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The audition process for Flash Gordon,yeah, it was complicated
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Life After Flash

The audition processfor Flash Gordon,yeah,it was complicated

The audition process
for Flash Gordon,yeah,
it was complicated

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The audition process for Flash Gordon,yeah, it was complicated.
Duration
7 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:21
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Spare Change Films

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Movie Summary

A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.
It wasn't easy, because we look around for one years, - Life After Flash 00:08
It wasn't easy, because we look around for one years,
I think I met with Dino De Laurentiis in his Beverly Hills office. - Life After Flash 00:05
I think I met with Dino De Laurentiis in his Beverly Hills o...
He wanted to change my eye color, uh, blue, - Life After Flash 00:07
He wanted to change my eye color, uh, blue,
And finally after 30 days he basically said, - Life After Flash 00:10
And finally after 30 days he basically said,
He said, "Hey, Sam Jones, he's our new Flash Gordon." - Life After Flash 00:13
He said, "Hey, Sam Jones, he's our new Flash Gordo...
There's this voice at the other end of the line, - Life After Flash 00:17
There's this voice at the other end of the line,
"We want you to do the movie." - Life After Flash 00:07
"We want you to do the movie."
They picked me up from the airport, - Life After Flash 00:05
They picked me up from the airport,
Shaved the front of it because they wanted to make it look like a wig, - Life After Flash 00:08
Shaved the front of it because they wanted to make it look l...
And, um... And put me on screen with the wardrobe, - Life After Flash 00:08
And, um... And put me on screen with the wardrobe,
I was really discombobulated for the first couple of weeks. - Life After Flash 00:05
I was really discombobulated for the first couple of weeks.
Sort of like I was a deer in the headlights, going, "Where do you want me now?" - Life After Flash 00:11
Sort of like I was a deer in the headlights, going, "Wh...
We had no time to enjoy. If I'm rehearsing this scene, - Life After Flash 00:17
We had no time to enjoy. If I'm rehearsing this scene,
He has to teach me how to use a bull whip, - Life After Flash 00:06
He has to teach me how to use a bull whip,
I am playing Vultan, the king of the Hawkmen. - Life After Flash 00:06
I am playing Vultan, the king of the Hawkmen.
Flash Gordonhad more effect on us as schoolchildren - Life After Flash 00:09
Flash Gordonhad more effect on us as schoolchildren
Oh! Gordon's alive! - Life After Flash 00:05
Oh! Gordon's alive!
At the end of an episode, the railway embankment was outside, - Life After Flash 00:08
At the end of an episode, the railway embankment was outside...
And I never dreamt that eventually I'd actually play Vultan - Life After Flash 00:09
And I never dreamt that eventually I'd actually play Vu...
MAN: You'd think for a long time in the film - Life After Flash 00:06
MAN: You'd think for a long time in the film