It’s official: William Fichtner will be playing Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
In an interview with The Huffington Post Canada, Fichtner confirmed he will be going up against the Turtles as their arch-nemisis in the Michael Bay-produced reboot.
I play Shredder. It is cool. It’s one of those things that came along where I thought, “Really? Let me think about this for a minute.” [Laughs] Then I was like, “Yeah, OK, this sounds like a journey. I’m very glad that it worked out, I’m really glad that I’m doing it.”
This isn’t surprising news considering we predicted this over a month ago when Fichtner joined the cast. And it’s great news since Fichtner is one of the best character actors working today. Even if the film is complete garbage, you can expect a pretty amazing Shredder.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hits theaters on June 6, 2014. But before then, you can check out Fichtner in The Lone Ranger (July 3) and Elysium (August 9).
