Ferrari had Total control over the Character

1. They didnt allowed bay to use the invisibility
2. They had to aproove his actor
3. they didnt allowed bay to use Stealth Force for Mirage in the dreads scene
4. They would not allow them to use the name mirage for the car, Thus they would only allow the names Enzo or Dino be used, this is was mostly because of ferrari exclusive deal with Hasbro rival Mattel, Had they never made a deal with mattle, the character would had been mirage and would be getting Mirage toys right now (or at least Ferrari accurate Looking car/character in the toys we know so far like its Speeds Stars and Cyberverse toy)
5. they didnt allowed bay to kill Mirage (Before Screamer died, Starscream was going to kill Mirage, and Sam using the Bombstick on Starscream was going to be actually Sam Avenging Mirage, plus Mirage head would had been used by soundwave to mock the autobots

 

^ Thanks, I knew about the name-changes and the death-switch...but is the rest of that stuff actually discussed and confirmed anywhere or just kind of assumed?

Just curious. I think that whole side of the behind-the-scenes tinkering is really interesting, if perhaps a bit unfortunate.

 

Nelson confirmed some of the info, and the rest was pulled from various sources.

 

I think that blue Leadfoot may use Brad Keselowski's #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger as his alternate mode. If I ever get my hands on more than one Deluxe Leadfoot that's what I'm going to paint him as!  

 

The death switch had to have happened before the Chicago shoot. Someone found a Dino headonapole that was left in frame meant to have Dino in a certain place for someone getting blown up. They intended to kill Que by the shooting of the scene.

 

thanks for sharing man.

the problem with the design is, in bot mode, they are scratched to Timbuktu, but in alt mode, they look like they just had a full body treatment from Turtle Wax