Post: Megan Fox's Career R.I.P.: 2007-2010
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05-24-2010, 11:18 PM
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Greked
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Deadline claims "Paramount won't be picking up Megan Fox's option on Transformers 3 -- and that it was 'ultimately' director Michael Bay's decision. (So he gets his revenge for her remark comparing him to 'Hitler'.)" In other words, she was fired for her past war of words with the Transformers director.
The site adds that the script is being rewritten now to give Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) a new love interest. That role will be cast as soon as possible. Nothing is known about the character, except that she will likely be extremely hot and vapid.
Fox, 24, has seen her star rise and fall in just a few short years. She burst into the big time with her role as Mikaela Banes, a.k.a. eye candy bent over the engine of a muscle car, in 2007's Transformers. She followed that with the flop How to Lose Friends and Alienate People before appearing in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Jennifer's Body, her horror comedy with Diablo Cody, also flopped, and her upcoming Jonah Hex doesn't exactly have the greatest buzz surrounding it.
Time will tell whether Megan Fox can rally back and prove to the industry and public that she's a legitimate actress and star, or if she'll serve as a cautionary tale for other overnight stars whose outspoken antics and diva reputations ruin their once promising careers before they even truly began.
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05-25-2010, 12:06 AM
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Jeff
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Fox wasnt dropped, she left on her own terms, due to hostility from Micheal Bay.
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It's true -- Megan Fox will not return to 'Transformers 3' as Shia LaBeouf's love interest. But that doesn't mean the actress got fired.
"Megan Fox will not be starring in 'Transformers 3.' It was her decision not to return. She wishes the franchise the best," reps for FOX tell PEOPLE.
Earlier, a studio spokeswoman confirmed to Variety that Paramount decided against picking up Fox to star as Mikaela Banes in the third installment but declined to elaborate. Sources claim they will be casting a new female lead to star opposite LaBeouf in the upcoming movie.
Fox has a contentious relationship with 'Transformers' director Michael Bay.
The drama between Fox and Bay started last year when she told London's Wonderland Magazine, "[Bay] wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he's a nightmare to work for, but when you get him away from set, and he's not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he's so awkward, so hopelessly awkward ... He has no social skills at all. And it's endearing to watch him. He's vulnerable and fragile in real life and then on set he's a tyrant."
And according to Fox, Bay pushes his actors to the breaking point while filming. "Shia and I almost die when we make a 'Transformers' movie," she told the mag. "He has you do some really insane things that insurance would never let you do."
After those reports surfaced, she tried to clear the air when she accepted the award for Best Sci-Fi Actress at the fourth annual Scream Awards. She decided to take the opportunity to clear up her stance on the 'Transformers' franchise.
"I don't usually do this, but I wanted to say something," Fox said. "There have been a lot of false reports about how I feel about this movie. I just want to be very clear that I've always felt I'm a very ordinary part of an extraordinary film."
"The movie took me out of obscurity and gave me a career, and I'm completely grateful to everyone involved with this franchise."
"Megan Fox will not be starring in 'Transformers 3.' It was her decision not to return. She wishes the franchise the best," reps for FOX tell PEOPLE.
Earlier, a studio spokeswoman confirmed to Variety that Paramount decided against picking up Fox to star as Mikaela Banes in the third installment but declined to elaborate. Sources claim they will be casting a new female lead to star opposite LaBeouf in the upcoming movie.
Fox has a contentious relationship with 'Transformers' director Michael Bay.
The drama between Fox and Bay started last year when she told London's Wonderland Magazine, "[Bay] wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he's a nightmare to work for, but when you get him away from set, and he's not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he's so awkward, so hopelessly awkward ... He has no social skills at all. And it's endearing to watch him. He's vulnerable and fragile in real life and then on set he's a tyrant."
And according to Fox, Bay pushes his actors to the breaking point while filming. "Shia and I almost die when we make a 'Transformers' movie," she told the mag. "He has you do some really insane things that insurance would never let you do."
After those reports surfaced, she tried to clear the air when she accepted the award for Best Sci-Fi Actress at the fourth annual Scream Awards. She decided to take the opportunity to clear up her stance on the 'Transformers' franchise.
"I don't usually do this, but I wanted to say something," Fox said. "There have been a lot of false reports about how I feel about this movie. I just want to be very clear that I've always felt I'm a very ordinary part of an extraordinary film."
"The movie took me out of obscurity and gave me a career, and I'm completely grateful to everyone involved with this franchise."
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