One imagines Hader’s vocal performance as Alpha 5 in the Power Rangers movie will bring to mind his voice role as the overly-anxious Fear from Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out, in particular.
Alpha 5 has been portrayed by different actors in a costume during his various Power Rangers TV show appearances over the years, with Richard Steven Horvitz providing his voice.
Whereas the upcoming Jumanji (starring the likes of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson) is described as being a continuation of the 1995 film of the same name, the Power Rangers movie is a full-blown reboot of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV show that debuted in 1993 before also making its way into theaters in 1995 (only to give rise to more than twenty years’ worth of Power Rangers TV series thereafter).
Lionsgate and Saban have now confirmed (via the official Power Rangers Twitter account) that Alpha 5 will be played by none other than Saturday Night Live alum Bill Hader, as you can see below.