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Power Rangers stuntman recalls Thuy Trang's bold speech to network execs that led to her firing: 'She regretted it instantly'

Thuy Trang and two of her 'Power Rangers' costars were fired after Trang gave an incendiary speech advocating for a fair wage in front of series creator Haim Saban and Fox boss Rupert Murdoch in 1994.

rangers — Walter Emanuel Jones and Austin St. John — concocted a bold ploy to advocate for a fair wage when the children's action series became a super hit during its first season run in 1993. "The owners of the stations all came," stunt coordinator Jeff Pruitt remembered on "Dark Side of the Power Rangers," the latest episode of Investigation Discovery's new docuseries, Hollywood Demons." "We were broke," St. John bluntly explained, detailing extremely low pay on the non-union production and salaries that left them in need of second jobs, despite an exceedingly demanding shooting schedule.

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