{"id":15610,"date":"2015-04-03T23:52:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T06:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/?p=15610"},"modified":"2015-04-03T23:52:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T06:52:51","slug":"arrows-stephen-amell-has-been-officially-cast-as-casey-jones-for-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=15610","title":{"rendered":"Arrow&#8217;s Stephen Amell has been officially cast as Casey Jones for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Stephen-Amell-stephen-amell-36874982-1920-1080.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15616\" src=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Stephen-Amell-stephen-amell-36874982-1920-1080-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Stephen-Amell-stephen-amell-36874982-1920-1080\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wasn&#8217;t the hit everyone was expecting, fans cant argue it wasnt nearly as horrible as people were expecting. With the sequel already starting into its production,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2015\/film\/news\/stephen-amell-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-casey-jones-1201459533\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a> broke the news that actor Stephen Amell, best known for playing the titular character on CW&#8217;s Arrow, will be playing none other than Casey Jones. According to their report, he was one of a half a dozen actors who competed and tested for the role, and it seems that Amell landed it because of a chemistry with Megan Fox.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Somebody find me a hockey mask!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TMNT2?src=hash\">#TMNT2<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/V9bw4ok3VB\">pic.twitter.com\/V9bw4ok3VB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Amell (@amellywood) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amellywood\/status\/583057042476138496\">April 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2<\/em> opens June 3, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wasn&#8217;t the hit everyone was expecting, fans cant argue it wasnt nearly as horrible as people were expecting. 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