06.29.09 BAY: ‘PF, I INVENTED EXPLOSIONS. I MEAN ACTING.’
The only way I could understand Transformers 2 was that it was all an inside joke by the filmmakers. I mean, there’s no way you film Shia LaBeouf meeting Optimus Prime’s ancestors in robot heaven without giggling the whole time. But the thing about Michael Bay is that he never breaks character. His recent interview in the Wall Street Journal is either amazingly Freudian or a work of Andy Kaufman-level genius.
It’s interesting that you say you want to focus on acting. Megan Fox has criticized your films for being special-effects-driven and not offering so many acting opportunities. Do you agree?
Well, that’s Megan Fox for you. She says some very ridiculous things because she’s 23 years old and she still has a lot of growing to do [**Bay cups hands in front of chest and winks** -Ed]. You roll your eyes when you see statements like that and think, “Okay Megan, you can do whatever you want. I got it.” But I 100% disagree with her. Nic Cage wasn’t a big actor when I cast him, nor was Ben Affleck before I put him in “Armageddon.” [keep in mind both Nic Cage and Ben Affleck were Oscar winners before they worked with Bay] 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. [WSJ]
What an amazing answer. When you break it down, it’s basically, “How could you say my movies are effects driven? That’s 100% false. Remember Nic Cage? Ben Affleck? Shia LaBeouf? I BLEW THEM UP! …Wow, she really said I can’t explode stuff good, huh? I’ll show her. I’ll show them all.”
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BAY: ‘PF, I INVENTED EXPLOSIONS. I MEAN ACTING.’
What he meant was that Nic Cage’s forehead has grown 500% since Bay first cast him.
The Mighty Feklahr understands that Bay will be having a couple of his lower ribs removed soon…
“When I first get an actor to work with, he’s like a lump of C4. I mean, all the potential is there and you can mold him to whatever you want him to do, but the real payoff is when you stick a detonator in him and make him go BOOM!”
Affleck would have never done Gigli, Paycheck, Daredevil, Surviving Christmas, Jersey Girl and Clerks 2 if it weren’t for Bay.
Bay will prove his point when Anthony Anderson stars in Malcolm XTREME.
I blamed Bay for the diarrhea i had the other morning. it wasn’t just regular diarrhea, it was EXPLOSIVE!
hey,hey,hey, Affleck was the bomb in all those movies Bursney. We all hate Bay ok, there is no reason to drag other people down with him.
What better opportunity to show off your acting talent than spending an entire movie pretending like you would give a fuck if Shia LeBeouf told you he loves you.
I take it back. Bay is dead on with Fox based on her role credit for Bad Boys 2 — Stars-and-Stripes Bikini Kid Dancing Under Waterfall.
Ahh yes. Just look at Martin Lawrence today. (If you can find him, that is)
“Pfft, Jesus would have never hit it big had I not convinced him to get nailed to that cross. That was all me.”
Nic Cage: “Michael Bay said that if I don’t do another movie for him, he’d have my legs broke.”
“The Chocolate Chip cookie was just a plain ol’ drop cookie until I Michael Bay’d that bitch…”
“Yeah, no one was putting french fries in their burgers until Bay did it. The egg burger? That was my idea too.”
Michael Bay invented ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ In his version, the answer was always “mine, now hand me that rolled up hundred and get the fuck out of my way.”
Micheal Bay invented Scientology. Standard religion didn’t contain nearly enough explosions.
“One day I was hangin’ with Jimmy Page and I was all “Hey Jimmy, why don’t you try using a violin bow on your guitar? See what happens..” Shiiiiiiiiiit. After that they almost called themselves ‘Bay Zeppelin’.”
Michael Bay invented fried ice cream.
Michael Bay invented the internet so he could post comments on Al Gore’s blog telling him “this whole global warming thing is a great angle but it’s taking too long to develop; have your people call me people…”
“Will.I.Am. walked past me in the gym when I was working on the heavy bag, and that’s how “Boom, Boom, Pow” was written.”
You know the name of a Will.I.Am song?
Michael Bay gets ‘Walking on Sunshine’ in a way that you could never possibly understand.
If Truman’s handwriting had been clearer, Japan would have been obliterated by H-bombs dropped from the Enola Bay.
Michael Bay invented vulcanized rubber, pasteurization, and the word “melt”.
Michael Bay Invented rice krispies cereal, but kellogs denied his proposed mascots boom, kapow, and BOOOOM.
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