Yesterday, it was announced that Megan Fox would NOT be reprising her role in the third Transformers movie.
Now, you can't really say this is surprising--unless you happen to believe everything directors and film studios say.
Fox made disparaging (and, let's be honest, stupid) comments about filming Transformers. The movie's crew fired back, but the director, Michael Bay, said that Megan's verbal missteps are what makes her so charming, and he'd be happy to work with her again.
I guess he meant--"I'd be happy to work with her again--but not on another Transformers movie."
Some people pointed out that the movie might actually make more sense without Fox, since the relationship between her and Shia Labeouf's character always seemed a little...far-fetched.
Strangely enough, however, Patrick Dempsey just joined the cast of the third film, and it was reported that he would be playing the boss of Megan Fox's character.
Does this mean recasting?
Either way, it's unlikely to think that movie would do poorly even if you replaced the entire original cast. It's not like anybody goes to see Transformers for the actors.
Ironically, that's something Megan Fox pointed out, and got in trouble for.
So what does this all mean for Hollywood's former favorite bad girl?
Her last film, Jennifer's Body, was supposed to prove that Fox could open a movie on her own without giant robots (but with girl-on-girl action and fangs) and when it bombed, more than a few people blamed Fox's less-than-stellar public persona.
Oh sure, if you strip her down and put her on men's magazines, she'll sell, but that's not the same thing as selling a movie.
Her next movie, Jonah Hex, hasn't generated much buzz, but one could argue that even if it does do well, it might just be Fox tagging on to another big budget summer blockbuster.
So basically, the girl can't win.
Or does it mean that Hollywood oppresses out-spoken--
Wait, why are we still talking about her?
Now, you can't really say this is surprising--unless you happen to believe everything directors and film studios say.
Fox made disparaging (and, let's be honest, stupid) comments about filming Transformers. The movie's crew fired back, but the director, Michael Bay, said that Megan's verbal missteps are what makes her so charming, and he'd be happy to work with her again.
I guess he meant--"I'd be happy to work with her again--but not on another Transformers movie."
Some people pointed out that the movie might actually make more sense without Fox, since the relationship between her and Shia Labeouf's character always seemed a little...far-fetched.
Strangely enough, however, Patrick Dempsey just joined the cast of the third film, and it was reported that he would be playing the boss of Megan Fox's character.
Does this mean recasting?
Either way, it's unlikely to think that movie would do poorly even if you replaced the entire original cast. It's not like anybody goes to see Transformers for the actors.
Ironically, that's something Megan Fox pointed out, and got in trouble for.
So what does this all mean for Hollywood's former favorite bad girl?
Her last film, Jennifer's Body, was supposed to prove that Fox could open a movie on her own without giant robots (but with girl-on-girl action and fangs) and when it bombed, more than a few people blamed Fox's less-than-stellar public persona.
Oh sure, if you strip her down and put her on men's magazines, she'll sell, but that's not the same thing as selling a movie.
Her next movie, Jonah Hex, hasn't generated much buzz, but one could argue that even if it does do well, it might just be Fox tagging on to another big budget summer blockbuster.
So basically, the girl can't win.
Or does it mean that Hollywood oppresses out-spoken--
Wait, why are we still talking about her?
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