'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' reboot steals the show

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Friday, August 8, 2014
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' steal the show
The 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' reboot, starring Megan Fox and Will Arnett, opens in theaters Thursday night.

Megan Fox stars as intrepid TV reporter April O'Neill in the latest version of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." Will Arnett plays her trusted cameraman.

But neither actor has illusions about who people are really coming to see in this movie: the turtles.

"They're kind of a parody of superheroes, so you need to have that lightness. They're mutant turtles, who are ninjas and they're teenagers," Arnett said.

Working in a big, visual effects driven movie is nothing new to Fox. She starred in "Transformers," but had a lot more fun with this movie because there were actual actors playing Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and Michaelangelo.

"I had four, not only just actors, but four talented guys who were perfectly cast as their characters. And they were really fun to be around, really funny, good at improvising, really athletic, some of them were really handsome. It was a really good experience," Fox said.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is rated PG-13.