Michael Bay Discovered Everyone, Okay?
"Nick Cage wasn't a big actor when I cast him," Transformers director Michael Bay tells the Wall Street Journal, "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.' Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in 'Transformers.' I like to think that I've had some luck in building actors' careers with my films." Also, the robot testicles in Revenge of the Fallen are actually "construction balls." Now you know!
Men sweat, women perspire, but I have it on good authority that Michael Bay produces a highly explosive biofuel.
And all of them slept with him. Except Megan Fox.
That photo of him is saying, I may cast you, I may not, but if I do, rest assured, you will be HUGE!
For an actor once you are in a big summer block buster your price immediately increases. Cage and Affleck were not big action stars, which for a male actor puts you in the $20M paycheck club. Bay might be an asshole but that is a reality of being a movie actor.
You know Entourage is just a tv show, right?
You think I made that up? Cage's quote increased by $10M after the Rock.
I wished Shia the Beef would have exploded after watching the first Transformers.
The objective editorial stance of this post must confuse the hell out of commenter rsharp208 of "its not racism its steriotyping" fame.
He is also a big fat liar:
" What’s next for you, then?
I’ve been talking to some big actors right now about something that is totally different. A small dark comedy, a true story, with actors just acting, no effects. I’m done with effects movies for now. When you do a movie like “Transformers,†it can feel like you’re doing three movies at once—which is tiring. "
projects in development from IMDB:
1. Transformers 3 (details only on IMDbPro)
2. Untitled Ouija Project (details only on IMDbPro)
3. The Birds (details only on IMDbPro)
4. 2012: The War for Souls (details only on IMDbPro)
5. "Untitled Jerry Bruckheimer/Michael Bay Project" (details only on IMDbPro)
6. Summer's End (details only on IMDbPro)
though # 5 might be the small dark comedy, true story, with actors just acting, no effects.
"nor were Ben Affleck's teeth until I put them in Armageddon"