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Jessica Biel has revealed a secret love for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and is already staking her claim on the role of April, the Turtles’ flame-haired journo buddy.
While chatting with , the actress said: “I dig the Ninja Turtles . I always liked the Ninja Turtles – didn't they already make that movie though?”
Yep, four in fact (three live-action, one CGI), but that hasn’t stopped Michael Bay and Paramount forging ahead with a .
Bay’s already caused a bit of a storm with his supposed revisionist take on the Turtle lore, that the film would involve “a richer world”.
Meanwhile, Turtles creator Kevin Eastman
Biel’s obviously keen, too. After finding out that director , the actress made it clear she wants in.
“I dig April, she’s cool,” she said. “She wore a yellow suit and she was a redhead. That was a great show, I loved it as a kid so sure! Yeah!”
Obviously it’s early days, and Biel doesn’t seem to have been approached about the role yet.
Still, Bay could do far worse than getting Biel on side – especially as Hollywood’s go-to redheads Emma Stone and Jessica Chastain both have ridiculously busy slates at the moment.
The new movie is being made for a not inconsiderably $100m and will open in cinemas in December 2013.
Jessica Biel can next be seen in , which opens 29 Augu💃st 2012.
