TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE FACTS
Added on: 19th Jan 2016
AS THE TURTLES WERE FAMOUS FOR THEIR PIZZA
WEAKNESS, MANIA HIT THE PIZZA INDUSTRY LIKE
NOTHING BEFORE, CAUSING A FIERCE BATTLE
BETWEEN THE PIZZA GIANTS. PIZZA HUT WAS ABLE
TO SECURE A $20 MILLION MARKETING CAMPAIGN
WITH THE MOVIE, BUT IT WAS DOMINO’S WHO GOT THE
PRIVILEGE OF FEEDING THE TURTLES IN THE MOVIE.
ORIGINALLY, KRANG, THE CREEPY LIVING BRAIN, WAS
NOT EVIL. THE VILLAIN WAS INSPIRED BY AN ALIEN RACE
KNOWN AS UTROMS, TOTALLY PEACEFUL AND
NON-INTERFERING CREATURES FROM ANOTHER PLANET.
APRIL O´NEIL, THE TELEVISION REPORTER AND
ADMIRER OF THE NINJA TURTLES, WAS ALSO CHANGED.
AS SOME OF THE EPISODES OF THE FIRST COMICS
SUGGEST, SHE WAS PROBABLY AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
THE NINJA TURTLES HAVE APPEARED IN FIVE MOVIES.
THE FIRST ONE, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES,
RELEASED IN 1990, WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, MAKING
OVER 200 MILLION DOLLARS WORLDWIDE. IN FACT,
IT'S THE NINTH HIGHEST GROSSING FILM OF 1990.
EVEN THOUGH THE FIRST FILM IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE
PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY, IT WAS ACTUALLY ONLY
SHOT THERE FOR 4 DAYS. IN FACT, MOST OF THE MOVIE
WAS SHOT IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
THE COSTUMES MADE FOR THE FILM PRODUCTION
WERE EXTREMELY HEAVY, WHICH, COMBINED WITH
THE NORTH CAROLINIAN HOT WEATHER AND HUMIDITY,
MADE ALL THE ACTORS LOSE ABOUT 20 POUNDS
(9 KG) BY THE END OF THE PRODUCTION.
THE COSTUMES HAD TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO
ACCOMMODATE ALL THE ANIMATRONICS. CONSEQUENTLY,
THE COSTUMES WERE TOO BIG TO FIT A STANDARD-SIZED
MANHOLES. THEREFORE, THE PRODUCERS HAD TO CREATE
SPECIAL MANHOLES FOR THE MOVIE.
ACTOR JOSH PAIS (RAPHAEL) HAD PARTICULAR ISSUES
WITH THE COSTUME. SUFFERING FROM SEVERE
CLAUSTROPHOBIA, HE HAD TO REMOVE HIS
TURTLE MASK AFTER EVERY SHOT.
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