20 Things You Didn't Know About Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
12. A Young Sam Rockwell Has A Role In The Movie
If you haven't seen TMNT in a while, you'll probably have no idea that it features an early performance from beloved Oscar-winning actor Sam Rockwell, who appears briefly in the film as a character credited as "Head Thug."
He also ends up being a part of one of the movie's Easter eggs, as he tells Chief Sterns (Raymond Serra), "Go check out the East Warehouse over at Lairdman Island," which is clearly a nod to TMNT creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.
The part was just Rockwell's third movie role, and of the experience he recently said, "[TMNT] is a good one to be a part of. I was 19 years old. I was working in restaurants, trying to put some food on the table. And they called me in and asked if I could audition for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And I said, 'Teenage Mutant what? What the f**k is that?'"
Fantastic.