Despite being the faces of the show, Trang, St. John, Jones, and their costars Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, and Jason David Frank saw virtually none of that money. "One of the things Saban said was, ‘Look, I’m giving them the chance to become stars.’
“We were broke,” St. John bluntly explained, detailing extremely low pay on the non-union production and salaries that left them in need of second jobs, despite an exceedingly demanding shooting schedule. The trio were fired from the show after Trang’s speech, a decision that wasn’t ever directly communicated to the rest of the cast and crew.
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