Hitler and BlackBerrys: Michael Bay Reveals Why Megan Fox Isn't In Transformers: Dark of the Moon
With Transformers: Dark of the Moon exploding into theaters at the end of June, what better time than now for GQ to take a look back at the career of Michael Bay. The complete oral history of Bay appears in the July issue of the magazine -- fingers crossed for some serious Bad Boys 2 coverage! -- and a new online excerpt reveals exactly why Megan Fox was fired from the threequel at the start of production last May. Hint: It had something to do with those Hitler comments.
"No kidding," you say. Per GQ:
Ehren Kruger (screenwriter, Transformers series): She was there for rehearsals. But she seemed like an actress who didn't want to be a part of it. She was saying she wanted to, but she wasn't acting like it.
Michael Bay: She was in a different world, on her BlackBerry. You gotta stay focused. And you know, the Hitler thing. Steven [Spielberg] said, "Fire her right now."
Shia LaBeouf: Criticism is one thing. Then there's public name-calling, which turns into high school bashing. Which you can't do. She started shit-talking our captain.
Bay: I wasn't hurt, because I know that's just Megan. Megan loves to get a response. And she does it in kind of the wrong way. I'm sorry, Megan. I'm sorry I made you work twelve hours. I'm sorry that I'm making you show up on time. Movies are not always warm and fuzzy. [Editors note: Fox declined to comment for this article.]
The moral of the story? Stay off your BlackBerrys, Hollywood starlets! (Also, don't reference Hitler in the press.)
Not everyone was happy with Fox's ouster, though; co-star Julie White said she missed the embattled actress on-set. "I think she's magic. She is the My Little Pony of Transformers." Does that make Rosie Huntington-Whiteley the "My Buddy of Transformers"? Just asking.
· Exclusive: The Break-Up of Michael Bay and Megan Fox [GQ]
Comments
Shia is such an ass kisser.
Maybe. But Shia still has a job and Megan doesn't.
I'd rather be jobless than sucking off Michael Bay in front of a reporter from GQ. I'd do that in private.
Yes, bay's no hitler.
Hitler hated lots, so he proceeded to change history.
Kinda like how bay hated the transformers history, so...
Euh...