20 Things You Didn't Know About Transformers
11. John Turturro Based His Performance On Bay
John Turturro's smarmy and eccentric performance as the villain turned comic relief character Agent Simmons was apparently based on the director, Michael Bay, himself.
This tidbit of information is amusing considering Bay has a reputation of being an authoritarian on set, demanding 100% from everyone at all times. Anyone that watches some of the behind the scenes footage will clearly see where Turturro derived the characters actions from.
Bay has flatly rejected this, but of course he would.