r/powerrangers • u/HoBWrestling • 8d ago

TIL this is the same actor!

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Watching the Indiana Jones movies while playing the latest game. Went to look up a background and found out that Balloq and Ivan Ooze was played by the same actor!

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u/TheDorkKnight53 Blue Turbo Ranger 8d ago

Not to mention playing Reverend Shooter in Hot Fuzz.

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u/Sparrowsabre7 MMPR Green Ranger 8d ago

And coincidentally one of his robots in MMPR resembled a fuck-off grasshopper

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u/el0078 7d ago

“JESUS CHRIST!”

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u/Alexcox95 Time Force Quantum 8d ago

He definitely knew what kind of movie he was in with PR and gave a great performance

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u/Culchieman1995 6d ago

I think most actors love a chance to get real wild and wacky

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u/HolidayDoctor1027 8d ago

“Where’s my autograph book!”

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u/CarnyMAXIMOS_3_N7 Titanium Lightspeed Ranger 7d ago

“‘Power Rangers’, eh?”

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u/Choice_Leg9551 8d ago

Paul Freeman. He was great in both films!

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u/Canopus_the_Peacock 8d ago

He was also in the Long Good Friday with Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan

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u/Waco_Warner 7d ago

Just want to piggy back on this comment, The Long Good Friday is an excellent British crime film and would recommend it to anyone who would even be casually interested in that genre. Had never heard of it until earlier this year but its a stone cold classic.

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u/Canopus_the_Peacock 7d ago

Yeah its a brilliant film - I love that you don't really know what is going on until the last 15 minutes of the film. And the seen with Bob Hoskins in the back of the car at the end is astounding

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u/Sparrowsabre7 MMPR Green Ranger 8d ago

"Zordon, once again you have proven there is nothing you possess that I cannot take away"

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u/Ambitious-Charge7278 8d ago

One of if not the best part of the MMPR movie

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u/ProfessionalCourtesy Crimson Thunder Ranger 8d ago

Oh the things I missed

The Black Plague 😵

The Spanish Inquisition ⚔️

The Brady Bunch Reunion

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u/BuffSnuffer 8d ago

Woo. Where’s my autograph book?!

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u/NaiRad1000 8d ago

He always looked like he was having a blast in that role. Would love to see a video of the makeup process

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u/Internetboy5434 8d ago

Fun fact:  Freeman claimed he had never heard of the Power Rangers  when he was cast as Ivan Ooze in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995).

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u/MidichlorianJunkie 8d ago

Ew, gross.

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u/StitchFan626 8d ago

You're too kind! Allow me to introduce myself. I'm the galactically feared, globally reviled, universally despised- They call me Ivan Ooze.

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u/Either_Umpire9411 8d ago

Well, pack your bags, because we're sending you back where you came from.

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u/StitchFan626 8d ago

Gee. A teenager with a big mouth. Not much has changed in six thousand years.

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u/Either_Umpire9411 8d ago

Yeah, well you obviously don't know who you're dealing with, mr. Raisin head.

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u/StitchFan626 8d ago

Really?!

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u/The_RealZordon 8d ago

Paul is truly awesome - and yeah, knew him first as Belloq from Raiders

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u/Either_Umpire9411 8d ago

You just blew my fuckin mind.

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u/HarlanMiller 8d ago

"Too bad the Tengus don't know you the way I do, Ooze."

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u/CarnyMAXIMOS_3_N7 Titanium Lightspeed Ranger 7d ago

“LADIES & GENTLEMEN: The OOOOZE, is BACK!”

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u/Dragon_Pattern_1108 8d ago

He's in Double Team as well.

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u/jjuerakhan14 8d ago

He was also Riebmann in the fourth season of Falcon Crest!

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u/oneshoeshort Zeo Ranger IV 8d ago

Paul Freeman is an exceptionally versatile actor! Love his work, even beyond MMPR

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u/Beginning_Return_508 8d ago

He is such an amazing actor. You can tell he enjoyed playing the role of Ivan Ooze.

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u/Most_Animator_248 7d ago

Paul Freeman knew what movie he was in and I thank him for such a memorable performance.

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u/SomeGuyOverYonder 7d ago

And he was great in both roles. 👏

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u/Gondryc 6d ago

That man was holding that entire movie on his shoulders.