The true story of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the heroes in a half-shell who shook the world

By Simon Bland

 

 

‘The turtles were the stars and that’s what pulled people into the cinema’: the director and cast reflect on film 20 years later ( Rex )

 

“From morning to lunch, we’d lose five pounds,” says Josh Pais, one of the four performers buried under mounds of latex and state-of-the-art tech to bring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to life.

 

Three decades may have passed since he and his fellow in-suit stars emerged from the sewers and forever changed the childhoods of an entire generation, but the claustrophobic memories remain. “It was like going into this weird battle,” he laughs. “It was intense.”

 

By the time the record-breaking superhero film came out in 1990, these heroes in a half-shell were already becoming household names – thanks to Peter Laird’s cult comic and a sleeper-hit cartoon series.

 

The show, which substituted “Ninja” with “Hero” in the UK to avoid violent connotations, was a quiet phenomenon, its catchphrases and memorabilia sweeping across playgrounds in the late Eighties.

 

Full Story: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie-anniversary-true-story-a9470761.html

On 4/21/2020 at 12:21 AM, snoop1130 said:

who shook the world

Seriously?