Jared Hess produced “Murder Among the Mormons' for Netflix. Tony Vainuku produced a documentary about football star Manti Te'o. Their new, joint project is an unauthorized documentary about “American Gladiators.'
The behind-the-scenes stories of the '80s/'90s competition series "American Gladiators" are told in the five-part documentary series "Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators," directed by Utah filmmakers Jared Hess and Tony Vainuku. The series debuts June 28, 2023, on Netflix.The most recent documentary series Jared Hess produced for Netflix was “Murder Among the Mormons,” the story of forger-turned-murderer/bomber Mark Hofmann.
And, in addition to all the absurdities, there were a lot of dark sides to the “Gladiators” saga. Injuries. Steroid and drug use. And it’s not an exaggeration to say that the gladiators were exploited by the show’s producers. It was the late 1980s and early 1990s, so no one should be surprised that the use of steroids ran rampant.
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Filmmaker Jared Hess, seen here at The Salt Lake Tribune's Sundance preview event in 2015, is co-director of “Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators," debuting on June 28, 2023, on Netflix. “Jared has always been secretly behind the scenes with me my whole career,” Vainuku said. That includes his award-winning documentary about Polynesian football players in Utah, “In Football We Trust,” which Vainuku directed with Utah-raised filmmaker Erika Cohn.
“It was a natural fit. We’ve known each other for years,” Vainuku said. “And for me, it’s a huge opportunity, because, obviously, Jared is a legend. I’ve always wanted to do a piece with him. So it’s a huge milestone for me, personally, in my career to work with Jared.”“With Jared being such a fan and bringing the humor, me jumping in with some of the drama, … it was just, for me, such a natural and happy marriage of storytelling,” Vainuku said.
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