By Fred Topel | Image property of respective holders.
American Gladiators: Siren
All the new American Gladiators look like they can handle all the crazy events, but muscles alone weren't enough for these games. They went through weeks of training to make sure they could dominate the arena. The contestants get a little training too to even the odds.
Sound the Siren
"It was like boot camp," recalled Siren. "We have bruises and strains just from training, before we even got to the set. Some of the things we were really not able to simulate the exact way we were going to perform on set. I feel like just because it's the first season, we're learning so much about protecting our own house, but this was the first time we were on some of our own events on primetime TV, so I'm pretty proud of us."
The training taught her that the most intimidating event was actually her forte. "I was not looking forward to doing Powerball which is where you tackle the people and they try to get the ball in the basket. I just thought it looked like you could be injured really easily. I love it. It's my favorite event and I tackled every person and I was so full of adrenaline. At the end, I'm like oh, that's it? I was ready to go again. So it was really strange how that was opposite of what I saw."
Siren is branded the beauty that masks a deadly warrior. According to her, this isn't too much of a stretch. "Our characters are just an extension of us but to the 10th degree. We have to really amplify ourselves. I think we actually tried to act in the beginning. When they said, 'Okay, let's practice your character. We're going to put you on film and see what you can do.' It was just horrible. We would just laugh at ourselves because we were trying too hard to be something when we were already ourselves and we just needed to be ourselves at a higher state, more amplified."
Behind the scenes, the gladiators are all pals, helping out when they suffer the inevitable injuries. "When we need to, we step in for each other. If you're having a rough day with injuries or if you just got kind of knocked out on an event and you need a break, you need somebody to step up, we have such a great team. The Gladiator team is like a family and we really help each other out. So I think that we were lucky to have that, those type of people to step up for you."
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