‘Power Rangers’ Finds A Red Ranger, And Good Luck Pronouncing His Name

Following up on Lionsgate casting relative unknown Naomi Scott as the Pink Ranger in their 2017 Power Rangers movie, they’ve announced the young unknown who will play the Red Ranger: Dacre Montgomery. So, let’s get the first question out of the way: It’s pronounced “day-curr” and it’s Celtic.

We don’t know much about Montgomery (he has no major TV or film credits, and the only biographical information on IMDb is his height, 5-foot-10), but we do know a little about this iteration of the Red Ranger, thanks to a leaked character description. He’s playing Jason, a former star quarterback whose athletic career ended in a car crash. Now he needs a new purpose and finds it by leading a group who will “shed their individual baggage and find who they truly are.”

Normally, when I hear about a young jock trying to shed baggage and discover who he truly is, the first thing that comes to mind isn’t a Power Rangers movie, but oh well.

Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about.

(Via The Wrap)