William Fichtner interview. Names Shredder.

[shredder orokusaki]

But I AM THE SHREDDER!! How dare this guy to play me in the movie?!??! Only I the one true and REAL SHREDDER ONLY I MUST PLAY IN THE MOVIE!!

[Powder]

Originally Posted by shredder orokusaki

But I AM THE SHREDDER!! How dare this guy to play me in the movie?!??! Only I the one true and REAL SHREDDER ONLY I MUST PLAY IN THE MOVIE!!

If you're the Shredder, then you should fall a few stories and get crushed in a garbage truck.

If you're not Shredder, do it anyway.

[Shark_Blade]

Oh man, he could have just made up an answer as to why he picked the role rather than "I don't know" and "can't put my finger" in it.

But eh, I think some actors are not that great in interviews. I really like him from Prison Break series and Dark Knight so I'm still gonna give it a chance and go see it first day.

Excited.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

From now on whenever I see William Fichtner in any other movie or TV show, I will think of him as, "white Shredder."

I may have to rewatch The Dark Knight Returns again just so I can watch William Fichtner die in the opening sequence when Joker places a grenade in his mouth.

2 Things:

1). It's just The Dark Knight

2). You Haven't even seen the movie or Fitchner's portrayal of the character yet. It's fine if you have doubts about the film (we all have plenty) but to automatically assume that the movie will be terrible beforehand is a bit off.

[sgtfbomb]

Fichtner is a fantastic character actor. To be fair, actors usually aren't all that interesting in interviews, possibly for many reasons. For one thing, it might have simply been a busy day for Fichtner, considering that the guy is now doing press for The Lone Ranger.

I can also think of very few interviews that I've seen with actors -- at least, A list actors -- that have been interesting.(There's an enlightening documentary on Netflix on the lesser profile actors -- including X-Men's Bruce Davison -- that's quite an eye-opener, with quite a few decent interviews.) For example, Brad Fitt is a great actor, with chaotic roles in Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, True Romance, etc., and yet, in interviews, he comes across as boring and uninteresting.

Then there's the fact that a lot of people conducting the interviews, particularly the v-bloggers/wannabe journalists of our generation, aren't great conversationalists either. Now, I love documentaries, behind the scenes stuff, and interviews with the crew, all that jazz. I eat that s*** up, but on reflection, I tend to find the directors (for the most part, barring Nolan, Lucas, and Zemeckis, who tend to be complete bores compared to the enthusiastic ramblings of Spielberg, Joe Dante, Sam Raimi, etc.), screenwriters, and the technical crew, such as the SFX/make up guys (like Rob Bottin, Richard Edlund, etc.), cinematographers, and so on, to be more interesting than A-list actors. B-list actors are another story. (Bruce Campbell is really fun to listen to.)

At the end of the day, it's not what the actor does outside of the movie -- whether he jumps up and down on a couch or is a complete bore in an interview -- it's what he does in the movie.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by sgtfbomb

There's an enlightening documentary on Netflix on the lesser profile actors -- including X-Men's Bruce Davison -- that's quite an eye-opener, with quite a few decent interviews.

That Guy In That Thing? It's awesome. Couldn't recommend it enough....

[shell4brains]

Originally Posted by Slap-Happy

Already posted. Like, literally seven posts above you.

Oops, I can't believe I'm that blind. Sorry about that..... ^^;

[Slap-Happy]

Originally Posted by shell4brains

Oops, I can't believe I'm that blind. Sorry about that..... ^^;

It's all good, man. Don't worry about it. That was one particularly pissy comment of mine anyways.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Go to YouTube and type Jake Hamilton, he has some pretty interesting interviews.

[raph27]

Originally Posted by Powder

If you're the Shredder, then you should fall a few stories and get crushed in a garbage truck.

If you're not Shredder, do it anyway.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Funny, I've seen plenty of A-lister interviews on shows like Letterman, Tonight Show, Conan, etc, and most of them are fun to watch. Even some of the news morning show interviews are interesting. It just depends on who they're talking to, and the questions they ask. Downey is great in interviews, IMO.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

Do you seriously want him running around screaming and squealing that he's playing Shredder?

Come on. You can't expect actors to respond like fanboys.

I get that, but on the other hand... if someone plants half a million dollars in my bank account, I would probably -- call it professional courtesy -- come up with some kind of nice answer to the inevitable "Why/how does it feel to be playing Shredder in the Turtles movie?" questions interviewers would ask.

It's just good form.

[Powder]

It's as simple as saying "I liked the script. The Shredder is an iconic villain in pop culture and I'm honored to have the part." Oh well.

[OrokuYoshiFilms]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Oh man, he could have just made up an answer as to why he picked the role rather than "I don't know" and "can't put my finger" in it.

Totally agree. It's like he just sucked ALL the fun out for me. I'm already not-so-thrilled he's even playing the role and he's all "meh" about it...

[OrokuYoshiFilms]

Originally Posted by shredder orokusaki

But I AM THE SHREDDER!! How dare this guy to play me in the movie?!??! Only I the one true and REAL SHREDDER ONLY I MUST PLAY IN THE MOVIE!!

I'M SPARTACUS!

[1984TMNT]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Except for the obviously blue/grey eyes. (Hard to tell exact color, but definitely NOT Asian!) Unless they give him colored contacts, that is going to show!

As mentioned, the eye color issue is easily changed. Total speculation here....but I'm thinking perhaps they may go the Nickelodeon series burn victim route, where so much makeup/prothetics will be needed when not in mask that his race will be unrecognizeable anyway:

Spoiler:

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by 1984TMNT

As mentioned, the eye color issue is easily changed. Total speculation here....but I'm thinking perhaps they may go the Nickelodeon series burn victim route, where so much makeup/prothetics will be needed when not in mask that his race will be unrecognizeable anyway:

Spoiler:

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its funny he looks more like Voldemort as the figure lol. But this is why im not worry i believe Fichtner will be more of a voice and body thing than any way else and that a non issue in that case seeing as be is generally always be voice by other ethnicities. I think the burned or scared horribly will be the route we go and look at Cloud Atlas and Hugo weaving and the bending of race and sex i think this is a real no issue that people are blowing out of proportion

[Venom]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

From now on whenever I see William Fichtner in any other movie or TV show, I will think of him as, "white Shredder."

I may have to rewatch The Dark Knight Returns again just so I can watch William Fichtner die in the opening sequence when Joker places a grenade in his mouth.

Well, every time I see him I think of him as Brett Butler's boyfriend on "Grace Under Fire", but he's a decent actor.

[CyberCubed]

I'm having nightmares of Colonel Shredder being all white with an American uniform on and no ninjitsu whatsoever.

Perhaps they should have just used Bishop as the main villain of this movie if they wanted a government official who dissects the Turtles.

[Leonardo87]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I'm having nightmares of Colonel Shredder being all white with an American uniform on and no ninjitsu whatsoever.

I want to be honest; I get annoyed by what you say. Sorry.