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Members of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers production squad discuss how member of the form pushing for bonny wage led to fire .
It ’s easy to get caught up in the nostalgia as networks like Disney and Nickelodeon are on a regular basis churn out live - activeness tike ’s programming , but it ’s also heavy to forget how much of that celebrity came at a price as we found out from the controversial lives from former Disney stars likeBritney SpearsandLindsey Lohanto what Investigation Discovery unravel inQuiet on Set : The Dark Side of Kids TV , chronicle the allegations of ill-treatment and misconduct on sure Nickelodeon programming . ID has loose another docuseries smother thePower Rangersfranchise in the ID docuseriesHollywood Demonsepisode , " Dark Side of Power Rangers . " Adapted to American TV by Israeli man of affairs and producerHaim Sabanin 1993,Mighty Morphin Power Rangersdrew inspiration from Toei’sSuper Sentaiseries in Japan . As wizard as the first two season of the series were for its young cast , three would see their days arrive to an conclusion after a miscalculate supplication to executives .
‘Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers' Stars Thuy Trang, Austin St. John and Walter Jones' Stand for Fair Wages Cost Them Their Jobs
As the chief stars ofMMPRcontracts number up while film time of year two of the serial , the lateThuy Trang , who played the original yellow ranger Trini Kwan , along with black and red fire warden Zack Taylor and Jason Lee Scott , played byWalter JonesandAustin St. John , respectively , decided to fight for fairer wages as the children ’s soldierlike arts show was becoming a success with Trang acting as the trio ’s voice . " The owners of the stations all come , " stunt coordinator Jeff Pruitt recalled ( viaEntertainment Weekly ) . " ( FOX ’s ) Rupert Murdoch came , they brought out the Power Rangers . Thuy went up to the mike and bug out reading this speech . How crappy Fox was for not paying them more money , and how they all deserved more money … the station owners were just face like , ' What is this ? ' When it was over , she walked backstage , and she just ran to me and grabbed me and begin cry , and order , ' What did I do ? Oh god , what did I do ? ' She regretted it outright , but it was kind of too late . "
Trang , Jones , and St. John , along with castmatesAmy Jo Johnson(Kimberly Hart / Pink Ranger),David Yost(Billy Cranston / Blue Ranger ) , and the lateJason David Frank(Tommy Oliver / Green Ranger ) were never capable to reap from the serial winner at its peak . " One of the matter Saban said was , ' await , I ’m give them the chance to become sensation . ' But from the actors ' point of view , it was , ' Well , now the show has take off , and I ’m still not make any money , ' " Pruitt said . A need made by Trang , St. John , and Jones , who share the same agency according to directorWorth Keelerwas a share of toy sales , " and that was never , ever pop off to encounter , " and the degree stunt was the result . Sadly , the stunt would send a shivery effect on the relaxation of the plaster cast , whoever dared to speak out , and it was easily replaceable with St. John intromit the shape had to take 2nd jobs despite a grueling filming schedule . Aside from Trang , who passed in 2001 , the original surviving mold found their way back to the franchise in one form or another through spinoffs , variations , and film .
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