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Well, the title says all, Austin St. John is following us via Twitter. You can folow him @austinsjohn
Here, you have som information about his character on MMPR (Source: Wikipedia.Org):
St. John's first major role in acting was in 1993, when he was starred as Jason Lee Scott, the Red Power Ranger, in Saban Entertainment's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. At the age of 17 when the series premiered on the Fox Network, he was the youngest member of the original cast, but was also the most experienced at martial arts, which was integrated into his character on the show. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was an instant success and quickly became one of the highest-rated children's television programs ever. However, Austin left the series mid-way through the second season, due to a contract and pay dispute, and was replaced as the Red Ranger on the show by Steve Cardenas, who also played the role of the Red Ranger in the first Power Rangers movie instead of Austin.
St. John later returned to the franchise as the Gold Ranger in Power Rangers: Zeo and as a guest star in the second Power Rangers movie, along with his former castmate Amy Jo Johnson (Kimberly Hart, the original Pink Ranger). He also co-hosted the 1999 Power Rangers special titled "The Lost Episode," with his former castmate and close friend Walter Emanuel Jones (Zack Taylor, the original Black Ranger), in which they both discussed the history of Power Rangers up to that point and also presented the original, never-before-seen pilot of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Austin's last Power Rangers appearance was in the tenth anniversary special "Forever Red," where he joined nine other Red Ranger actors. He once again played the original Red Ranger and was reunited with his former castmate Jason David Frank (Tommy Oliver, the franchise's longest-serving Power Ranger). St. John was also one of the guest speakers who appeared at the 2007 Power Morphicon convention held in Los Angeles, which celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise.
According to a 2004 contest held by ABC Family, Austin's character, Jason, was voted as the greatest Red Ranger of all time. A subsequent contest on Toon Disney in 2007 also voted Jason as the most popular Red Ranger.
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