The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may have been nicknamed “Heroes in a Half Shell,” but the actors who played them in their first live-action movie in 1990 certainly weren’t half-committed.
Each Turtle, based on the sewer-dwelling comic book characters by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, was brought to life via puppetry and costumes from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
Making them come to life for a generation of kids weaned on their animated series and Playmates toys required the combined efforts of in-suit performers, facial assistants, voice actors, stunt doubles, and even a skateboarding double for Donatello, voiced by Corey Feldman.In a 25th-anniversary retrospective via The Hollywood Reporter in 2015, the in-suit performers — who spent the most time embodying each character — looked back on the demanding experience they faced while becoming Ninja Turtles.
Michelan Sisti, the actor who played Michelangelo and cameoed as his human pizza delivery driver, recalled going in
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