FLASH GORDON
I worked on this fabulous Sci-fi film at Shepperton Studios in 1979 for almost 7 weeks. During my time on this film I got very close and became friend with Italian actress Ornella Muti. I fell in love with Ornella and I feel that she liked me very much too. The three characters I played were MING'S MONGO MAN,AQUARIAN FISH MAN AND ARBORIAN PRIEST'S ASSISTANT.
I also met and had wine with playwright and Actor John Osborne.We became good friends and often he would invite me into his dressing room for a glass or 2 of wine. John first invited me to chat with him on the very first day of filming his scenes, we sat many times in his Caravan while between takes which were the Aborian Temple scenes with Timothy Dalton and Peter Duncan. Smoked a joint with Richard O'Brien ( Rocky Horror). Chatted with Max Von Sydow and Brian Blessed generally had much fun. Brian told me how he started in the biz,he worked in a Warehouse and thought ''Fuck this I'm off'' LOL!!
Dino de Laurentiis was a charming man and Producer and I always gave him much respect and every day I said good morning Mr de Laurentiis. He loved that. Made so much money on this film too!!
I also met and had wine with playwright and Actor John Osborne.We became good friends and often he would invite me into his dressing room for a glass or 2 of wine. John first invited me to chat with him on the very first day of filming his scenes, we sat many times in his Caravan while between takes which were the Aborian Temple scenes with Timothy Dalton and Peter Duncan. Smoked a joint with Richard O'Brien ( Rocky Horror). Chatted with Max Von Sydow and Brian Blessed generally had much fun. Brian told me how he started in the biz,he worked in a Warehouse and thought ''Fuck this I'm off'' LOL!!
Dino de Laurentiis was a charming man and Producer and I always gave him much respect and every day I said good morning Mr de Laurentiis. He loved that. Made so much money on this film too!!