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Noel Fisher thought he was dreaming when he was offered a role in 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'.
The 'Shameless' star stars as mutant warrior turtle Michelangelo in the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the comic book and cartoon series and he claims he was such a big fan when he was growing up that he couldn't believe his luck when he landed the role.
Quizzed on how he celebrated the news, he said: "Oh, wow. For me, I was a big Turtles fan growing up. I had all the toys and everything, so for me, it was really just kind of that unreal moment where you're not quite sure you're dreaming."
While the 30-year-old actor is to play Michelangelo, 'Jackass' star Johnny Knoxville plays Leonardo, Alan Ritchson takes on the role of Raphael and Jeremy Howard portrays Donatello, but Fisher admits his character was always his favourite of the four turtles.
When asked which turtle he liked the most when he was a kid, Fisher told Collider: "I really loved Michelangelo. I've always been a little partial to Donatello to be honest, especially with the animated series, there's just something about Donnie that I really like.
"But, you know, Mike's also Mikey. It's kind of just a given he's the most fun one."
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' - which is directed by Wrath of the Titans' Jonathan Liebesman - is set for worldwide release in October 2014.

Steven Seagal hasn't ruled out appearing in 'The Expendables'.
The 'Under Siege' actor has famously been involved in disagreements with Expendables star and creator Sylvester Stallone, but has now confirmed he'd be willing to join forces with his fellow action-hero.
He told ShortList magazine: "I'm open to anything and we'll see. Sly [Stallone] has called me a couple of times and talked about it, so let's see what happens. You never know."
The 62-year-old star - who's confessed in the past to playing with the idea of creating his own team of action heroes to compete with 'The Expendables' - also admitted that many of his films have been formulaic, but insisted he was merely a hired hand who had minimal influence on what appeared on screen.
He explained: "They were formulaic. But you have to keep in mind that we're hired actors and we show up, and there were some folks in the studio who were choosing the scripts and telling me what kind of movies to do.
"But that's the lot of hired actors. Why people keep coming back? Very good question... because there was nothing else out there."

Karen Gillan says shaving her head for 'Guardians of the Galaxy' was a "fun social experiment".
The former 'Doctor Who' actress stars as Nebula - a blue-skinned deadly assassin - in the sci-fi adventure film and she's confessed that although she had to shave her head for the role, she's glad she did because she found the experience "liberating".
Quizzed on how she'd found having a bald head, she told British TV's 'Lorraine': "That was a really weird experience, but also it was weirdly liberating and fun and interesting as a social experiment, just to see how differently people would treat me.
"I think people were pretty intimidated by me. I really ... I kind of liked it while I was playing the role."
The 26-year-old star - who appears alongside Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista in the Marvel Comics film directed by James Gunn - also admitted that she enjoyed playing the enemy for the first time.
She explained: "It was really fun. I've never played a sort of bad character who's gone to the dark side so that was really fun to be able to explore."
Karen also revealed that although she enjoyed the experience of shaving off all her hair, she found herself missing having something to hide behind.
She added: "I realised that I did that [used it as a shield] after it was gone and I was like, 'Ahh there's no hiding curtains'."

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Famke Janssen hopes her 'X-Men' character isn't recast with a younger actress.
The 48-year-old actress, who plays telekinetic superhero Jean Grey in the popular films, admits she would be disappointed if the part is recast and has expressed her hope of reprising her most famous role.
Janssen's comments come after Jean Grey - who was killed off in 2006's 'X-Men: The Last Stand' - made a short cameo at the end of recent blockbuster 'X-Men: Days of Future Past', the events of which appeared to rewrite history and undo the deaths seen in past films.
The actress told the Metro newspaper: "It really left the door open and I loved 'Days of Future Past'. The idea of bringing back characters and putting different generations of one character in the same movie together is very interesting. It leaves things open for the future with when you want to set it and what characters might be featured.
"I don't know what's going to happen next but I hope it involves Jean Grey and that I can play that Jean Grey and it won't be a younger version."
However, Janssen says she'd come to terms with producers recasting the role as they've previously introduced younger versions of Magneto, Professor X and Mystique.
She added: "I'd understand it - we've seen it before with Mystique and Magneto at different ages - why not Jean Grey?"
The next 'X-Men' movie, 'X-Men: Apocalypse', is due for release in 2016.

Tommy Lee Jones has joined the cast of 'Criminal'. According to Variety, the 'Men In Black' actor will star in the upcoming Millennium Films spy thriller alongside Kevin Costner and Gary Oldman. The picture centres on a dead CIA operative's memories,...

Emma Stone was intimidated by Woody Allen on the set of 'Magic in the Moonlight'.
The 25-year-old actress stars in the legendary director's latest project and she's confessed that working under his direction was nerve-racking because the cast weren't given time to get comfortable with him.
She said: "It was hugely intimidating. I think after a while you get your sea legs a little bit, but there's no rehearsal process, there's no real getting-to-know Woody at all. You are just terrified. It's all cold."
'The Amazing Spider-Man' star - who claims Allen "goes to great lengths" to keep his scripts under wraps - didn't even meet with the director before she was offered the part.
Stone told Collider: "I didn't physically see him. He didn't pull me into any room and he wasn't there when I read the script. Someone gave me the script. His assistant gave me the script and I read it, gave it back to her and then left."
The flamed haired beauty stars as a young woman who claims she can tell the future and communicate with the dead in the film, while her co-star Colin Firth takes on the role of a renowned illusionist tasked with the exposure of Stone's characters "lies", and he admits he also felt nervous around Allen.
Quizzed on whether the cast prepared for the film together, he said: We clung to each other! Nothing brings you closer together than blind terror."

Peter Webber is planning a sequel to 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'.
The director - who launched actress Scarlett Johansson into the spotlight with his 2003 debut - has now begun work on a new project.
The similarly art themed movie will be based on an early 19th century painting and is working under the title, 'Medusa.'.
Speaking at a film festival in Ukraine, Webber said he was planning to catch up with his work after taking a break from feature films for several years.
He told The Hollywood Reporter: "I am hoping to catch up and line up some projects and bang out a few films in a row to make up for some of the down times over the last ten years."
However, the director wouldn't confirm which painting will be getting his film treatment, but did hint that it's famous enough for art geeks to guess.
He said: "Anyone who knows their art history will be able to guess which painting the film is about."
Raphaelle De Laurentiis, the daughter of 'Hannibal Rising' producer Dino De Laurentiis, is set to produce the film alongside Peter.

Dwayne Johnson wore a beard made of testicle hair for 'Hercules'.
The 42-year-old star - also known by his wrestling name "The Rock" - stars as the Greek hero in the upcoming film of the same name and he's confessed he was shocked to find out what parts of his costume had been made out of.
Speaking on 'Live! with Kelly and Michael', he said: "The beard hair, I've got to mention this, this is crazy. The beard wasn't lace so it had to be put on strips cut in tri, quarter inch wide, piece-by-piece.
"So I asked my Italian designer, 'Matteo what is this?' And he goes, 'Oh, it's the hair from a yak'. It's very expensive and very fine hair and I said, 'Yak?' And he says, 'Yes, yak'. And he's putting it on my face like this [rubs the area around his mouth] and I say, 'What part?' And he goes, 'The testicles'.
"It's the commitment of which I will go to."
The 'Pain & Gain' actor - whose usual hairstyle is that of a shaved head - has long flowing locks in the movie and he's revealed it took nearly four hours to put the wig on every day on set.
He explained: "It's a system, it's a process, it's an experience. Everyday for five months. Every day, three and a half hours, every day.
"Three and a half hours every morning. So I would get up at half three and then I would eat and train again, as I had to train twice a day for the role, and then I would go and sit in hair and make up for three and a half hours for the transformation."