Alan Richson is rapidly climbing to Hollywood A-Write at present, which is interesting Given that the man tied to the muscles behind Prime Video's "Reacher" is 42. Despite working relatively stable in the last 15 years, Richson had nothing good until recently. Of all the experiences that did not go as planned, Ritson seemed to hate nothing, as he hated the work of "Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles" in 2014 and his sequel, "Teenager Ninja Turtles from 2016: Out of Shadows".

Based on the comic books of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, "teenage mutant ninja turtles" proved to be a shocking permanent franchise. It is easy to see why to be part of it can be attractive, but Richson, who played Rafael in the films, described him as "the worst experience in production I have had so far" in an interview for 2019 with Colider. The actor did not stay from there. It was really just the tip of the iceberg. The The TMN films produced by Michael Bay are not particularly well appreciated Among the fans, so it may make sense that making them wasn't particularly fun, at least for Richson. The actor, talking further, had nothing nice to say about Paramount or the directors.

"It made me hate life so much, so much. They were so bad for us, and they broke so many promises ... I said no, I didn't want to do it because I would lose years of my life, the best years of my career, something that no one knows to know I am part."

Richson, who came out of "hunger games: catching fire", Really opposed to taking the role, but the producers managed to convince him. They told him that he would not be "just a man in a mask". The actor, partly, was motivated by his young son at the time, despite the promises he was given about what the experience would be.

"They are like, 'no, no, this is a whole new, live-action, one-on-one, you move, they move, you are just as part of this as everyone else. When the time comes to take you out there, you will be in every country in the world, prime ministers all over the place. We will really take you there."

"Most guys in the city said no, just because they didn't pay anything," Richson added.

When Bay came to the movie in 2014, it was a long time since we saw the heroes of half a shell in live action. Paramount hired the Athonian Libesman ("Anger of the Titans") to focus, and the trust was great. Eastman even compared him to the "avengers" at one point. Critics and fans were mixed up at the end result, but commercially speaking it was a hit. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" made $ 485 million worldwide. Success was with a slight comfort to Richson, because Paramount did not do much to ensure that his name is attached to that success. As he explained ...

"I still have is -the beginning I sent to the president of Paramount because not only would they refuse to let us make the press, talk to people, (but), we found out that they told people that we were refusing interviews and was not true. They invited us to the premiere invited us to the premiere. "

"They had all these holes we understood after the fact where they didn't have to pay us for anything extra," Richson added, saying he and his fellow turtles were "mature for abuse" as a result. The actor shared a particularly brutal story from the production, illustrating his frustrations.

"One day we fired at Brooklyn and we had a long driving back to Manhattan where everyone was staying. They wouldn't let them go home ... They wanted to get the crew out of there to get them out of the clock. If they stayed, they had to pay them. If we stayed, we didn't stay.

Richson tried to get out of return for a sequel without any benefit. So, he returned for the "teenage mutant ninja turtles: out of the shadows", which was far less successful. Fortunately this meant he did not have to return to the third installment and was free to carry out other opportunities, Such as playing the hawk of DC's "Titans" series.

The lasting lesson for Richson was how he handles projects now as a producer. "When I now produce things, I treat people with the sight of respect that I want to treat me, that I didn't get on some of these projects," he concluded.

You can grab "teen mutants ninja turtles" and "out of shadows" on Blu-ray or DVD Amazon.