SHIA LABEOUF talks about what it’s like without MEGAN FOX on the set of the new Transformers and how it was working with ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY.
At the Transformers: Dark of The Moon recent premiere in Moscow:
Q: Can you talk about Megan Fox being absent this time and how it was working with Rosie (Huntington-Whiteley) as your leading lady?
Shia: Well, Megan was a good friend when she was here. This time, I was presented with a different script, and different role. These two people have completely different energies. This is Rosie’s first one out of the gate, and she soared. It takes a lot of strength to be in this position. Rosie is very poised and great at her job, as well. I think they’re both very good at the job. I enjoyed Megan; I enjoyed Rosie. I think they’re both great actresses.
For the fans, I think actually, it’s beneficial to have a new set of eyes. Because in the first movie, what you had was this discovery of these people seeing these robots for the first time. You lose that in the second movie. And Mikaela (Megan’s character) and Sam almost became one character with no arc, in the second movie. So selfishly, it hindered my performance because I had less to chew on, and it hindered her performance, as well. And I think it hindered the movie.
Here, you have a fresh set of eyes, in Rosie. That makes Sam more heroic. When two people have (reached) the same status, they’ve been through the wars together, there’s nobody for Sam to be heroic for. And so (having Rosie in this movie) just ups the heroism in Sam and therefore makes my character more interesting. So selfishly, I was very happy that Rosie was here.
Q: They are both very beautiful girls. You might have the entire male population envying you.
Shia: These women are very beautiful, clearly. So yeah, that’s enjoyable, on a purely 14-year-old male level. But also, the whole cast is really strong. But yeah, I’d be lying if I said it’s not a pleasure to be around these women and especially because there was so much machismo on this set. You know, Rosie would always come to the set with levity, joy, a break in the monotonous which you needed. She was sort of like the mascot, like the cheerleader for all of us. So you know, that’s all very enjoyable.
I am trying to figure out what does Shia mean by purely 14-year-old male level? Oh I wonder all these months spent with Rosie if anything happened between these two.. they must have been rooting to be attracted to each other just like he and Megan did? If you missed this one, celebrity gossip websites are going nuts about LaBeouf telling the world via his interview with Details magazine that he did indeed hook up with Megan Fox while they were working together! Whether Megan was with Brian Austin Green at that time, Shia said he doesn’t know.
“I don’t know, man. I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know… It was what it was.”
So this begs us to ask the question: Do you think Shia also hooked up with Rosie or not?
Transformers 3 opens in theaters tomorrow, June 29!
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