Again, I think it was about a year ago, there was this discussion on Twitter that I kind of checked out. I'm thankful for all those things.' Read the full quote below:ġ00 percent. While other actors sometimes shy away from their early roles, Ashmore says ' I don't look at it like that. While some thought he should play the Principal, he admits he would want to play an older Jake, potentially introducing the series in a prologue like in Stand by Me.

He admits that he read some Twitter conversations about a potential reboot and ' one hundred percent' thinks it would be fun to revisit the universe. During the conversation, Shawn discussed whether or not he would want to be part of an Animorphs reboot if it ever happened. Screen Rant had the chance to sit down with Shawn Ashmore and discuss his upcoming film The Free Fal l, which hits theaters and VOD on January 14, 2022. Related: The Boys: Why Lamplighter Needs To Return In Season 3 The character's most common morph in the book series is a Bengal tiger, which is reflected in the show as far as the budget allowed. After learning that his brother Tom is a controller - meaning that an alien Yeerk has taken over his brain - he vows to help bring down the invaders in any way he can. The series, which also starred Brooke Nevin, Boris Cabrera, Nadia-Leigh Nascimento, Christopher Ralph, and Paolo Costanzo, featured Shawn Ashmore as Jake, the reluctant but intrepid leader of the group. Animorphs ran for two seasons from 1998 to 2000.

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