July 02

I think that the stuntmen and stuntwomen as well as suit actors of Power Rangers don't get as much respect and recognition in my opinion when it comes to doing the suits.  Despite the fact that most of them are from Japan and some of the actors and actresses know a few of them, I'm just saying that they're also a part of the community that I would say needs to be covered. Thankfully, Erik Betts was one of the people who I not only met at PMC but also at another convention called Comic Con Revolution.  He was one of the few that also told me the story about how JDF taught Thuy (RIP to them both) the fundamentals on making a kata, working on her stance, and the like behind the scenes and the one handling his booth was also recording our chat as we went from Power Rangers to other IPs he was in doing stunts (Avatar, Fate of the Furious [FF8]).  I should have asked about Batman Begins but that's for another time. [For those who don't know, he was Pudgy the Pig and also had a brief cameo with Bridget 'Babydoll' Riley in the episode Food Fight (Bridget was the suit actor for the Yellow Ranger in the 95 MMPR film)].

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