It's pretty same to say that Michael Bay lives in a world of his own; but the director has just released another mammoth hit with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, so he can damn well do what he wants. What he wants to do is give Ramon Rodriguez a bigger role in Transformers 3. Why? We'll let him explain: "I've worked with big stars, people like Will Smith, Sean Connery and Bruce Willis, but casting is a weird thing, it takes you places you don't expect," Bay said. "We went looking for a sidekick in this movie, Shia's sidekick, and we find this new kid who really pops on screen. I think he’s going to have a real bright career. It's great to work with big stars, but it's always fun to discover people." Personally, Rodriguez annoyed the hell out of me, but hey, Bay knows better. He also didn't take too kindly to Megan Fox saying "People are well aware that this is not a movie about acting." Bay ranted: "Nic Cage wasn't a big actor when I cast him (he was just nominated for an Oscar), nor was Ben Affleck before I put him in 'Armageddon' (it hardly broke, him, though). 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." The man has a point, even if he isn't exactly making it subtly.
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