out there!”
“Another time he gave me a red card and I ate it! Just silly things, you’ve got to do them.”
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