So, Michael Bay has announced that they're "bringing Megan Fox back into the family" with the upcoming Bay-produced Ninja Turtles movie. Her role hasn't been specified, but come on, there's only one girl character in the world of TMNT -- she pretty much has to be playing April O'Neil. Or Irma. Oh, please let her be playing Irma.
Well, anywho, Turtles co-creator Peter Laird isn't exactly thrilled with the prospect of Megan Fox playing April...
"My only exposure to Megan Fox as an actress is through her role in two "Transformers" movies and the wretched (but happily forgettable) 'Jennifer's Body'. It may not be fair to judge her range of acting skills just from those three movies, but I think it is safe to say that there are probably hundreds of better choices for the role of April O'Neil. Of course, her name has promotional value, and maybe that's what they want. Who knows? I can't get myself too worked up about it."
Hundreds of better choices huh? Let's do some casting, shall we?
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According to reports Anna Kendrick, Elizabeth Olsen and Jane Levy were up for the role, so let's see what they look like under April's signature hair-mound.
Uh, yeah okay, Jane Levy pretty much nails it.
Here's my personal choice, Carey Mulligan...
Here's a more outside-the-box option...
Oh Nic -- so happy in a new wig.
What about you folks? Which of the hundreds of "better than Megan Fox" choices would you go with? Compliments on my fantastic "celebrities with April O'Neil hair" Photoshops are also welcome.
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First off, compliments on your fantastic “celebrities with April O’Neil hair” Photoshops, superb work. Secondly, Megan Fox has a pretty solid, natural acting ability. She was quite charming in ‘This is 40′!
Ehhhh, I think she was probably the worst part of that movie. I mean, her boobs put in a good, solid, firm performance, but otherwise…
Charming as a wooden plank.
People were acting in that movie? I thought it was a documentary.
Spoken like a person that has never been forced to sit through Jonah Hex.
I think megan fox will be a good April O’Neil, Emma Stone would’ve been perfect, jane Levy as well, but fox will do a fine job with this
Yeah I don’t get all the Megan Fox hate either, the movie is going to be dreadful with or without her, lets just appreciate the fact that the new turtles cartoon that’s on at the moment is actually kinda awesome
I was going to say that Fox will suck because April should be wholesome or whatever, but thank you for reminding me that this is Michael Bay we’re talking about and this will blow either way.
I dunno about wholesome. April was sometimes sporting a pretty serious amount of cleavage even on the kids cartoon show.
That was my initial reaction to this casting as well. Of course I’d rather see a movie with any of the four suggested ladies here than one with Megan Fox, but even if one of them had been cast, I doubt I’d be seeing this surely-lousy movie.
Hey guys! We need to set some standards here!
Let’s start with an objective, empirical method for measuring cartoon character cleavage; a CCC Formula if you will.
Really though, this movie is going to be fucking terrible. It’s probably a good thing that a talented actress/an actress you actually like isn’t going to be a part of this stinker.
Anna Kendrick or GTFO!
Indeed, my imaginary internet girlfriend is quite outraged that she got passed over for that floozy Megan Fox.
Anna Kendrick as April
Kendrick Lamar as Casey Jones
Superb photoshops, simply superb.
Can’t we just agree that any role should now just be played by Kendrick or Lawrence and then just go home
How about the porn star April O’Neil? Let’s kick this thing up a notch or two.
Exactly what I came here to say. She is pretty awesome.
Now we’re talking! Though, what she might do to Michelangelo might get a little weird.
Bay obvi has a Fox fetish, or else he probably would have gone this route
@Taco Corp. @The NME – Also came here to say the same thing.
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Anna Kendrick and only Anna Kendrick.
Personally, I would have gone with Anna Kendrick or Emma Stone as April O’Neil. Alas, they refuse to wash Michael Bay’s car, so, Megan Fox it is!
Mary Elizabeth Winstead would have been a solid choice.
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Sooo… we’re critiquing casting choices of a movie about radioactive turtles that learn ninjutsu from a rat? Cast Megan Fox, Meagan Goode, Megan Mullally, it doesn’t matter. Give April the nervous habit of rubbing a microphone across her lips, and count your money.
I would have thought Betty White would be a strong contender for this role.
Betty White would make a supreme Splinter.
Watch the first Ninja Turtles movie. Then watch the 3rd one. There is a difference between a good Turtles movie and a bad one.
@Nate
We’re using “good” kinda loosely, aren’t we?
Loose is how Michael Bay picks his female cast.
Why’d he want to throw his penis down a hallway?
As much as a I kinda dig Anna Kendrick, I cannot really see her as April. I think Jane Levy looks like the right choice by a mile.
Part of me thinks Bay is just putting Megan Fox in this as a way to humiliate her. Sex her up way more than ever before after she said she was going to shy away from getting too slutty now that she’s a mom.
That or Fox is playing Splinter.
She might not even be April O’Neil. I kind of hope she’s actually been cast as a sexy female shredder, just to see the Internet crack in half
if it was going to be a little darker like the first live action TMNT, jessica chastain.
Whoa, I actually like that choice quite a bit
How about they just rerelease the 1990 TMNT movie into theaters?
I already have it on Blu ray…yeah ok I’ll go out to see it a few more times. Honestly one of the best movies ever.
1990 TMNT. . . in 3D.
BRAHHHHHM!
Does this involve turtle sex of not?
Which bring new meaning to “Turtle Wax.”
Also, Alexandra Breckenridge wins.
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Christina Hendrix. Boom. You’re welcome.
One of my favorite things about TMNT is how it’s become this iconic kids’ program. The original B&W comic was fucking crazy violent. They kill Shredder by crushing him with a garbage compactor.
They do that in the movies!
Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that. Well, the movies and cartoons sure don’t have Leo chopping up Foot soldiers in to chunks of meat.
Technically, Casey Jones crushed him.
I love Anna Kendrick but I don’t want her anywhere near that guy’s Ferrari.
Anna Kendrick was never allowed to compete in track and field because her teeth crossed the finish line a full length before anybody else.
You’re right — I never noticed how hideous she was before.
April O’Neil as April O’Neil. She won Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene at the 2012 AVN Awards.
Man, you can’t deny a win in a prestige category like that.
I’m 90% convinced that Michael Bay doesn’t cast female roles according to acting talent. I’m pretty sure that his criteria is based on whether or not he is or he thinks he can bang the actress.
Hmmm, then what explains his equally untalented male leads?
In the special feature for Transformers, Megan Fox got hired because his explicit direction to the casting people was “find the hottest 18 year old you can.”
I just don’t get the hype about Anna Kendrick. Whats the obsession?
She’s cute and has a funny twitter/instagram. She played naive well in Up in the Air, but that figures. I haven’t seen her in anything else to judge.
Because the subject matter of TMNT requires a “serious” actress. Hey, maybe Meryl isn’t busy