Hollywood Reporter interviews Rob Paulsen

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Rob Paulsen was interviewed by the Hollywood Reporter. He talks about coming back to the franchise all these years later.

During the interview he revealed that he actually did not enjoy the way the turtles were portrayed in 1990 live-action film, even though he has no major qualms with it overall.

he wasn't pleased with the more intense violence and cussing by the turtles.

"Yes, it did bother me because I knew the audience was essentially kids," he says. "When I say bothered, that is with a small 'b'. It didn't make me go 'Oh no!'"

The issue was more that parents didn't have info at their fingertips as they do now concerning movies -- social media and Rotten Tomatoes -- in order to get a heads-up that the film, while rated PG, was going to be more violent and profane than the cartoon.

He also understood why he and the other actors for the turtles of the 1987 series were not asked to reprise their roles in the film.

"I knew, we all knew, the characters were the stars and there was not one 8-year-old who stood outside the movie theater who said 'I'm not going to see this movie, Rob Paulsen is not the voice of Ralph,'" he says laughing.

And he also respectfully cannot choose which series and character he prefers doing and also declined to use his voice for his popular characters in adult humor cartoons.

"Being the original character on any show biz enterprise ... is a cool thing. We were there when it was a clean sheet of a paper," he says of Raphael. "Then, 25 years later, to get another crack at it ... is a cool thing in its own way, so it's pretty difficult to choose. They both have their incredibly wonderful aspects."

Nickelodeon's version of the cartoon is the "purest iteration to date" because the cast and crew grew up watching the original cartoon and films, he says. The cast includes Seth Green as Leonardo, Sean Astin as Raphael, Greg Cipes as Michelangelo and Paulsen as Donatello.
In addition to children's cartoons, Paulsen has been approached to do some of his popular voices for adult programs, like Robot Chicken on Cartoon Network, but he always respectfully declines because he doesn't want to alter how the beloved characters are perceived.

"It's funny and I get it, but I cant do it," he says.

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