Shia LaBeouf & Megan Fox: Grilled

Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox didn’t just return to the screen for the $200 million “Transformers” sequel, “Revenge of the Fallen.” They also returned to help bring their characters to life for Activision's second ‘Transformers” videogame, also called “Revenge of the Fallen” and due out Tuesday -- the day before the $200 million Michael Bay movie hits the big screen. In addition to recording original dialogue, spare-time gamers LaBeouf and Fox were asked for their input on how to make the game better than the first one. They talked about the improvements, as well as getting really blown up in the new movie and what Steven Spielberg would rather do than shoot skeet.

So what does Michael Bay do to top himself this time?

SHIA: We broke a bunch of Guinness World Records. We filmed the biggest explosion in the history of cinema. The biggest explosion with an actor in it in the history of cinema. The first time an actor’s ever been on the pyramids in the history of cinema. The first time in 40 years that a production has filmed at the pyramids. And the first time a movie filmed in this many Arab countries.

The biggest explosion in film history?

MEGAN: The biggest explosion where the actors were involved. Shia, Tyrese Gibson and I had to run through a 1,000-pound gas bomb. It took them months to set it up and rig the dynamite -- that’s not something that many people can say that they’ve done.

The videogame must have been a breeze after that.

MEGAN: Actually, it’s harder to do the voice for the game.  It’s easy to scream and act terrified when you’re running through a 1,000-pound gas bomb. It’s not so easy to do that sitting in a padded room all by yourself.

Did you guys play videogames on the set of “Fallen”?

MEGAN: I tried to get Shia to play “LEGO Star Wars.” He wouldn’t even tolerate getting past Start. He has no idea what an awesome game it is. It’s not a kid’s game -- it took me months to beat it. There are so many hidden things that you need to beat it. But he and Ramon Rodriguez, who plays Leo in the film, did a lot of boxing and NFL games and those types of super-manly things, all that testosterone-driven s--.

So, Shia … you’re a gamer. Have you checked out Steven Spielberg’s latest videogame, “Boom Blox Bash Party”?

SHIA: Steven has been making videogames for a long time. “Medal of Honor” is his. In fact, he’s a videogame fanatic. I remember coming to his house one time to go skeet shooting. I walked into his office, and he had not moved from his desk for the last seven hours. And in my mind I’m going, “Well obviously he’s working on something real important. He’s typing something really special and the world’s going to change when he gets up.” And the next sentence that comes out of his mouth is, “I can’t get past level 7 on ‘BioShock.’” The man’s been sitting there for seven hours playing “BioShock.” His eyes are starting to water.

Let’s get to the important stuff: Megan, do you look better in this game?

MEGAN: They used the same images from last time -- Shia and I did full body scans and facial scans, and they were updated.

You had input in the new “Transformers” game …

SHIA: The first game, just like the first movie, a lot of it was trial and error.

 

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