A Dacre Montgomery x 'Power Rangers' appreciation post.
A Dacre Montgomery x 'Power Rangers' appreciation post.
Ahead of the upcoming release of ‘Power Rangers’ - due out into NZ cinemas on March 23rd - we’ve decided to bring together a list of things that we appreciate about the Red Ranger, a.k.a. Dacre Montgomery.
Before we begin, here’s an official synopsis of the film:
“Saban’s Power Rangers follows five ordinary teens who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so, they will have to overcome their real-life issues and before it’s too late, band together as the Power Rangers.”
Now here are five things that we currently appreciate about Dacre Montgomery:
#1. In ‘Power Rangers’, he plays the Red Ranger - who is considered to be the leader of the group.
The film’s director had the following to say about Montgomery: “Australian actor Dacre Montgomery, who plays the Red Ranger, is such a conscientious, focused guy in real life. It’s amazing. He is a born leader. Before any of the actors knew each other, he was the one making sure they were all coordinating because they were from all around the world."
Watch the group discuss the film in depth below:
#2. Before being cast in ‘Power Rangers’, Dacre attended the highly prestigious WAAPA - Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, which has tutored the likes of Hugh Jackman, numerous theatre stars, and even Tame Impala’s Jay Watson [very briefly].
We spoke to Joe Keery (of 'Stranger Things') and Jay Watson about the film and Dacre - check out their exchange below:
JOE: Do you live in Perth? Because one of our new cast-members is an Aussie - he lives in Perth, and he just graduated from a drama school that was there, and is in the States now.
JAY: Wow. Probably WAAPA [Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts]?
JOE: Yeah, that’s exactly what it is.
JAY: That’s where I went for music. I did five months. I got to the first exam of the first semester, and it was something like classical music and you had to do jazz as well, and the first question was just insane, they’d play this chord riff, or a bass-line, and they gave you one note out of the nine or eight notes, and they were like, “Figure out what the other seven notes are, from this one note.” I was like, “I can’t do this. I just wanna be in a band like The Ramones.” I remember walking out at that question. But I’m sure it would’ve been good if I stuck with it. What’s the cast-member's name?
JOE: His name is Dacre Montgomery. He actually is in the new ‘Power Rangers’ movie, he’s gonna be the red Power Ranger in the new movie.
JAY: Wow. Is there a new 'Power Rangers' coming out?
JOE: Oh yeah. You’ll see him. He’ll be wearing the red tights and looking strong. It’s crazy to talk to him about it, because the amount of money behind a project like that, it’s massive. So he was the main guy.
JAY: Oh, is the red one the leader?
JOE: He’s the leader.
JAY: It’s like in ‘The Wiggles’, the red one is the leader too.
JOE: <laughs> It’s the same thing as ‘The Wiggles’. Exactly that.
#3. He recently did a photoshoot with ‘Rogue’ magazine, which you can check out below:
#4. Film runs in the family, with his Canadian Mum being an Assistant-Director, and his Dad being a sound-mixer. His Dad also hails from New Zealand - so we can’t not love him!
#5. As well as his role in ‘Power Rangers’, Dacre has also been cast in the upcoming second season of ‘Stranger Things’, set for release on Halloween this year.
Check out some pictures of him hanging out with his cast-mates Joe Keery and Natalia Dyer:
‘Power Rangers’ comes out on March 23rd into NZ cinemas - watch the trailer below…
