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Seth Rogensays his newTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesmovie won’t be just a typical action film.
In an interview with the A.V. Club, the Golden Globe nominee, 40, listed his movies thatshow a deeper side to himthan viewers may realize, includingSuperbadandThis Is The End, as well as his upcomingTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesreboot.
“We found a way to make it deeply personal,” he said. “It’s a teenage movie, we’re putting a lot of our own feelings — of awkwardness and insecurity and a desire to belong and be accepted and all that — into the movie.”
“And as I sit around with the other people working on [the film], I’m like, ‘We found a way to care about this,’ which is great,” Rogen continued.
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He previously toldColliderin 2020 that the new movie wouldfocus on the “teenage” aspectof the iconicTMNTcharacters Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo.
“As a lifelong fan ofNinja Turtles, weirdly the ‘Teenage’ part ofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was always the part that stuck out to me the most,” Rogen said, adding: “The idea of kind of honing in on that element was really exciting to us. I mean, not disregarding the rest, but really using that as kind of a jumping off point for the film.”
Rogen is no stranger to working with emotion. He said at the 10th annualHilarity for Charitythat working on his recent filmThe Fabelmanswas particularly emotional, especially for directorSteven Spielberg.
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“It’s very directly based on his life and pretty much everything that happens in the movie is something that happened to him,” Rogen said. “As we were shooting, I’d be like, ‘Did this happen in real life?’ and the answer was ‘yes’ a hundred percent of the time.”
The Canadian actor said it was a humbling experience for him being able to collaborate with such a renowned and experienced director. “It was very flattering and validating for someone like [Spielberg] to even know who I am, nonetheless think I could help their film or that I would be additive to their film,” Rogen said.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemis scheduled to premiere Aug. 4, 2023.
source: people.com
