Hoon Lee knows hisTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Hes been a fan since the comics first appeared in the mid-80s and it showed while talking with him.
Den of Geek: As a comics fan, did you read the Eastman & Laird comics growing up?
Hoon Lee:I did.
I remember those old Mirage black and whites.
And then I think that reading session ended with me trying to steal them from him!
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Is this your first time doing voice work with fight scenes?
Ive done some voice work for other video games, but its very similar.
The whole perspective was new and very exciting on that level because I like trying new things.
Greg Cipes has saidthat when recording he moves around a lot.
How do you approach the character when performing in the booth?
I think that it depends on what youre doing.
Theres a certain physicality thats really helpful to getting the right kind of energy out of the performance.
You have to create more than an integrated approach.
Its infuriating when someone like Rob Paulson can do it so easily[laughs].
The reveal at the end of season one about Splinter and Karai was devastating.
The show is very comedic, between that and some other scenes, the show has been very dramatic.
A lot of comedy is based on suffering and everythings a cruel joke.
And that goes both ways.
The show can be funnier because it can be darker.
The show can be darker because it can be funnier.
Did you have a favorite turtle, or were you a Splinter fan in the 80s?
And you also identify with the idea that you would have anger issues or whatever.
[Laughs]
I think its largely a function of when people encounter the characters.
Now as an older person with a son, I find myself identifying more strongly with Splinter.
Splinters fears are my own fears.
How has being a father influenced your performance as Splinter?
I think it certainly helped.
I find that being a father now makes the stakes for Splinter feel very real for me.
It makes the role much more personal in that way.
It draws me closer to that character, so thats a gift.
Does your son have a Splinter action figure?
No, no, Im waiting.
I think my son is a little too young right now.
Plus, Im a little nervous.
[Laughs]Part of me is scared he wont be interested at all.
Thats the gnawing fear.
But itll happen soon and I hope he likes them.
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