Michael Bay filmed Megan Fox washing his Ferrari as part of her Transformers audition?!
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Michael Bay may never win the Best Director Oscar, but he sure does know how to get the most out of his actors during their auditions. U.K. broadcaster Jason Solomons wrote in a recent column that Bay had Ms. Megan Fox wash his (unspecified) Ferrari at his home as part of her audition for her role in the first Transformers movie. And since Bay was doing "official" auditions, he apparently recorded every minute of it.
Solomons reportedly asked Fox if she knew where the footage was, and he says she was unsure where the footage was, adding that she was "concerned" as to where it may be. According to Solomons, Bay all but confirmed the tape's existence, allegedly saying "Er, I don't know where it is either" when asked by the broadcaster. Hmmm.
Since the role of Mikaela Banes required Fox to act as sexy as she already looks, we can see why Bay chose for her to wash a Ferrari as part of the audition, but the fact that the 'audition' took place at his home and the tape has gone missing does seem a bit "casting couch" to us. That said, we can think of few things we'd rather see than Megan Fox, a Ferrari, and a bunch of suds. What we don't understand, though, is why this footage wasn't part of our bonus footage in our special edition Transformers DVD.
[Source: SFGate]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Tang 11:07AM (7/08/2009)
I'm not really surprised... this is Bay...
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KC 11:18AM (7/08/2009)
Don't blame Bay. I guess this is just part of the "contractual benefits".
James 11:41AM (7/08/2009)
"that Bay had Ms. Megan Fox wash his (unspecified).."
Megan can wash "mine" anytime... ;p
Quantumphysics 11:54AM (7/08/2009)
i woulda skipped to the sex...
I can wash my car myself.
glitched 12:15PM (7/08/2009)
Bay demands things to be Awesome.
Ken Stamper 2:22PM (7/08/2009)
Wax on, wax off
Shawn 11:10AM (7/08/2009)
No really? ...Man, if you can't trust a hollywood producer/director with a beautiful young actress, who can you trust?
Frankly Transformers made her career. If all she had to do was to wash his car, I'm sure it was a small price to pay. I'm sure there's plenty of young actresses lined up outside Michael Bay's garage waiting for that casting couch.
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Dave in MI 11:11AM (7/08/2009)
She certainly wasn't cast for her dialogue. Rather pathetic view of women in that movie. At least the original had the nerdy smart girl. Well, totally hot, nerdy smart girl. "Here is a partial outfit, go run from danger."
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TriShield 11:14AM (7/08/2009)
That's quite awesome actually.
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vkchu 11:16AM (7/08/2009)
bay can keep doing those stupid verizon commercials cause he gets 4 thumbs up for doing this. hilarious.
"hey, uh, you missed a few spots..."
why not the LS2LS7? 11:23AM (7/08/2009)
Awesome BBQ! Awesome pool!
Jer 11:16AM (7/08/2009)
I want that tape!
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From My Cube 11:48AM (7/08/2009)
i bet its hidden under his bed
Rogue_G 3:02PM (7/08/2009)
There's no way someone could lose a tape like that so easily. There is no tape. "Wash his (unspecified) Ferrari"? Well, I guess I've heard of stranger things to call your junk.
AUTOMANIAC 11:16AM (7/08/2009)
magan fox here, meganfox there...... welcome to meganfoxblog
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John 11:20AM (7/08/2009)
Hooked on Phonics worked for me!!!
You? Not so much...
Raz 2:00AM (7/09/2009)
In my opinion, she is nothing more than a marketing feature and ruined transformers. Far too many people i know went and watch it for her, not the cars, not the transformers.
tgriffith 11:20AM (7/08/2009)
Megan Fox is a hottie... can't blame Bay for taking advantage of his position, but that's pretty classless. Who are the real starts of Transformers: the cars http://www.cargurus.com/blog/2009/07/03/the-cars-of-transformers-2-revenge-of-the-fallen/
Or Megan Fox?
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Kattleox 11:54AM (7/08/2009)
Well I assume that he did this for everyone that auditioned, but Megan Fox got the best layer of wax on (likely because of her toe-shaped thumbs.)
Alex 11:20AM (7/08/2009)
That tape will be leaked once Bay is finished with the Transformers series. He still needs her for any future sequels.
I *will* be downloading in my pants that when it comes out.
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