‘Power Rangers’ Alum Recalls Pilot Actor Suffering Heat Stroke Amid “Abusive” Conditions

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Following the bombshells of Quiet on Set, Investigation Discovery is back with the dark truth behind another ’90s childhood favorite.

In the third episode of its new docuseries Hollywood Demons, which premieres Monday from 9-11pm ET on ID and streams on Max, a writer and actor from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-’95) recalled the “abusive” on-set conditions that led to one background actor suffering heat stroke while filming the pilot. “When we’re shooting the pilot, we’re out in the desert — it’s got to be 110 degrees — and someone has heat stroke,” said Audri Dubois, who originally played yellow ranger Trini, in an Entertainment Weekly preview. “It was one of the bad guys in a wet suit with a rubber mask over their head with pinholes for the eyes and mouth.

He’s flopping around like a fish. … Me and the others had come together and agreed we were not going to continue shooting until this guy gets in an ambulance.” Dubois’ role was recast with Thuy Trang before the pilot aired.

Trang left the show in Season 2 over contract disputes. Dubois continued, “It was offered to anyone there that they would get $100 if they took that man’s wetsuit off and put it on so that we could continue shooting, and someone did.