MEGAN FOX stars in Transformers

WHEN the movie blockbuster Transformers, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg, hits our screens, it will not just be the robotic stars of the film that will catch your attention. The film’s human stars include Josh Duhamel, Shia LaBeouf and 21-year-old Megan Fox in her first major feature role as Mikaela, a high-school student reluctantly dragged into the battle between two alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, when they bring that battle to Earth. The Tennessee native lives in Los Angeles.

What was your first reaction when you heard about this movie and the possibility of getting involved?

My first thought was, “How are they going to make this film?”—it’s all about robots and it’d be a very intricate process of transforming, from what I’d seen in the cartoons. So I was more curious about it than anything else, because I didn’t really think I had a chance of being involved in a movie like this. But over the course of a month, I continued to audition and when I finally got the role, I was incredibly excited. 

So you were familiar with the cartoon series?

It was on when I was a little kid, so I remember seeing it back in the late 1980s but I couldn’t have named all of the Autobots and all of the Decepticons before now. Now I’m an expert! 

What can you tell us about your character Mikaela?

She is a high-school student who is accidentally sucked into this battle between these alien races of robots and she hopes to fight on the team of the good guys with the Autobots against the Decepticons. She’s a little bit of a tomboy but my character is in high school, so she is still innocent as well. 

What happens to her during the course of the film?

She goes through a journey, too. She starts off with a boyfriend who is the typical jock and she realizes that is not who she wants to be with after she meets Sam (Shia LaBeouf) and they are thrown into this battle together. Through the course of the film, she begins to develop a relationship with him. 

What was it like to work with Shia LaBeouf?

I didn’t know him personally but I’d seen the show he did on Disney, Even Stevens, and I always thought he was so funny from that because it’s not often you see those shows and want to watch them as an adult. When I auditioned for this movie, it was the first time I actually met him and he’s been awesome to work with and get to know. 

Did you meet Steven Spielberg?

I met him one day on the set, and I couldn’t believe I was shaking his hand because he’s Steven Spielberg. 

How was Michael Bay to work with?

He was a great director and really patient, and I admire him for all he’s done in this business, but the secret is...he’s actually really funny. 

What can you tell us of your background?

I was born in Tennessee and lived there until I was about 10, then I moved to Florida and then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 16. When I was two, I saw The Wizard of Oz and was obsessed with it and for a year of my life, when I was three, I made everyone call me Dorothy, not Megan, and I told my mom I would be an actress. So for my whole life, that was always in the back of my head. When I was 16, I was incredibly bored with school and wanted to move to Los Angeles and try to finally follow my dream, so I tested and got my diploma early and moved to California. 

Do you feel your dreams are coming true now?

This movie is a whole different level of success and something I wasn’t expecting to happen to me at this age, so I definitely feel a part of something special and that my dreams are coming true. 

How does it feel being No.18 on Maxim’s list of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World?

I feel incredibly flattered and it is not a thing I would ever expect, so I guess it’s amazing and flattering. I hosted the Maxim party so I know I was No. 18 on their list but the other lists people mention that I am on, I don’t know about because I don’t check out stuff like that and don’t read my own press and I am supershy that way. 

Showing across the Philippines on June 28, Transformers is released by United International Pictures and distributed by Solar Entertainment Corp.

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