Academy Award
nominated actor Bryan Cranston is no stranger to the Power Rangers universe.
Back in the early '90s, during the heyday of the television series, Cranston
voiced Twinman and Snizard, two villains of the week that were ultimately
defeated by teens in brightly colored spandex.
Speaking to The
Huffington Post, Cranston revealed that he almost passed on the role because of
his firsthand knowledge.
"At first I was,
to be honest with you, I was reticent to looking at the role because I remember
the television series was kind of farcical and silly and ‘pow’ and ‘zow’ —
weird movements and things like that. I was like, ‘Oh, OK."
But…
"I wasn’t really
high on it until I talked to the producer and read the script and talked to the
director. After that I went, ‘This is different.’ This is as different a
reimagining as the ‘Batman’ television series as it became the ‘Batman’ movie
series. You can’t compare those two, and nor can you compare this movie version
of the ‘Power Rangers’ to that television series. It’s unrecognizable for the
most part. There are tenets of the folklore that you hold onto for sure, but
the inspiration is different, and the sensibility of it, and the approach to
the film making is completely different."
Cranston backtracks a
bit and assures fans that though darker than the campy 90s series, it won't be
as dark as Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight.
"I don’t know if
the tone is as dark as that because you’re dealing with teenagers. So the
appropriateness of that, and real teenage life, and going through high school
and the cliques and the popularity or lack thereof, and the bullies and all the
different sections and sub-sections of high school life, and the insecurities
of these kids and things like that — hopes and dreams — and you embrace all of
that into a retelling of the ‘Power Rangers.’ And what you would get is this
new version, this new reimagined version."
Directed by Dean
Israelite, Power Rangers also stars Elizabeth Banks, Ludi Lin, Naomi Scott, RJ
Cyler, Becky G, and Dacre Montgomery.
Source - The Huffington Post
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