At the premiere of the new “Friday 13th,” Collider hunted down “Transformers” director Michael Bay to talk about the films upcoming sequel.
When asked about how the film crew got access to such restricted areas, such as the Egyptian pyramids, for the movie “Transformers 2,” Bay modestly responded with, “I can kiss ass with the best of them. I have a direct line to the pentagon. I can get any airplane, never shot before in any movie, I can shoot it first.”
He went on to explain why the sequel wouldn’t just be a bigger big-budgeted version of the first but will instead rely on great acting from its actors, well, at least the Robots. “What I like about this movie, granted its bigger, but its not just trying to be bigger. The thing I like about it is that the Robots have much more personality…we can really get these Robots to emote.” Hmm, maybe they can pass that on to the Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox.
Bay came painfully close to convincing us he has become self-aware when he said, “When you are filming, you are thinking ‘I’m shooting a dumb fucking robot movie,'” but after brushing off that absurd thought as he quickly snapped back into his old self, “If this camera angle sucks, I’m going to be pissed. If I buy you, I can edit it out.”
The interview concluded with Bay saying he would considered a third installment, but would need at least “a year off” before he could make that decision. Why not take ten?
