Fox also hints at a unique relationship between her April ONeil and Michelangelo in the movie.
What do you guys think will be most familiar for those fans?
Megan Fox:There is so much.
I dont feel like it strayed very much at all.
Megan and I saw the movie a while ago.
Weve seen various incarnations of it before even the FX were done.
But to see him excited about that in a real way was a great moment for me.
That kind of made me feel like we did something okay.
WA:What, you talk aboutLord of the Rings?
MF:Yeah, man.
I get down withLord of the Rings.My movie room is full of memorabilia.
I mean [Tolkien] created a language; there is just so much more there.
But I definitely am familiar with [the Turtles].
And Im like the Ents should have been scarier!
Why did they do them like that?!
Because I knew so much about it as a kid.
But Ive never been judgmental of Turtles for some reason.
I just love them every way that Ive seen them and every way that they have come.
What is the appeal?
MF:Of the Turtles?
Theyre justits lighthearted, its fun.
Yeah, its weird, theyre teenage mutant talking [pause] ninja turtles.
WA:Theres something captivating [about them].
One of the questions we had today in the panel in Hall H was why wont the property die?
Literally, the guy asked why wont it die.
And its not a bad question, because you have to say, Why hasnt it gone away?
There is something about them.
Theres something great about that that I think people respond to apart from just the good versus evil.
Thats the Marvel template you just described.
WA:Make no mistake: Im a genius.
Is there a Turtle that your April makes a connection to in this one?
And Raphael is a choleric temperament.
And that is sort of how we were playing April.
Theres a bond with Mikey.
[Laughs]
WA:Yeah, theres definitely a bond with Mikey.
I think if anything Vern had more of ahe and Raph looked at each other the wrong way.
Thats mainly because Alan [Ritchson] drove me nuts.
No, I love him.
You react just because someone else is reacting with you.
So, its a lot easier and so much better.
What did the other three Turtles represent in the Greek Temperaments?
MF:Theres choleric.
Theres phlegmatic, which Id say is Donatello.
Theres Sanguine, which would be Mikey, and there is melancholic, which is Leonardo.
This is what Im saying.
I havent had that confirmed by Eastman, but that is my theory.
WA:Lets get him in here!
Ill have to look that up.
you could take a test and find out who you are, actually.
Will, who would win: Batman or Ninja Turtles?
WA:[Lowers Voice]Bat-Turtles.
[Laughs]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleswill be in theaters on Friday, August 8th.
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