Just a few of the hazards youd face while working on Power Rangers at the beginning.
Your franchise is a colossal failure.
Fans currently wait on baited breath fora new Netflix Power Rangers seriesthats in the works.
How do you make something that will like more than 30 years of collective memories and expectations?
Can it capture the spirit of Power Rangers?
How will it impact the brand long term and its profit potential?
Franchise potential was the last thing on the production crews minds.
Not horrifically injuring the cast.
They could have cut their arms open!
We were doing fight scenes out at Vasquez Rocks (North of Los Angeles).
When [the cast] tumbled in, those kids had no protection on their arms.
I asked [the producers], can the cast wear long sleeved shirts?
Not shorts and t-shirts!
Theyd just fade, Carr remembers.
Between takes theyd be sleeping.
For example, Carr explains that the four episodes he worked on were shot in a mere eleven days.
Austin St. John (Jason) had a great look but didnt know what to do, Carr says.
Even still, time was a major factor when directingPower Rangers.
Breaks needed to be factored in because the actor would quickly get overheated and risk passing out.
Worrying about safety was a continual subject brought up by Carr.
Carr puts his head in his hand in horror, recreating his reaction at the time.
I thought… Zack, do not fall.
I was petrified that, if he breaks his leg, what do we do?
The actors werent the only ones facing dangerous situations though, the crew experienced just as many hardships.
Carr assumed the crew would just need to carry a lightweight foam rock out to the cliff location.
I saw the props truck arrive.
The flatbed came out and they wheeled this rock out and lowered it down.
It was like two tons of rock and was just on a little base with wheels!
Carr was stunned and refused to ask the crew to get that rock halfway up a cliff face.
They didnt want to let you down, one of the crew explained to him.
They said they didnt want to disappoint you because you said not to worry about it.
Carr couldnt do much about it at that point so let them proceed.
Carr called to roll sound and Saban kept talking.
He called roll camera.
Saban was still talking.
Carr then announced,
When I have quiet in the room, Ill call action.
But only because money was being spent when the camera was rolling.
Still, Carr laughs, he never spoke on set again.
He had a hand in all the early episodes.
Tony was the heart and soul of Power Rangers.
I was just doing one block.
Hes doing the whole lot!
He was dedicated to getting it done as best as it could be done in the time given.
Poor Tony, his eyes were hanging out of his head.
Carr barely even saw any of that Japanese footage while directing his episodes.
This necessitated the show creating ways to more easily work those last minute changes into the plot.
One of the ways the show accomplished this was a distinctive aspect of the Rangers mentor, Zordon.
They kept Zordons mouth blurred so they could write anything for him and it would look in sync.
With this added pressure, Saban wanted more action in the episode to make it look better.
Trang, still a beloved fan favorite, would regularly call Carr from the set.
So Id give her some pointers and shed say thank you and off shed go.
What those [actors] went through was cruel.
You treat people with respect and kindness and authority at the same time.
Like with the crew taking the rock up the hill.
I could have thrown a hissy fit and demanded them to get it up there.
But the fact that I said, dont, Ill work around it somehow.
The [crew] went above and beyond because I respected them.
If you respect the people around you?
