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“The second movie was cooler… literally.”Įven though it was made for kids, The Secret of the Ooze represented Reyes’s first adult role after achieving childhood stardom as a martial arts phenom. “I was just happy not to be back inside the suit,” he says, laughing. Released in theaters 30 years ago this month, The Secret of the Ooze featured Reyes as Keno - a pizza delivery teen whose high kicks and fast punches landed him a gig as the sidekick to the butt-kicking quartet of Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael. “And I was in a giant latex turtle costume! It was kind of like what happens when you put a Nerf ball in water.”Īfter his graduation the following summer, he returned to the Tar Heel State to film the sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze… and this time, he didn’t have to suit up in latex. “We were in North Carolina, where it was 100 degrees with 100 percent humidity,” Reyes tells Yahoo Entertainment now. Back in 1989, the actor and martial artist spent the three months between his junior and senior year in high school inside a life-sized turtle suit - designed by the wizards at Jim Henson's Creature Shop - shooting the very first live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. wins bragging rights for having the best back-to-back summer vacations ever. (Photo: New Line Cinema/courtesy Everett Collection)Įrnie Reyes Jr. Raphael and Keno (Ernie Reyes Jr.) infiltrate the Foot Clan in The Secret of the Ooze.