It is however funny, at least to me, that the actress with the least April-like portrayal, that I personally could never believe was April while watching those films, ironically looks so much like one of the earliest versions (sans Mirage) in a completely unrelated film.
I mean, no, they don't have to pull from the OT version for a film. On the other hand though, there is only so far you can go outside of the general basic description of an establish character before you, say, just end up with what looks like the PD Turtles having befriended Megan Fox instead. And probably partly because she was already too recognizable, so not bothering with the aesthetics at all ends up looking like zero effort.