Eric Johnson Interview

4 weeks ago 14th Apr 10:17

Actor Eric Johnson is best known for his role in Smallville as Whitney Fordman but he has moved from supporting actor to leading man with his new show Flash Gordon.

The new drama sci-fi series Flash Gordon is based on the comic strip of the same name and is the 21st century version of the character, who has had many incarnations over the years.

I caught up with Eric to discuss his new role, his career and what's coming up in the future.

There have been several interpretations of Flash Gordon over the years how would you describe your version of Flash Gordon and how does the show differ from previous movies?

I think that, as you said, Flash Gordon has been around for a long time and has had many incarnations and each one has had something that was unique and different about it. I think that the thing that we really did with our show we tried to incorporate the comedy, which was made famous in Flash Gordon by the 1980 film, as well as a bit of that retro feel that classic superhero of the Buster Crab Flash Gordon and the original comics.

And the big thing that it does is update a lot of the material for 2008, instead of the damsels in distress it has three very strong capable women, so a lot of the source material had to be upgraded to be more appropriate for today's audience.

But I think that that was the biggest thing that we were adding to the mix when people look at this version in twenty years time when they are doing another version it will be the female characters that will be the biggest difference.

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