Brian Tee Talks Playing Shredder in TMNT: Out of the Shadows

Brian Tee discussed his new movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows earlier this week. Brian plays Shredder, the turtles’ arch nemesis and one of the villains of the story.

In the interview, Brian talked what he wanted to bring to the character this time around, what his dormant animal gene would be and what turtle he would want to play in the movie.

On what he wanted to bring to Shredder: “I wanted to bring a groundedness, I guess a humanness to Shredder ‘cause I think over the years even in the movies in the ‘90s you never really saw a face, there was just this mask and this kind of presence, and to bring that, along with this groundedness and this human form is really what I wanted to do”

On what his dormant animal gene would be: “I would be a killer whale. The king of the seas.”

On what turtle he would play: Michelangelo

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows will hit theaters on June 3! Make sure to check back on that day for our review of the movie.