oldmanwinters
08-08-2014, 02:42 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/ninja-turtles-what-happened-to-the-actress-who-94170905367.html
I'm guessing this is a new interview Hoag did with Variety and not just a feature writer copying info from older sources. There's some insight on the dangerous work conditions stunt actors had to endure on the set of the original film. In my opinion, this sheds some new light as to why Jim Henson's crew became uncomfortable with the "violence" and didn't return for the third film.
Hoag says she was never asked to reprise the role, because she had complained to the producers at Golden Harvest about the lengthy six-day shoots and the intense violence added to the action scenes of the New Line Cinema release. “Everybody was beating everybody up,” Hoag says. “I thought the movie suffered because of that. It was something I spoke to the producers about, I think they thought I was too demanding, and moved on.”
Hoag says she was also upset by the number of injuries she witnessed onset. “It was a really challenging shoot,” she says. “They had all these stunt people who came in from Hong Kong, who had no union protections. They were getting hurt. As soon as they were injured, they were shipped out of there. It was not the safest set to be on. That’s a little distressing. People are doing the movie, doing the best they can on the budget and I think producers lose sight sometimes there are actual human beings involved.”
Credit to Judith for speakers up for her fellow actors even at the expense of her own career.
Also, more evidence that a yellow jumpsuit was considered for April O'Neil in the first film. We probably dodged a bullet (http://konami-games.blogspot.com/2013/06/some-of-best-konami-arcade-games-of-all.html) on that one, even if they did stick with the awkward perm:
The film’s director Steve Barron, who had primarily made music videos, tried to put her in a yellow jumpsuit, like the one her character wears in the comic books. It turned out to be a disaster. “They had this really horrifying white jumpsuit and dyed it yellow,” Hoag says. “It was nixed.” Her hairdo was also complicated. “I remember just hating my hair in the movie,” she says. “They gave me this really horrible perm and it never cooperated.”
I'm guessing this is a new interview Hoag did with Variety and not just a feature writer copying info from older sources. There's some insight on the dangerous work conditions stunt actors had to endure on the set of the original film. In my opinion, this sheds some new light as to why Jim Henson's crew became uncomfortable with the "violence" and didn't return for the third film.
Hoag says she was never asked to reprise the role, because she had complained to the producers at Golden Harvest about the lengthy six-day shoots and the intense violence added to the action scenes of the New Line Cinema release. “Everybody was beating everybody up,” Hoag says. “I thought the movie suffered because of that. It was something I spoke to the producers about, I think they thought I was too demanding, and moved on.”
Hoag says she was also upset by the number of injuries she witnessed onset. “It was a really challenging shoot,” she says. “They had all these stunt people who came in from Hong Kong, who had no union protections. They were getting hurt. As soon as they were injured, they were shipped out of there. It was not the safest set to be on. That’s a little distressing. People are doing the movie, doing the best they can on the budget and I think producers lose sight sometimes there are actual human beings involved.”
Credit to Judith for speakers up for her fellow actors even at the expense of her own career.
Also, more evidence that a yellow jumpsuit was considered for April O'Neil in the first film. We probably dodged a bullet (http://konami-games.blogspot.com/2013/06/some-of-best-konami-arcade-games-of-all.html) on that one, even if they did stick with the awkward perm:
The film’s director Steve Barron, who had primarily made music videos, tried to put her in a yellow jumpsuit, like the one her character wears in the comic books. It turned out to be a disaster. “They had this really horrifying white jumpsuit and dyed it yellow,” Hoag says. “It was nixed.” Her hairdo was also complicated. “I remember just hating my hair in the movie,” she says. “They gave me this really horrible perm and it never cooperated.”