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Jason David Frank’s acting certainly wasn’t adversely affected by the superhero types he portrayed on film and in television. After portraying a number of different heroes in the “Power Rangers” mythology for over 25 years (via IMDb), Frank temporarily took up the mantle of the Gray Jedi, the Valiant Comics character Bloodshot, in the short-lived 2018 television series “Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe.”
Clearly, Frank held a deep reverence for the comic book anti-hero. “My job is just do the best I can for Bloodshot,” Frank said during his “My Morphing Life” vlog (per YouTube). “And continue the growth for Valiant Comics. And, hopefully, that the people that are hardcore, diehard fans of Bloodshot can see that this is a real live-action character versus a cosplay character.”
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Stunt coordinator and choreographer Alvin Hsing worked closely with Frank, according to the same vlog, to bring Bloodshot’s uniquely “brutal” fighting style to life on the TV show. And Frank’s extensive background in martial arts made Bloodshot’s journey from comic books to television much more believable. “He [Frank] comes from a long lineage of martial artists and martial artists specifically that have been in the film industry,” Hsing said in an interview (via YouTube). “So, he knows a bit more than any, of the average, MMA fighter or martial artist in terms of cinematic language and where to be: Feeling the camera, to sell the hits.”
