Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Shia LaBeouf) : Interview
Written by John Millar
Film In Preview
Optimus Prime and co are really up against it this time around but luckily they have Sam (Shia LaBeouf) back to help them save the world from disaster. We caught up with Shia to see how the second episode of the franchise played out.
How is it to be back on the set of Transformers after the fabulous success of the first film?
It's fun for us. It's like a five month Prom Night. We are all very excited that people are excited. For me it is the biggest success that I have ever experienced and I am a very fortunate and blessed human.
What has happened with your character?
Sam has saved the world and once you have done that, you become very famous very quickly. But Sam never wanted to be that guy; he was sort of pushed into a situation. He was this neurotic kid who was forced into it because of his lineage. Now he is trying to live a normal life and go to school and he is maintaining a long distance relationship with the woman he loves and he is trying to maintain a friendship with something that is not human. So he is dealing with all those things and trying to maintain some semblance of normality and sanity in an insane situation. Then he gets called on once again.
How hard is it to have a conversation with the cars and pretend they are responding to you?
I could say that it is so difficult and that you have got to be such a good actor to do it. The reality is that you have got to be a kid to do this. Even John Turturro is a child still. You just imagine something being there. You are just talking to yourself. The fun part - that is different from the first film - is that there is a lot more physical inter-action with the robots.
When you were making the first movie did you expect to be here three years later?
We knew we would make another one and we knew how cool the first one was, we got to watch footage all the time. But we did not think we would be here in Cairo. Mike had an idea of going to one of the wonders of the world. Plus in the interim I was not really thinking about Transformers. I was on the Indy set.
‘Transformers : Revenge Of The Fallen’ hits screens June 24.
