Not only do we have the first clip from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows today (which you can watch below), but we also have an interview with Casey Jones himself -- Arrow’s Stephen Amell!
First, watch the clip right here:
And now, read on for the chat with Amell, which was conducted as part of a group set visit for the TMNT sequel.
Question: What was your relationship to the TMNT franchise before you signed on to play Casey Jones? Were you a fan, or are you a newcomer to the Turtle world?
Stephen Amell: I'm a fan principally from the movies, actually. The three movies that came out timed up nicely with me in elementary school. And I actually remember going to three successive birthday parties where we would go see the Turtles movie and then we would just go home and eat cheese pizza ‘til everyone was sick to their stomach. So when I booked the job, my wife, who was also a huge fan and had a Turtles-themed birthday party, went back and watched the original movies. I can't remember the Casey Jones character but she actually remembered it much more than I did when I had my initial meeting and chat just about Turtles in general, not actually the character. She met our director, Dave Green, and asked maybe one pointed question. He gave a rather unspecific answer and she immediately went
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First, watch the clip right here:
And now, read on for the chat with Amell, which was conducted as part of a group set visit for the TMNT sequel.
Question: What was your relationship to the TMNT franchise before you signed on to play Casey Jones? Were you a fan, or are you a newcomer to the Turtle world?
Stephen Amell: I'm a fan principally from the movies, actually. The three movies that came out timed up nicely with me in elementary school. And I actually remember going to three successive birthday parties where we would go see the Turtles movie and then we would just go home and eat cheese pizza ‘til everyone was sick to their stomach. So when I booked the job, my wife, who was also a huge fan and had a Turtles-themed birthday party, went back and watched the original movies. I can't remember the Casey Jones character but she actually remembered it much more than I did when I had my initial meeting and chat just about Turtles in general, not actually the character. She met our director, Dave Green, and asked maybe one pointed question. He gave a rather unspecific answer and she immediately went
Continue reading…
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