Megan Fox
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Megan Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known as Jennifer Check in Jennifer's Body, the second actress to play Sydney Shanowski in the sitcom Hope & Faith, Carla in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, and NItara in Mortal Kombat 1. A self-described comic book geek, she collects books such as Witchblade and the more obscure Fathom and Gen13.[1] She takes umbrage with her character in Transformers for not wearing a seatbelt. Fox was originally scheduled to appear in the third live-action Transformers movie, but was suddenly dropped from the cast on May 19, 2010.[2]
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Live-action roles
Transformers (2007)
Revenge of the Fallen
- Mikaela Banes
Voice roles
Transformers The Game
- Mikaela Banes
Revenge of the Fallen The Game
- Mikaela Banes
Departure from Dark of the Moon
After starring in Transformers and its sequel, Revenge of the Fallen, Megan Fox was absent from the third installment, Dark of the Moon.
During the publicity in the lead up to the release of Revenge of the Fallen and articles thereafter, there was a war of words between Fox and Transformers director Michael Bay. Fox commented negatively on the Transformers sequel, claiming that it was "not a movie about acting" and she spent most of the time "running or screaming, or both";[3] furthermore, that she "still didn't know what was happening" in the film despite appearing in it and having read the script, and anyone who understood the movie had to be a "genius".[4] Bay, in return, condescendingly remarked that Fox "says some very ridiculous things" and "still has a lot of growing to do".[5]
Following the release of the movie, Fox stated in a Wonderland magazine interview that Bay had a Hitler-like dictator persona on set, and off the set was very socially awkward in an otherwise warm review of the man.[6] Evidently having not read the entire interview, three members of "Bay's crew" anonymously responded in an open letter praising Bay and derogatorily citing the difficulty in working with Fox.[7] The letter was quickly removed and Michael Bay himself soon responded, saying he didn't condone either the letter or Fox's outlandish comments, but noted her "crazy quips" were part of her "crazy charm", and since they had a good relationship, he expected further outrageous comments from Fox in the lead up to the third Transformers installment.[8] This was soon followed by a (this time signed) open letter by another crew member who described Fox in a much more positive light, and put much of the original letter's criticism into context.[9] During her acceptance speech at the 2009 Scream Awards, Fox explicitly objected "a lot of false reports" about how she feels about Revenge, and stated that she always was an "ordinary part of an extraordinary film".[10]
Bay still welcomed Fox back for the third installment a month after the interview.[11] However, even though Fox was still spotted on the Transformers 3 set in May 2010,[12] Paramount announced a few weeks later that she wouldn't return for a third movie after all.[2] Still that same month, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was confirmed to replace her as the lead female actress.[13] Gossip site TheWrap subsequently claimed Fox had quit Dark of the Moon because Bay had been verbally abusive and "she had enough". They were told this by "an individual close to the actress" and when asked, her publicist responded to them with "left the project on her own and wishes the franchise well".[14]
In 2011, however, Michael Bay stated in an interview with GQ magazine that it had been Steven Spielberg, executive producer of the Transformers movies, who had urged him to fire Fox following the Hitler comparison.[15] In a later interview, he claimed this statement had been taken out of context.[16]
With her sudden appearance and job looking after a car collection, not to mention Fox being on set early on, Carly Spencer is a pretty clear 'whoops Fox has left' rewrite of previously planned Mikaela scenes.
Bay reconciled with Fox, leading her to play April O'Neil in a 2010s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film duology produced by Bay.
Notes
- In the Revenge of the Fallen game, Mikaela only appears briefly in the game itself, with only a page's worth of dialogue. Despite her small part in the game, Fox was nominated for the "Best Performance by a Human Female" award in the 2009 Spike TV Video Game Awards. In reality, the nomination was not based on voice work, but merely to have some stars in attendance.
References
- ↑ ICv2 - Transformers' Megan Fox Reveals Favorite Comics
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Megan Fox dropped from Transformers 3", Reuters.com May 19 2010
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly interview with Megan Fox June 10, 2009
- ↑ Appearance by Megan Fox on The Early Show, June 30, 2009, reported by Movieline.
- ↑ Wall Street Journal interview with Michael Bay, June 25, 2009.
- ↑ LA Times blog comments on Fox's claims September 2, 2009
- ↑ Open letter by the Transformers set crew on Michael Bay.com on September 11, 2009. Removed from Bay's site, mirrored at TFW2005
- ↑ Michael Bay, responding to the crew letter on his website September 12, 2009
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly's Holloywood Insider reporting on the open letter by production assistant Anthony Steinhart, September 2009.
- ↑ One of many reports of Megan Fox's acceptance speech at the 2009 Scream Awards, October 2009.
- ↑ Michael Bay officially confirms the 2011 release date, October 2009.
- ↑ Megan Fox on the DOTM set, May 2010.
- ↑ MTV.com article confirming Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as the new female star of Transformers , May 2010.
- ↑ Megan Fox Quit 'Transformers' Over Michael Bay's Abuse, TheWrap, May 2010.
- ↑ GQ interview with Michael Bay, June 2011.
- ↑ Interview with Michael Bay from Switzerland (German language), July 2011.
