18 WTF Moments From 2017's Summer Blockbusters

15. Stanley Tucci Is...Merlin!? - Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers The Last Knight Stanley Tucci Merlin
Paramount Pictures

When Stanley Tucci was announced to be returning for the fifth Transformers movie after appearing in the previous one, most rightly assumed he'd be reprising his Joshua Joyce role, but Michael Bay had other plans.

Tucci actually has a cameo at the beginning of The Last Knight as Merlin, who begs the Transformers to help him defeat the Saxons, resulting in them giving him a magical alien staff.

As Tucci drunkenly rides a horse and declares, "I'm sozzled", there's not much for audiences to do but merely raise their eyebrows and wonder how someone got the idea to recast Tucci in such ridiculous fashion.

In fairness, it's probably one of the movie's most amusing gags, but very, very weird all the same.

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