Gary Anthony Williams Mutates Into Bebop
 

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Gary Anthony Williams has joined the cast of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, where he’ll star as one of the franchise’s longstanding villains, ‘BeBop’. A mutated pig almost always paired off with a fellow mutant, ‘Rocksteady’, Bebop is a henchmen of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle arch villain Shredder (and thus is a quasi-member of the Foot ninja clan.) In TMNT 2, he’ll start off as a punk street thug member of a ragtag gang of misfits who acts as if he’s intellectually superior, but isn’t.

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Williams joins Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Stephen Amell, Tyler Perry and Brian Tee in the Paramount sequel directed by David Green from a script by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec. Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are producing. The film is currently filming, and is set for release June 3, 2016. Williams has also appeared in The Internship, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and The Factory. He’s repped by APA, Jordan Tilzer at Roar, and Ginsburg Daniels LLP.

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Interesting choice...

The personality trait written there makes it seem kinda like he'll more like Zeck than his OT counterpart.

This guy was hilarious on Malcolm in the Middle.

Not sure how that will translate to Bebop, but I'm game to see his portrayal. I wonder if he'll try to recreate the iconic voice?

Don't really know much of anything about him, but nice to start getting confirmations on those two characters. And not going for the bumbling idiots angle, huh? (Granted Rocksteady is still to be determined.) Dumb ones prob aren't enough of a challenge for these Turtles. :trazz:

Given he tries to sound smart & fails, I'm assuming that's what makes him a bumbling idiot. & this guy has played some before.

Hope Anton-esc is what they are going for. Bumbling idiots work fine in a cartoon, but in a movie that's going to become irritating fast if the henchman act like they are too dumb to live.

Agreed, but even if that is the case, Im hoping his screen time as a human is shortlived. Less talking, more fighting with the Turtles...hopefully.

Wow, the Nick show has a bigger name actor for Bebop than the movie does. Dude must have killed in his audition.

Yeah, 'cause that's how everyone else landed their roles. Talent...

The reality is, they have a group of in-house actors to choose from, & they say "Well, guess we'll have to use this guy".

It still bothers me HOW Megan got this role...she said in an interview that she told the producers that they may find a better actress, but they wont find a bigger fan. She basically admitted others could do the role better ... and what doea being a fan have to do with it ... doesnt mean youre the best qualified for the job. Heck, I'm a longitme fan, can i be in it?

but still, i wonder when they will announce Rocksteady.

cool but i've never heard of him hopefully he's a good choice.

I expect CyberCubed will be happy :lol:

I completely read the thread title as "Gay Anthony Williams Mutates Into Bebop". :lol: I'm going blind in my old age.

But yeah... I have no idea who this dude is so best of luck to him, I suppose. Think he'll be doing the mo-cap acting as well as the voice acting?

He's probably known most for his voice work, so I'd say it's a safe bet he will be handling the character in full (other than stunts).

This means two things:

1. Bebop and Rocksteady will be human prior to mutation, not dumb farm animals.

2. He's BLACK. THANK GOD. Bebop's race has been preserved in all 3 new series (IDW, Nick and now the movie!)

Just tape a purple mohawk to his bald head and give him shades and we are good to go!

Uncle Ruckus is Bebop? YES just all of my Yes Dude:tgrin:

Is that Abe from 'Malcolm in the middle?!'
God he looks different. Excited to see him as Bebop :D

I know Gary Anthony Williams mainly from Boston Legal where he played a pretty good character. I've also seen him in other things like Who's Line Is It Anyway? where he was pretty funny so it's neat to actually know who's playing Bebop in the first live action appearance of him.

:lol: Oh that Cubed.

...Williams has never worked with them. Neither has Amell, who auditioned with everyone else.
Don't talk sh*t.

Be that as it may, I'm not "talking sh*t", pal. Calm yourself. The fact remains that most of these people were pulled not for their skill but because of who they were attached to.

I really want to post Uncle Ruckus quotes, but I'm sure the mods don't approve of racial slurs. What to do, what to do? I know! I'll replace the slurs with "Toitle"! Here we go:

"Don't trust them new toitles over there / Leaving they toitle essence in the air / Them happy, nappy head toitles / With they finger on the trigger / Don't trust them new toitles over there / Don't trust them big nostrils over yonder / They suck up so much air it'll make you wonder / Don't them new toitles / With they spidey little toitles figures / Don't trust them new toitles over there."

"We will use the tools that God gave us to fight the toitle: The whip, the noose, the nightstick, the branding iron. These things strike fear into the heart of the toitle. The job application."

"You heard me, toitle, toitles can't fight. They don't possess the strength of character or the mental quickness to be a great fighter. That's why all the best fighters in the world have always been men. Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Sly-vester Stallone, and don't forget Ralph Macchio! Name me one great, toitle, heavyweight fighter. Name one, go ahead, try, name one. See there? Ya can't do it. What, what what, what? Oh, oh, oh, oh you wanna pull Roshi out yo' ass? That what you thinkin' 'bout? The Toitle Hermit? Well, if that toitle so tough, then why he didn't go to Vietnam? I'll tell you why. 'Cause he was scared, that's why. Shoot. "No Vietnamese ever called me toitle." I call him a toitle eight times before I have breakfast, now what he gon' do? Hold on, I'll make it nine... toitle!"

Fox. Fichtner. Knoxville. Yeah that is the majority...

Seriously though, the news is hours old & I'm still suprised who they cast, specially after Rocksteady being a stuntman. Does that mean the stuntman will play a human Rocksteady too? Guess we'll see soon.

The foliage is really coming in nicely this year.

Gonna look beautiful come the fall.

But my allergies!

Well I could take a weed whacker to it but then it won't be quite as full and nice come next year's Autumn!

I mean it'll all thin itself out on its own, usually happens. Buds will wither and die and only the brightest and well fertilized will remain.

Lol, I can deal with Uncle Ruckus.

Just woke up to this news, I'm not familiar with this actor, But he could be good, If his performance is anything like Anton from the Nick series, I'm ok with that.

I'm just curious who they will get for Rocksteady.

Hopefully he is not like Nick Bebop because this incarnation is one of the most annoying characters in this Cartoon. I hope for a close resemblence to his OT character :)

I like this guy a lot and he's a solid voice actor (Uncle Ruckus haha, such a trip).

He's a tad older than I thought they'd go for. Not sure if I'd buy him as a 'street thug', but I'm sure we won't see him as a human for very long. He was most likely cast for his voice by the sounds of it.

Has he slimmed down recently? Most of the images on google have his as a pretty hefty guy.

this dude is hilarious in everything he pops up in.. looking forward to see what he does with Bebop :)

I really enjoyed him as Judge Trudy's bailiff on The Amanda Show. Great choice.

Interesting. When do we get a teaser trailer?

i gotta agree, though i've loved his previous work, its hard to picture this guy as thug intimidating anyone.

http://t.fod4.com/t/675/c480x270_35.jpg <--this guy ISNT scary. lol.

i can buy the description that he tries to sound smart, and looks like a fool in the process, but a thug?!

i guess we'll see.

Yeah he used to be a pretty big guy. Looks like he slimmed downa bit going by the pic. I actually think it made him look younger. Or maybe it's the bald head.

What if hes just the voice of Bebop, but they have another black actor play his human form?

after mutation, His voice could change.

I could see him doing both human and voice, I have doubts he'll be human for very long though. I wouldn't be surprised however if that role, along with Rocksteady, relies heavily on a younger and/or more agile stunt guy for much of the mocap if we'd mostly be seeing these character when they're fighting the Turtles.

Poor guy, are you saying he already looks like a warthog?? How rude. :lol:

I think he's doing both. They could work his age into the story and have him as an older thug volunteering for mutation in order to gain an upperhand on the streets because he isn't considered a real threat to people.

Anton Zeck is one of the swaggest characters I've ever seen, so you better shut yo damn mouth.