Stephen Amell Cast as Casey Jones

[Leo656]

Y'know how when you play Monopoly, and once all the properties are acquired it's actually *better* to be in "Jail", because you can sit back and collect all the rent money from people landing on your stuff while you sit back, risk-free?

It's kinda like that.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

And even if he was in prison, they could still have some kind of bank account they have access to that has plenty of funds already from him or receives recurring amounts from his account; were the latter the case, well I guess he could sit in jail while they bleed is funds dry. (Actually that might set up an interesting story if he did his time, was broke when he got out and wanted vengeance on the Foot.)

As time goes on I find more & more perfect excuses to turn him into The Rat King... Damn.

[TigerClaw]

Some details on what we can expect for Casey Jones in the sequel.
http://comicbook.com/2015/05/10/step...-teenage-muta/

“Gone is the bow and arrow. Incoming is the hockey stick. Without getting too spoilery or even a little spoilery, I will say that you can consider this movie, the movie in and of itself is not this, but for my character, it’s a little bit of an origin story,” said Amell. “So when we meet Casey Jones, he is not necessarily the butt-kicking, vigilante shadow-of-the-night that he may eventually become. As a result, the fighting style for me is much different. It’s much more take many more risks. It’s much less calculated. It’s just beating guys up with a hockey stick.”

He's not a vigilante at the start of the movie.

[Powder]

Well, if him coming into his own as the "character" of Casey Jones from Arnold Jones is what they're doing, then I can see why they simplified his look (For the time being, anyway). Hmm.

[IndigoErth]

“So when we meet Casey Jones, he is not necessarily the butt-kicking, vigilante shadow-of-the-night that he may eventually become. As a result, the fighting style for me is much different. It’s much more take many more risks. It’s much less calculated. It’s just beating guys up with a hockey stick.”

Basically what I had been thinking with the short hair and more basic look, but I wish instead of piling an origin story into the first they'd just progress the character further through sequels, assuming it goes beyond two movies.

I'd prefer a subtle progress rather than too much focus in one film and turning it into the Casey Movie. Would be more creative on their part.

[Powder]

If they had done this Jones thing in place of Vern/Sack's crap in the first, there'd be a lot less complaints from us fans.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Basically what I had been thinking with the short hair and more basic look, but I wish instead of piling an origin story into the first they'd just progress the character further through sequels, assuming it goes beyond two movies.

I'd prefer a subtle progress rather than too much focus in one film and turning it into the Casey Movie.

I bet by the end of the film, He becomes a full fledged vigilante.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

I bet by the end of the film, He becomes a full fledged vigilante.

All at the expense of screen time for the Turtles.

[graphic_content]

Originally Posted by TrickOrTreater

All at the expense of screen time for the Turtles.

perhaps...but better screen time for Casey (an important character in the Turtle-verse), than stupid Vern, or Sachs, or the Knicks, or another model, who we'll forget about by the time the credits roll.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by graphic_content

perhaps...but better screen time for Casey (an important character in the Turtle-verse), than stupid Vern, or Sachs, or the Knicks, or another model, who we'll forget about by the time the credits roll.

Maybe he should have just already been a vigilante then. Since this isn't Casey Jones: The Movie.

Well, technically it is. It's just April and Casey: The Movie.

[IndigoErth]

In this case they better just make the thing three hours long... Casey needs to be a good asset to the Turtles, not central to the film.

Feel like the Turtles will just be sitting up on the edge of a building swinging their feet and waiting for their turn to be in it.

[TrickOrTreater]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

In this case they better just make the thing three hours long... Casey needs to be a good asset to the Turtles, not central to the film.

Feel like the Turtles will just be sitting up on the edge of a building swinging their feet and waiting for their turn to be in it.

In front of a Victoria's Secret billboard and eating Pizza Hut™ brand pizza.

Spoiler:

[pennydreadful]

So... is anyone wondering whether they're still going to go the "Casey is April's old boyfriend" route?

[Galactus]

Amell's comments kinda confuse. It's not like Casey is a big butt kicking shadow of the night-style vigilante anyway.

If he's trying to say that Casey isn't actually a good fighter then I wonder if that's actually based on something or whether it's similar to the conclusion that people had drawn that the reason the turtles didn't really do much martial arts in the movie was deliberately lampshade the the stupid method the movie had them learn ninjutsu.

I'm actually all for Casey having an origin to explain why he's a vigilante and I've advocated using the established origin from Tales of the TMNT and the 4kids series which would be backstory explained and/or shown via flashbacks. Amell's words make it sound like whatever prompts him to pick assorted sports gea....um single hockey stick happens in the movie's present which

I suppose if it was a choice between Casey being the focus character or April I'd choose Casey but still it's annoying the focus isn't on the turtles.

Originally Posted by graphic_content

perhaps...but better screen time for Casey (an important character in the Turtle-verse), than stupid Vern, or Sachs, or the Knicks, or another model, who we'll forget about by the time the credits roll.

...or April.

I have to admit other than their initial encounter and her being their first connection to the human world I never thought April was that important.

I wouldn't actually mind if there was a movie with no-April. That's unlikely to happen now that we have a 'name' playing her but maybe Megan Fox can call Dave Green Mussolini and Bay will have her written out and bring in Renet played by Rosie Huntington-Whitely.

[graphic_content]

TV FANATIC - interviews Stephen Amell about the Arrow finale, and filming on the set of TMNT-2:

Video Interview

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by graphic_content

TV FANATIC - interviews Stephen Amell about the Arrow finale, and filming on the set of TMNT-2:

Video Interview

Video don't play on any browser, watching it on the phone.

He says hes been showing for days, Which were like 6pm til 6am.

[graphic_content]

On set video via INSTAGRAM: Casey Jones first breaking out the hockey stick, and mask -

https://instagram.com/p/2tT5b6N7-1/?...y=twistedgrinz

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by graphic_content

On set video via INSTAGRAM: Casey Jones first breaking out the hockey stick, and mask -

https://instagram.com/p/2tT5b6N7-1/?...y=twistedgrinz

Cool, Hes probably gonna stop some thugs before he finds April being chased by a foot soldier.

[graphic_content]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Cool, Hes probably gonna stop some thugs before he finds April being chased by a foot soldier.

i was actually hoping that April ran past him, followed closely by the Foot, and thats what prompts him to jump in.

April is actually leading the Foot to the Turtles, meanwhile, Casey thinks she is a damsel distress - it might make for a funny moment. a la some of the comedic beats in the new Nick show.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by graphic_content

i was actually hoping that April ran past him, followed closely by the Foot, and thats what prompts him to jump in.

April is actually leading the Foot to the Turtles, meanwhile, Casey thinks she is a damsel distress - it might make for a funny moment. a la some of the comedic beats in the new Nick show.

Yeah, He chases after the Foot Soldier going after April, He then knocks down the Foot Soldier, and sees the Turtles after, Just like in the sets videos we seen.