Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Documentary Reveals How The Show's Stunts Were Created
The Power Rangers are known for their over the top martial arts and combat style, and during the [...]
The Power Rangers are known for their over the top martial arts and combat style, and during the original Mighty Morphin run Jeff Pruitt helped shape much of what fans saw onscreen.
Pruitt shared some behind the scenes footage in his Power Rangers Stunt Documentary, where he describes the process of how all of that crazy action gets invented.
"Every morning I would get up, go to the set and just sit there and look around and just start making little doodles. I'd do little storyboards and I would think of new ways to, how can we flip, fly, crash, kick, spin, and never actually hit anyone."
The choreography wasn't just for the Rangers, as the Putties got in on the action too.
"All of the guys that were going to be the Putties that day, I'd say "go and think of something really funny to make an appearance and they would go off and, every day they had to think of something, like a challenge."
He also recalls working extensively with Green Ranger actor Jason David Frank, who was gung-ho for doing his own stunts.
"This is a little story about Jason Frank. He would come a little bit early, and I don't know if the other guys even know this or not, but I'm telling them now. He would come a little bit early and he would say "Pruitt, Pruitt, Pruitt, let me do the big stunt man, let me do the big stunt", and I would go "well, I was gonna have Austin do that and he was like "no no no, I think the kids would like to see me do it, yeah they really would", super fast hyper all the time. Okay, alright, you do the stunt. So every day he would show up and I would have some Jason Frank thing for him to do and he was just so energetic and hyper."
You can watch the full documentary in the video above.
Power Rangers currently has a 72.81 on ComicBook.com's composite rankings, and you can find the Blu-ray and DVD description below.
The action-packed, coming of age feature film Saban's Power Rangers will morph onto Digital HD June 13 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital HD), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and On Demand June 27 from Lionsgate. As part of the 24-year-old global phenomenon and based on the five Rangers from the original TV series, "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,", the reimagined movie features a modern generation of Rangers including Dacre Montgomery (TV's "Stranger Things") as Jason the Red Ranger, Naomi Scott (The 33) as Kimberly the Pink Ranger, RJ Cyler (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) as Billy the Blue Ranger, Ludi Lin (Monster Hunt) as Zack the Black Ranger, and Becky G. (Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) as Trini the Yellow Ranger, as they attempt to stop the evil and unpredictable Rita Repulsa (played by Elizabeth Banks, The Hunger Games Franchise) from destroying their city…and ultimately the world. Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") as Zordon, and Bill Hader (Finding Dory) as Alpha 5 train the Rangers to morph and master their powers as a united team.
The Saban's Power Rangers DVD will include exclusive audio commentary with director Dean Israelite and writer John Gatins, and deleted/alternate/extended scenes and outtakes. Saban's Power Rangers will be available on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, and DVD for the suggested retail price of $42.99, $39.99, and $29.95, respectively.
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