TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
Added on: 17th Mar 2016
ACTOR JOSH PAIS (RAPHAEL) HAD PARTICULAR
ISSUES WITH THE COSTUME. SUFFERING FROM
SEVERE CLAUSTROPHOBIA, HE HAD TO REMOVE
HIS TURTLE MASK AFTER EVERY SHOT.
Pais was also the only actor to physically portray and voice his turtle.
All the other actors had their voices swapped out.
SIMILARLY TO TMNT, REAL TURTLES ALSO HAVE
NO OUTER EARS. INSTEAD, THEY HAVE EXCELLENT
SIGHT AND SMELL.
ROBIN WILLIAMS WAS A BIG FAN OF TMNT AND
PROVIDED JUDITH HOAG (WHO PLAYED APRIL O'NEIL
IN THE FIRST MOVIE) WITH INFORMATION REGARDING
HER CHARACTER. THE TWO ACTORS WERE WORKING
TOGETHER ON CADILLAC MAN WHEN THE TURTLE
FILM FIRST WENT INTO PRODUCTION.
IN THE LATEST TMNT MOVIE (RELEASED IN 2014), APRIL
O´NEIL WAS PLAYED BY MEGAN FOX. MEGAN LATER
REVEALED THAT SHE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE
FAN OF THE TMNTS AND THAT MICHELANGELO
WAS HER FAVOURITE TURTLE.
WHEN SAM ROCKWELL’S CHARACTER (HEAD THUG)
TELLS THE POLICE TO “GO CHECK OUT THE EAST
WAREHOUSE OVER AT LAIRDMAN ISLAND” IN THE
1990 MOVIE, IT IS A NOD TO TMNT CREATORS
KEVIN EASTMAN AND PETER LAIRD.
BRIAN TOCHI (THE VOICE OF LEONARDO) AND ROBBIE RIST
(THE VOICE OF MICHAELANGELO) ARE THE ONLY
ACTORS WHO APPEARED IN ALL THREE LIVE-ACTION
TMNT MOVIES.
IN THE COMIC BOOK AND THE 1990 MOVIE SCRIPT, THE
SCENE WHERE THE FOOT CLAN LEADER TATSU BEATS
UP ONE OF HIS SOLDIERS ENDS WITH THE DEATH
OF THE BOY. TO AVOID THE MURDER IN A CHILDREN´S
MOVIE THOUGH, THE SCENE WAS RE-CUT AT THE
LAST MINUTE WITH THE BOY´S LIFE BEING SPARED.
WHEN FILMING THE 2014 MOVIE, IT TOOK THE CREW
TWO HOURS EACH DAY TO GET THE NINJA TURTLE
ACTORS INTO SUITS.
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