Yes, The Popular Girl.

However, is that who she is?

You get to see the geeky side of her.

Because, when you are a 17-year-old, you are figuring out who you are.

Thats the whole point.

So, for me, as a female as well, Im not just The Popular Girl.

No, Im just a 17-year-old girl, and and shes strong, shes sassy, and shes funny.

And all of us are smart in our own ways.

That was really important, I think, for each character.

For example, Zack the Black.

He only finds that through other friends that he meets and once they get together.

Cyler said of his character:

Billy is very to himself and hes quiet and hes very evasive.

He doesnt like confrontation.

But then, under that, he wants to be around other people, but hes very shy.

He has a lot of things that he thinks about, like over-thinks.

An emphasis on coming-of-age.

Its about their relationships.

And it has to feel real.

Even down to the hand-held aesthetic of what it looks like, its as if youre following them around.

Its very scrappy, you know.

Thats where I was like, Oh, he knows how to bring that out.

And thats exactly what he did with us.

So, thats his priority.

His priority was us bringing out the friendship and the reality of that.

Lin added:

Project Almanacwas a found footage film, but asci-fifound footage film, you know?

He has a very specific vision in mind, and we believe in it, too.

What it means to be part of a diverse franchise.

Even for the audition, when we got the breakdown for the characters, there was no ethnicity column.

They just wanted to see actors, you know?

Im like, No, how bout Ludis a great actor who knows what hes doing?

We all have these things that we bring to these characters.

However, where you disperse that diversity was not necessarily [a conscious decision].

However, it wasnt specific to the character.

It was just about the character, which I personally think was the best way to go about it.

I love the diversity because, for me personally, I was born in China.

I speak fluent Mandarin.

The message is: we need to come together to create something lasting and positive.

Power Rangerswill be released in the United States on March 24, 2017.