When the Energy Rangers reunite for Netflix’s upcoming thirtieth anniversary particular, Mighty Morphin Energy Rangers: As soon as & All the time, one key member can be lacking. Amy Jo Johnson, who performed the unique Pink Energy Ranger for greater than 130 episodes within the hit ‘90s present and film, has opted to skip the undertaking.
Again in January, Johnson tweeted that whereas she “by no means stated no” to the reunion, “I simply didn’t say sure to what was provided. However different enjoyable stuff is in-store! Wanting ahead to watching my mates kick ass!”
On Sunday, the actor clarified her causes for not returning—and insisted that they weren’t essentially financially motivated. “Please cease saying I didn’t do reunion due to cash. Merely not true,” she wrote on Twitter. “Perhaps I simply didn’t need to put on spandex in my 50s or couldn’t go to NZ [New Zealand, where the reunion was filmed] for a month.Or none of ur beeswax.”
Johnson added that she and the late Jason David Frank, the unique Inexperienced Ranger—who died at age 49 final 12 months—“each selected to not for our personal causes,” and that As soon as & All the time was filmed earlier than his loss of life. In a follow-up tweet, Johnson added that she was “excited to see [her] friends” Davis Yost, the unique Blue Ranger, and Walter Jones, the unique Black Ranger “rock it” within the particular. Catherine Sutherland, the second Pink Energy Ranger within the sequence, will reprise her position within the reunion.
The undertaking takes place thirty years after the Energy Rangers have been shaped by the omnipotent Zordon, when “the crew comes head to head with a well-recognized menace from the previous,” Netflix’s synopsis reads. “Within the midst of a worldwide disaster, they’re referred to as on as soon as once more to be the heroes the world wants.” Mighty Morphin Energy Rangers: As soon as & All the time premieres on Netflix April 19.
