With the first teaser trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles now online [watch it here], more information is starting to creep out about the latest reincarnation of the Heroes in a Half Shell.
Will Arentt (Arrested Development, The Lego Movie) plays cameraman Vernon Fenwick (who appeared in the late 80’s cartoon) alongside Megan Fox’s April O’Neil. He recently sat down with IGN and gave them a few details on his role and the film itself.
“Originally, in the series, Vern was kind of grouchy and kind of a heel,” Arnett said. “We took a little bit of liberty with that attitude. He’s still Vern Fenwick, who’s a video guy, which really was a thing that helped us to tell the story we wanted to tell in the way we wanted to tell it. It was important that he and April work together, so instead of having him be a heel, he’s a little more flippant.”
“He’s kind of seen action, he’s done a lot of stuff,” Arnett explained. “He wants to now just kind of coast. He’s happy with his job and he doesn’t want anything to get too crazy, and then as everything starts going nuts he just doesn’t want to get dragged into it. That’s the only kind of shade that’s similar.”
To see the full article and a few more comments from Arnett, just follow the IGN link above.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is set for release in the States on August 8th and the UK on October 17th with a cast that also includes Alan Ritchson (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) as Raphael, Pete Ploszek (Parks and Recreation) as Leonardo, Jeremy Howard (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) as Donatello, Noel Fisher (Battle Los Angeles) as Michaelangelo, Danny Woodburn (Seinfeld) as Splinter, William Fichtner (The Dark Knight) as The Shredder, Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost) as Bernadette Thompson, and K. Todd Freeman (The Dark Knight) as Baxter Stockman.
Chris Cooper is a Flickering Myth Staff Writer, and owner of the blog Super Duper Stuff. Follow him on Twitter @SDCCooper or visit the blog’s Facebook page.
Originally published April 2, 2014. Updated February 24, 2020.
