Rainn Wilson has been cast in Michael Bay’s Transformers 2, and will be playing the part of a professor.
“I play a college professor,” he told MTV before jokingly adding, “that turns into a robot, and turns into a car.”
We got a tip earlier in the month that Bay and Company will be shooting some scenes at the University of Pennsylvania. And we know that Jonah Hill turned down the role of Sam Witwicky’s (Shia LaBeouf) college roommate. So it’s likely that Rainn will be playing Witwicky’s college professor, probably in an early segment of the story. Rainn claims he hasn’t even read the script yet, and that it’s only a cameo role.
The two new casting choices revealed thus far (Hill who ultimately decided not to do the film) definitely hint at a screenplay laced with comedy, like the original film.
May 28th, 2008 at 2:11 am
“I play a college professor,†he told SUCKTV before jokingly adding, “that turns into a robot, and turns into a car.â€
LOLOL
If the original artists (ILM, etc) are onboard, I’m confident T2 (T2?) will be fine, at least for graphics whores like me. Drool-fest. (Don’t make me mute it!) The HD-DVD was fantastic.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:03 am
Michael Bay is so pissed you liked the HD-DVD version.
June 18th, 2008 at 7:46 am
the first Transformers was totally solid as an action flick… here’s hoping the next one is at least as good