Bay say's Megan Fox "Says Some Very Ridiculous Things"

Overlord54 · 07-02-2009, 12:34 PM

News - Director: Megan Fox "Says Some Very Ridiculous Things" | Usmagazine.com

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Director: Megan Fox "Says Some Very Ridiculous Things"
THURSDAY JULY 2, 2009

Megan Fox slammed Transformers director Michael Bay for focusing more on special effects than acting, but he doesn't mind.

"Well, that's Megan Fox for you," Bay tell the Wall Street Journal. "She says some very ridiculous things because she's 23 years old and she still has a lot of growing to do.

"You roll your eyes when you see statements like that and think, 'Okay Megan, you can do whatever you want. I got it,'" he goes on.

Fox told Entertainment Weekly: "I mean, I can't s--- on this movie because it did give me a career and open all these doors for me. But I don't want to blow smoke up people's a--. People are well aware that this is not a movie about acting."

Bay says he "100 percent disagrees" with Fox.

"Nick Cage wasn't a big actor when I cast him, nor was Ben Affleck. before I put him in Armageddon. Shia LaBeouf wasn't a big movie star before he did Transformers -- and then he exploded. Not to mention Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, from Bad Boys," he points out.

Bay thinks Fox could be a little more grateful, though.

"Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in Transformers," he says. "I like to think that I've had some luck in building actors' careers with my films."

HA!

robvega214 · 07-02-2009, 12:38 PM

HA HA....next time ..maybe she can learn how to ACT like she's really airbrushin

eriku · 07-02-2009, 12:40 PM

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"Nick Cage wasn't a big actor when I cast him...

LOL! Nick Cage did his best acting before Bay got ahold of him. His roles are barely more than playing a thick-neck chowderhead ever since. Not saying that it's Bay's fault, just that "big actor" doesn't equal "quality actor".

robvega214 · 07-02-2009, 12:42 PM

Loved Nick Cage in Raising Arizona.........all of his other movies..meh.....
Ben Affleck....who's that?

Mospeada · 07-02-2009, 12:43 PM

This thread brought out what I don't like about Michael Bay, but something that I now like:

Cage and Affleck both won Oscars for work BEFORE they worked with Bay. He's claiming to have "discovered" them now. Ego huuuuge.

However, calling out Megan Talentless Fox on her penchant for saying stupid things, and the fact that no one knew her before Transformers? Bravo.

Here's hoping Megan Fox goes out and gets that tattoo sleeve she's been talking about so no other director will ever take her seriously and she goes away.

QuantumShock · 07-02-2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by robvega214

Loved Nick Cage in Raising Arizona.........all of his other movies..meh.....
Ben Affleck....who's that?

The robbing the diaper and get chased by police scene is just priceless.

And about this, I say Bay just spot on about Megan Fox.

deltaprime · 07-02-2009, 12:48 PM

I liked the way he worded Shia's career, how it "exploded" once he was in Transformers. That's

for ya.

I'm a little surprised no one's commented on the fact that Megan herself said that the acting was bad and there was too much action.

Rodentus prime · 07-02-2009, 12:48 PM

Yes Mr Bay, keep telling yourself your film is all about acting, I'm sure Robert DeNiro went to see it to pick up a few tips....

realCliffjumper · 07-02-2009, 12:48 PM

Geez. Come on Bay! You don't have to put up with her crap. I mean, she is making a good point. The movie isn't about acting, but it doesn't mean it is the director's fault if Fox just can't act to begin with. There are plenty of pretty girls in Hollywood with actual acting abilities. TF3 will rock if Mikaela is killed-off in the beginning.

Paladin · 07-02-2009, 12:51 PM

The phrase "Pot calling the kettle black" jumps instantly to mind for some reason...