Turns out it was Steven Spielberg who booted Megan Fox from the "Transformers" film franchise.Spielberg demanded the actress be fired from the latest Transformers film after she insulted director Michael Bay, comparing him to Hitler, says Bay.
Spielberg, who directed "Schindler's List," about a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees by employing them in his factory during the Holocaust, was reportedly outraged by the insult.
The actress was quickly dumped from the film and replaced by British model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Fox
had tried to claim she left the third in the series of the films to pursue other acting opportunities. But ahead of the July 4 premiere of "Transformers 3," Bay revealed for the first time he was told to get rid of the actress. He explained the real reason: "You know the Hitler thing. Steven (Spielberg) said, fire her right now."
Spielberg is executive producer of the film in which Shia LaBeouf and Huntington-Whiteley star. But Bay also noted that "she was in a different world, on her BlackBerry. You gotta stay focused," GQ recounts in an excerpt of "Blow-Up: An Oral History of the Most Explosive Director of All Time" in its July issue.
He added, "I wasn't hurt, because I know that's just Megan. Megan loves to get a response. And she does it in 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."
She had been cast in the third film but shortly before production began she gave an interview to the British magazine Wonderland. In it she said Bay wanted to be like Hitler on his sets. Other crew members from the film responded on a blog comparing Fox's acting to that of a porn star.In an open letter posted on Michael Bay's website the crew member wrote: 'Michael found this shy,inexperienced girl, plucked her out of total obscurity thus giving her the biggest shot of any young actresses' life.
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'He told everyone around to just trust him on his choice. He granted her the starring role in Transformers, a franchise that forever changed her life; she became one of the most googled and oogled women on earth.
'She was famous! She was the next Angelina Jolie , hooray! Wait a minute, two of us worked with Angelina - second thought - she's no Angelina. You see, Angelina is a professional.
'We know this quite intimately because we've had the tedious experience of working with the dumb-as-a-rock Megan Fox on both Transformers movies.'
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Some people watch the Super Bowl for the game, others watch it for the commercials. This year, the Super Bowl was a little light on movie trailers, but it seems most studios released their Super Bowl trailers early. In case you missed the Super Bowl commercial for Sacha Baron Cohen’s THE DICTATOR, you can check it out below.
It’s mostly a rehash of what we saw in the first trailer, but obviously during the Super Bowl, their going to highlight Megan Fox’s cameo. If you weren’t sold one way or the other on the film, I’m not sure this 30 second clip is going to sway you one way or the other.
John C. Reilly and B.J. Novak (from ‘The Office’). The film is once again directed by frequent Cohen collaborator Larry Charles. THE DICTATOR hits theaters everywhere on May 11th, 2012.
