Seth Rogen Chose To Play Bebop In ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’, Says He Wishes He Could Be More Like Character But Is ‘Too Afraid’
24.07.2023 - 16:19
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Seth Rogen wishes he was like his “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” character Bebop.
The Canadian actor chatted to ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante about the upcoming flick, revealing that he got the chance to pick which character he wanted to play in the movie.
Rogen admitted, “I chose Bebop because I like Bebop.”
The star told Bustamante, “He’s cool. He’s got a nipple ring, he’s got cool sunglasses and a mohawk. Like, how do you beat that?”
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As the host joked “he basically is just like you,” Rogen responded, “It’s what I wish I could be, but I’m too afraid.”
Rogen stars alongside the likes of Paul Rudd, John Cena, Rose Byrne, Jackie Chan, Ayo Edebiri, Natasia Demetriou and more in the flick.
Brady Noon stars as Raphael, Nicolas Cantu plays Leonardo, Micah Abbey stars as Donatello and Shamon Brown Jr. plays Michelangelo.
Rogen, who is also a producer on the film, said of looking for the main four voice actors: “It was tough. We’re really hard on casting and we are not afraid of a long, arduous casting process. Like I know the importance of casting. And I honestly like attribute a lot of the success of the comedies we’ve made in the past, like to the cast and how hard we have been on, like making sure we’re assembling like a great comedic team.”
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“And so yeah, every one of them, you know, is great,” he continued. “But more importantly, like together they create something really special and they play off of each other well. And we recorded them all together all the