Trivia / Power Rangers Super Megaforce S2E20 Legendary Battle

• Role Reprise: Eleven previous Ranger actors return, taking on their respective Ranger character and color. They are:
  • Brittany Anne Pirtle as Emily the Yellow Samurai Ranger.
  • Hector David, Jr. as Mike the Green Samurai Ranger.
  • Jason Faunt as Wesley Collins the Red Time Force Ranger.
  • Alison MacInnis as Dana Mitchell the Pink Lightspeed Ranger.
  • Sean Cw Johnson as Carter Grayson the Red Lightspeed Ranger.
  • Reggie Rolle as Damon Henderson the Green Galaxy Ranger.
  • Danny Slavin as Leo Corbett the Red Galaxy Ranger.
  • Melody Perkins as Karone the second Pink Galaxy Ranger.
  • Patricia Ja Lee as Cassie Chan the Pink Space Ranger.
  • Selwyn Ward as T.J. Johnson the Blue Space Ranger.
  • Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver in both his Mighty Morphin Green Ranger and White Ranger incarnations. Though his White Ranger incarnation was a mere Legend Shift.
• What Could Have Been: Many fans have been utterly vocal over the fact that a number of former Rangers didn't return, mostly due to the fact that they weren't asked or they declined the invitation. Among those who didn't return were David Yost (declined because of how he felt the invitation was an insult because it was the same as everyone else's and felt that they should at least have apologized for harassing him during filming of MMPR), Walter Emanuel Jones (out of support for David in regards to how he was treated), Steve Cardenas (declined due to the low pay for the brief cameo, which is a reason many others declined), Rhett Fisher (invited, then uninvited due to budget constraints), and almost everyone from the Disney era (most of them were never tapped) and others still were adamant about saying their issue wasn't specifically money, but other extenuating circumstances (Valerie Vernon wanted to do it, but now has children and wasn't given enough time to prepare arrangements to allow her to make the trip to New Zealand. Erin Cahill also wanted to return, but had to refuse because Rangers is a non-union production and she is currently a SAG member.) Amy Jo Johnson was also contacted, but her agent didn't give her the invitation because it was the same as everyone else's. Johnny Yong Bosch was also contacted and he responded, but they never replied back. Christopher Khayman Lee (Andros) was contacted as well and expressed interest, but he couldn't make it either because of scheduling conflicts and because he also wasn't given enough time to prepare.
  • Speaking of low-pay, Austin St. John and Karan Ashley, two major MMPR names (especially the former), were also contacted — and like Cardenas plus a number of others, they also declined for this reason. It's not that none of the three didn't want to come back (they really did, and they want the fans to be happy), but the pay barely covered the plane ticket expenses to-and-from New Zealand and they just didn't think the long trip was worth the brief cameo. They also didn't feel respected by the company executives. Austin St. John also explained during a panel years later that he was working as an army medic in Iraq at the time and leaving when he would've had to would've gotten him in trouble with the US government. Mixed with the low pay, he didn't feel it was worth it.

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