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The Only Two Questions Michael Bay Asked Megan Fox Before Transformers
By WITNEY SEIBOLD
In a “Transformers” making-of documentary, Megan Fox shared that she was cast as Mikaela in the 2007 “Transformers” movie after a two-question interview with director Michael Bay.
Bay's first question informed Fox that she would have a very physical role. His second question revealed to her that there would be certain wardrobe requirements.
Bay needed an actress who wouldn't tire after many takes of sprinting. Fox said, “He just asked me if I could run. He's like, ‘Can you run?’ I was like, ‘Well yeah, I think so.’”
Bay and the film’s costume designer Deborah Lynn Scott also wanted to dress Mikaela in a fashionable, trendy — yet revealing — outfit that Fox ultimately came to wear in the film.
Fox said, “[Bay] goes, ‘Do you have a nice stomach?’ And I said, ‘[...] Yes I do.’ So I figured I'm going to be running, hopefully not naked, but I'll be running in a belly shirt.”
In the documentary, Bay confessed that he cast Fox largely because “I just liked her look.” He also liked that she was an unknown, allowing him to appear as if he “discovered” her.