10 curiosities about ‘Power Rangers’, an unfair cinematic flop

Released in 2017, the film Power Rangers had great expectations from fans of the series, because it would hit theaters at a time when these superhero franchises were worldwide phenomena, guaranteeing countless sequels and truckloads of money for the studios. However, this was not the case with this film, which became one of the biggest failures in this vein.

Despite this, the film is considered “unjust” by many, so much so that to this day there are fans who campaign for the sequel, which will never see the light of day. With that in mind, CinePOP selected 10 interesting facts about the film that you may not know. Check it out!

Commitment

As part of the proposal to create a more realistic world for Power Rangersthe film’s production team hired a linguist to create the language of Eltar, the home planet of Harsh (Bryan Cranston). The problem is that Cranston e Bill Hader (Alpha) had a lot of difficulty learning this new language for the scenes. On the other hand, Elizabeth Banks (Rita Repulsa) finished the recordings fluent in the alien language.

Old acquaintance

Despite having appeared as Harsh in the 2017 film, Bryan Cranston was already quite familiar with the franchise. Power Rangersthis is because he had already worked on the original 1993 series. At the time, he gave voice to two monsters in the production: the Leisure and the Twin Man.

School

The Alameda dos Anjos school probably aroused a sense of nostalgia among fans. In addition to using the same sign as Angel Grove High School of the 1993 series, the school was the same one used as a setting in the recordings of Smallvilleiconic teen series from Superman in the 2000s.

Home office

To play himthe Black Power Ranger, went through an unusual situation. He received an invitation to audition for the role, but his schedule was packed and he was unable to travel to Los Angeles. So, they suggested he take the test where he was. So he appealed to a low-budget studio in Singapore. The test went so well that the film’s director, Dean Israelitethere was no doubt that he was the right guy for the role.

Back to school

When he received the news that he had been chosen for the role, To play him He decided to return to the school where he had studied to better understand what the high school environment was like at the time. He spent a week claiming to be an “exchange student”, until he took a class with a professor from his time. According to the actor, the master was startled and asked out loud: “Ludi, are you STILL at school???”.

Youtuber

According to the film’s director, the character of Lin There was an arc that was cut in post-production, but it didn’t make the final cut for very little. In the original version, he would be an aspiring Youtuber. With this dream of becoming a digital influencer, he would post videos of his stunts and do vlogs of all this crazy experience that Rangers live.

Love interest

According to the actor Dacre Montgomerythe initial versions of the film gave a lot of emphasis to the journey of his character (Jason) with the character of Naomi Scott (Kimberly). However, these scenes were left out of the final cut with the promise that this love interest would be better developed in future films.

Court

In fact, one of the scenes in the trailers featured the much-talked about kiss between the protagonist duo. However, the production chose to cut not only this scene, but practically the entire arc of their love interest, after the film’s first test sessions. The public’s reaction was unanimous: the development of a love arc took the focus away from Kimberly’s redemption arc.

Promotion

Speaking of Kimberlythe actress Naomi Scott had auditioned for the role of the Yellow Ranger. But the director was impressed with the actress’ test and recommended her to audition for the role of the Pink Ranger. There was no other way. She got the role and fulfilled the dream of practically every girl in the 90s, having played one of the Panthersa Ranger Rosa and a princess Disney (Aladdin).

Failure

Released at the height of superhero productions in cinemas, the film Power Rangers was quoted by Lionsgate as your “goose that lays the golden eggs”. The idea was that he would start a franchise of at least three films. However, the first reactions were not very good, causing the film to end its run on the big screen with a box office gross of just over 142 million dollars. As the film cost US$100 million, it was considered a colossal failure, putting an end to the franchise’s dream of establishing itself in theaters.

Power Rangers is available for rent at Amazon Prime Video.