Michael Bay strikes me as the kind of guy who would rather prove a point and get revenge on someone – than a guy who cares about the integrity of his work and leaving a lasting legacy behind him.
The now seemingly confirmed casting of Victoria Secret underwear model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley to replace Megan Fox, who he basically fired for being a bigmouth (she compared him to Hitler last year) on Transformers 3, is a devilish move.
Bay could have found a low-paid beauty with actual acting experience as Shia LaBeouf’s new love interest, no problem. He could have even stumped up a bit of cash to hire a second tier film star and unbelievable beauty like Amber Heard or Mila Kunis who have proven they can act in big movies, but Bay was never going to do that even though the budget was there.
In the end, it all boils down to this. Bay doesn’t want Megan Fox to think she is bigger than the franchise, and by hiring a stunning woman who has no acting experience what-so-ever and is basically just a sculpture of perfection – it’s kind of a ‘good luck with the rest of your career because this was how much your stock was worth’ message to Fox because beauty is all that you had going for you. I could have replaced you at anytime with any model, and my movie wouldn’t suffer. You weren’t hired for your acting, etc.
Production began May 17th on the third Transformers movie, and Rosie’s first scenes will be shot in a fortnight with Shia LaBeouf in L.A. The movie itself opens next July.
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LOL Matt Holmes actually had the stones to put Michael Bay and “integrity” in the same sentence!
Now I have seen it all!
Replace a hot woman who is known as an actress, with a bland top-lip heavy model. Success!
Matt, it’s been pretty universally adopted as the truth that Megan Fox wasn’t fired, she quit.
Evan,
I trust Mike Fleming at Deadline, and he stands by his story that Bay/Paramount didn’t take up their option on Fox because of her behaviour, and their belief she ain’t worth the price tag.
Regardless of what the truth is… Fox’s reps are always going to say she jumped rather than she was pushed. Katie Holmes’ reps did the same over The Dark Knight.
Point taken respecting Katie Holmes, but in that situation there was never any comment from the studio or the filmmakers. Holmes was probably force fed to Nolan on Batman Begins, and when he earned his way to making his own choices on the next film, he wanted a real actress. Bay went out of his way more than once to say to anybody listening that he would welcome Megan Fox back with open arms on Transformers 3, and whether he wanted her back on his set or not, the studio would absolutely have wanted her. Megan Fox is not cooling off in any hurry, even after “Jennifer’s Body” (mainly because, as bad as a movie as it could possibly be, nobody paid money to see it). I think the relationship between the two was probably just so much scorched earth by this point, and unworkable for all parties.