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10-22-2008, 12:13 AM
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081014/ARTICLES/810140329/1005/SPORTS?Title=Actor_James_Saito_has_played_good__ev il_characters
As for playing a megalomaniacal arch-nemesis of radioactive mutant reptiles who eat pizza and wield katana blades?
"It was what it was," Saito shrugged. But Saito clearly took his job seriously and tried to avoid letting the movie's "unique" subject matter devolve his performance into camp.
"To wrap my head around that part and not to just do it as something frivolous.... I actually was very into this martial arts aspect of Shredder's character," Saito said. "And I just kind of kept to myself. I was under a very strict sort of rigorous routine."
Besides, Saito knew that the ninja turtles' origins were a comic book series that skewed to a much older audience than the TV cartoon popular at the time.
"When I got the job, I went down to a comic book store in New York City and I got a bunch (of issues) and it was amazing," Saito said. "It was so cool. It was my first exposure to a comic book for adults."
As for playing a megalomaniacal arch-nemesis of radioactive mutant reptiles who eat pizza and wield katana blades?
"It was what it was," Saito shrugged. But Saito clearly took his job seriously and tried to avoid letting the movie's "unique" subject matter devolve his performance into camp.
"To wrap my head around that part and not to just do it as something frivolous.... I actually was very into this martial arts aspect of Shredder's character," Saito said. "And I just kind of kept to myself. I was under a very strict sort of rigorous routine."
Besides, Saito knew that the ninja turtles' origins were a comic book series that skewed to a much older audience than the TV cartoon popular at the time.
"When I got the job, I went down to a comic book store in New York City and I got a bunch (of issues) and it was amazing," Saito said. "It was so cool. It was my first exposure to a comic book for adults."