Interview: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cast Discusses Paramount+ Series

sondramedia Senior Film Information Editor Brandon Schreur spoke to the forged of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in regards to the Paramount+ collection. Micah Abbey (Donatello), Nicolas Cantu (Leonardo), Brady Midday (Raphael), and Shamon Brown Jr. (Michelangelo) mentioned voicing the 4 turtles and what they realized about their characters all through the course of the collection.

“The collection explores the adventures of everybody’s favourite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC,” the Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logline reads. “Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey are confronted with new threats and staff up with previous allies to outlive each teenage life and villains lurking within the shadows of the Huge Apple.”

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is now streaming on Paramount+.

Brandon Schreur: My query for all 4 of you is, you had been in Mutant Mayhem, clearly, final yr. It was an enormous hit, tons of enjoyable, and broadly beloved by everybody. I do know Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was type of within the works across the time the film got here out, I feel it was introduced every week earlier than. How did it really feel if you obtained the scripts for this collection and also you realized you get to maintain enjoying these characters? Do you bear in mind what your response was?

Micah Abbey: I used to be like, ‘Let’s do that factor!’ I really like hanging out with these guys, they’re all superior. We simply have time. We had been all excited. We had been all texting within the group chat like, ‘Let’s do that factor.’

Nicolas Cantu: Yeah, I used to be hyped, I can say. Engaged on the film with these guys was so enjoyable, and with the ability to spend extra time on this world, enjoying this character, is only a blessing. I’m actually excited for followers to see the present.

Brady Midday: Persevering with to be a part of such an enormous franchise is simply, clearly, an amazing alternative. It provides us — now after we’ve seen the impression that everyone had on the primary film, this offers us now a while to return and alter sure issues that we wished to vary or appropriate some sure issues. General, it was simply actually, actually thrilling.

Shamon Brown Jr.: Just about what everyone seems to be saying, it’s simply superb. I really feel like typically the phrases are indescribable, at instances, actually. It’s positively superior to proceed the story and preserve it going.

Positive, positively. And also you guys are a lot enjoyable in it, too. I do know certainly one of my favourite elements about Mutant Mayhem was seeing the 4 of you work together collectively. I do know you had been recording your strains collectively and there was numerous improv. Was it the identical for this present? Had been you recording collectively and making up stuff as you go alongside?

Cantu: It was very completely different for the present as a result of the present type of highlights the turtles individually. As you’ll see, we type of get cut up up. You’ve an episode following Mikey’s journey, Donny’s, Raph’s, and Leo’s. We needed to report solo as a result of we had been flying solo. I nonetheless suppose we had the chance to throw within the flare of the characters that everybody beloved from the film, simply from a person standpoint. If something, I really feel like we went crazier being alone within the cubicles and simply firing issues off.

I used to be going to ask you about that, too. For the primary 4 episodes, not less than, you guys are type of all by yourself, doing your personal factor. We type of be taught some issues in regards to the turtles, they need to un-learn some stuff and choose up some new expertise. For every of you, what did you study your character when you had been doing all your stand-alone episode?

Abbey: I feel all of us realized tips on how to act by ourselves and understand how a lot we actually do want our brothers as a lot as we really feel like we’re higher than each other. We realized how a lot we depend on one another and the way a lot we actually care about one another. I noticed that, within the sales space, as an actor, myself, how a lot I depend on these guys. They’re simply so proficient I want these guys within the sales space, I want these guys to work off of with a purpose to take issues from them and work alone craft.

Cantu: I’d say one factor I realized from Leo — I’m considering particularly about one episode, but it surely’s endurance. He’s coping with fairly a loopy character and I feel it actually pushes him to his restrict. You don’t actually see Leo get exasperated or offended, so I feel seeing him pushed to that restrict and seeing how his belief on this different character ultimately pays off ultimately, I assumed it was a really good lesson.

Midday: I feel, a selected episode I can consider, in episode three, which is Raph’s episode the place he has to just about negotiate his approach out of a kidnapping. I simply thought that was fairly humorous. It highlights how Raph is normally the man to punch his approach by way of an escape and, now, he’s sitting right here speaking, attempting to conversate, and get on the extent of different individuals. That’s an enormous step for Raph and I really feel like I’m excited for individuals to see that.

Brown Jr.: I feel for Mikey, when doing the primary film, I felt like all of us obtained to depend upon one another and we fed off one another’s power a lot. For me, coming into this, I felt like I nonetheless had that power from the earlier movie, however this time I obtained to know my model of Michaelangelo. I really feel like in all of the [previous] iterations, all of the Michaelangelos have their very own factor that made them particular and memorable. So, for me, it was like, ‘What can Shamon do to make this model of Mikey particular?’ Attending to know him, his flaws, and his strengths by way of the script — it was enjoyable to play.