Minae Noji has secret role: possible Karai in 2014 movie?!

[ironman29758]

http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2013...les#more-29054

Soap Opera Network has learned that “General Hospital” and “General Hospital: Night Shift” alum, Minae Noji, has landed a top secret role in the new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film set for release in 2014. Starring Megan Fox as April O’Neil, Alan Ritchson as Raphael, Noel Fisher as Michelangelo, Jeremy Howard as Donatello and Pete Ploszek as Leonardo, rumor has it that Noji will be portraying the role of Karai, a character first introduced in the 1992 comic book series, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”

According to sources, Noji was on the New York City set of “Turtles” filming for three months alongside the main cast and her role required a stunt double, which puts some weight into her portraying a character such as Karai, who is of Japanese descent (as is Noji) and one of the leading members of the Foot Clan, a ninjutsu clan best known to be controlled by The Shredder (William Fichtner). Recent iterations of the character find her related in some form to The Shredder.


Also starring in the film are Will Arnett as Vernon Fenwick, Whoopi Goldberg as Bernadette Thompson, and Danny Woodburn as Splinter.

Reps for Paramount and Noji were unavailable for comment at press time. The film is set for release on August 8, 2014 and is being produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Platinum Dunes, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

so what do you think? Do you think she could be Karai(most likely Mirage era or the reincarnation of Shredder form or something similar)

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by ironman29758

http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2013...les#more-29054



so what do you think? Do you think she could be Karai(most likely Mirage era or the reincarnation of Shredder form or something similar)

Not much of a secret then, is it?

[CyberCubed]

Since Shredder was changed into white Eric Sachs, I'm surprised Karai wasn't changed into a hot blonde named Karen or something.

[ironman29758]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Not much of a secret then, is it?

agreed but if this is true it's would be kind of pleasant surprise because this would be Karai's first live action appearance but I'm not getting my hopes up.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Since Shredder was changed into white Eric Sachs, I'm surprised Karai wasn't changed into a hot blonde named Karen or something.

I genuinly found that funny...

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Jester

I genuinly found that funny...

lmao Karen could be the real name and Karai could be the codename.

[Leofan26]

I hope it is Karai, would make the film more exciting in my opinion

[Powder]

This news is so old it's grown mold.

[Plasticplayhouse]

Seeing karai in this movie could be very cool!

[MastahShredder]

Not a Karai fan. Hope not.

[Shark_Blade]

Ooooooohhh...

[Xav]

Who else could she be? Tang Shen? Lotus?

[Andrew NDB]

The last movie screwed up Karai enough... she doesn't need to appear in another one, this one is already virtually guaranteed to suck with or without Karai.

That said, it is a little bit unfortunate, since she's pretty much a picture perfect Karai.

[MikeandRaph87]

While Shredder tends to business matters putting up a front in his double life he has his second-in-command train and lead the Foot in daily operations and she would hold a role lieke that of Tatsu in the first two films as well as Krai in a few forms of media. Is it Karai? Maybe a reworked version of her.

[MastahShredder]

Wasn't she already spotted on set when the first set photos were coming out?

She was with the Foot capturing the Turtles so the post above mine could make sense of it.

[Krutch]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

The last movie screwed up Karai enough...

Really? I mean, TMNTs flaws are pretty grand, but I didn't think Karai was in it long enough to screw her up too much. Except maybe the backseat scene. And how April got the better of her in a sword fight. And... actually, yeah, those alone are pretty harsh, given how brief she's in it.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Krutch

but I didn't think Karai was in it long enough to screw her up too much. Except maybe the backseat scene. And how April got the better of her in a sword fight. And... actually, yeah, those alone are pretty harsh, given how brief she's in it.

Exactly. She was a nobody in that movie. Basically just... this random woman that now led the Foot for whatever reason. And was useless once the Generals took over.

[miru]

Maybe she's Ninjara?

[Zachatello00]

But...but... Karai wasn't in the original toon, aka the only inspiration for this movie. I'll bet she's Mona Lisa.

[The Sewer Lord]

Why would Noji, a Japanese actress, play a Japanese version of Karai when Shredder is actually Eric Sachs, a Caucasian character in this version, and not Oroku Saki? Would that mean that Sachs is an American but he still leads the Foot?