30 years ago, the premiere of “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” took place on television, which conquered pop culture, and the “Mighty Rangers” franchise as a whole continues to gain strength today. To celebrate how it all started, this April will see the release of “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always”-a separate special edition in which many of the original cast of “Mighty Morphines” will return. However, Amy Jo Johnson, one of the few graduates who are not participating, explained why she will not be in the special edition that Netflix subscribers will be able to watch.
Amy Jo Johnson played Kimberly Hart, the first Pink Ranger, in the movie “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers“, and later reprised this role in the 1997 film “Turbo: Power Rangers”. However, in addition to a cameo role in the 2017 film “Power Rangers” as a citizen of Angel Grove along with her late co-star Jason David Frank, Johnson has not participated in the franchise for more than two decades, but apparently she was asked to appear in “Power Rangers-Morphine”. : Once and for all. The actress told on Twitter about why she does not appear in it:
For the record, I never said no…I just didn’t say “yes” to what was offered to me. But other interesting things in the store! I’m looking forward to my friends kicking ass! 😘 #Power Rangers 30
This is an interesting formulation from Amy Jo Johnson, indicating that she may have been interested in appearing in “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always,” but declined the offer for an unspecified reason. Some of the people who commented on her tweet suggested that money was the deciding factor, and one person shared a video in which Austin St. John, who played Jason Scott, the first Red Ranger, explained that he refused to appear in an episode of Super. The Megaforce series, because he was offered only $2,000. St. John also won’t appear in “Once and Always,” but he did appear a few years ago in the Beast Morphers episode “Grid Connection.”
So fans of “Power Rangers” won’t see Amy Jo Johnson in “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always,” but the actress, who is also known for such series as “Felicity” and “Flashpoint,” is glad to see that her former film partners are back together. Before his death, Jason David Frank also said that he would not participate in the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the “Power Rangers”, because at that time he was focused on his film “The Legend of the White Dragon”, and also because he “did enough for the brand “Power Rangers”. While the recently released behind-the-scenes short film Once & Always revealed that we will see the Green Ranger, it is unclear whether it will be Frank’s Tommy Oliver who will stay in the suit all the time, or another character will now carry it. the mantle.
As for who appears in “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always,” starting with Katherine Sutherland, who played Kimberly’s successor Kat Hillard, she will turn into the Pink Ranger again. Billy Cranston (David Yost), Zach Taylor (Walter E. Jones) and Rocky DeSantos (Steve Cardenas) will also return as Blue, Black and Red Rangers respectively, while Karan Ashley and Johnny Yong Bosch will return as Aisha Campbell and Adam Park, although they’ve only been shown wearing S.P.D. uniforms. In addition, Barbara Goodson and Richard Horwitz respectively reprise the voices of Rita Repulsa and Alpha, and Charlie Kersh debuts as Min, the daughter of Trini Kwan, the first Yellow Ranger of the Mighty Morphines. Tui Trang, who played Trini, died in 2001.
“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always” is scheduled for 2023 on Netflix TV’s schedule for an April 19 release, and the streaming platform will also introduce Power Rangers Cosmic Fury later this year. Looking to the future, Jenny Klein from The Witcher is working on the Power Rangers series, more adult-oriented, together with Jonathan Entwistle from The End of the Fucking World, who is also preparing a film about the relaunch of the Power Rangers, in which his characters will appear. a trip to the 1990s.
