The Bear star Ayo Edebiri chats about the new April O’Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
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The Turtles are apprehensive but April surprises them with her acceptance of their differences.
In a way, she helps them come out of their shells.
Without her, the Turtles interaction with the human world would be much different.
Shes also written forDickinson,Sunnyside, and the TV version ofWhat We Do In the Shadows.
Den of Geek: How would you describe April?
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Ayo Edebiri: April is a young high school student.
Why is she so important to the Turtles in this film and why are they important to her?
It maybe starts out as a bit more of a transaction.
The boys are like, We wanna be cool and know a human.
And shes like, I wanna win a Pulitzer.
But theyre just beings who are looking to belong and looking for friends.
Talk about the energy performing with these four teen boys.
You cant really replicate that, the way that they bounce off of each other.
Talk about the visual style and your impressions of it.
Just seeing something thats so distinct, authentic, and unique is always really exciting.
And I think it just looks gorgeous.
Whats your own past with theNinja Turtles?
I actually showed Jeff and Seth my first skateboard.
My skateboarding career is long over.
But my first board was aTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesdeckit was a Michelangelo deck.
So I was a big fan.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemhits theaters on Aug. 2.
*This interview is courtesy of EPK.
