Jessie Hobson: How were you approached for the short? Like, how did it begin as far as you getting into the picture?

Russ Bain: Well, Joesph and I had talked about doing a fairly ambitious short. We had talked about that for sometime. He was very keen to get something going. I guess the conversation started well over a year ago. He's very busy, I was busy and then eventually he came to me with this. At the time I didn't really even think about it too much as Power Rangers. I've known Joseph for quite sometime, I think, probably about nine years. So I had a personal relationship with him anyway. He had me read for it. It wasn't just a straight offer, there was other people considered, but he decided that I was his guy to do it.

JH: You did a great job by the way. I showed my mom earlier, and of course I grew up watching Power Rangers, but even my mother was impressed. She, like many others, wanted more when the credits rolled.

RB: (laughs) That's a good compliment because I showed it to my mother found it a bit gory and violent. To get a compliment from a mother that's the best source. They are the best critics.

JH: You mentioned Joseph, the director, earlier. Because of your relationship, was it different this time around or were things still all business?

RB: We did go through a casting process. There was a casting director attached to the project, a guy called David Kang. He did see people. I actually sat in on the casting a little bit. They weren't certain about who they would get for the project. The availability of actors changes all the time so there were a a little bit... kind of options open. Getting scheduling together for something like this is really difficult.

Right up until... even the first day of the shoot, I was actually shooting a TV show in Florida and flew straight from that, straight to the set in the middle of the desert. On the same day. It was literally... it was probably the most stressed I have ever been in my life, doing work. Because I knew Joseph had invested massively into setting this project up, and typically I had a completely free month. And I'm like yeah everything is fine, and then I booked this TV job, and I had to go and do that. Suddenly we got conflicts. It was right down to the wire. In terms of once I knew I was doing the job, then I was fully committed. We have a quite nice personal relationship, but at the end of the day, I've really learned that in this business, people think it's about who you know, but people want to work with people that they think are good as well... like if they are right for the role. If he didn't think I was right for the role I wouldn't have got it.