When Michael Bay gets about to the next Transformers movie (and I await it will be his next film, a year spent trying to get a ’smaller’ picture not upon the ground possibly coming to nothing quite in time) there could be a beefier role for Ramon Rodriguez, Revenge of the Fallen’sitting conspiracy nut Leo Spitz. There’s a piece at the LA Times’ Hero Complex blog today profiling the young actor, who does be seen to be having a real extension spurt in his career right now. The story was written by Geoff Boucher who reports that Michael Bay “hinted†to him that TF3 would see Rodriguez step up to a bigger role. More immediately amusing, however, was Rodriguez’ description of his audition for this current Transformers film…
Rodriguez declared:
For 90 minutes, he had me jumping, running, diving over the furniture in his office — that was the audition. I was drenched in cutaneous excretion. He told me, ‘OK, hide behind the desk!’ ‘Now, run over here!’ And man, I was looking in his eyes, and he was enjoying it. He’s got a passion for action. It shows in the movies too.
He’s definitely got a passion for mirth-provoking auditions and screentests. You can check out a video of Megan Fox discussing her rather unmatched initial try-out for Bay in my post about the Revenge of the Fallen press colloquy from last week.
These screen tests might start to develop a cult following by reputation lonely. Here’s hoping they come about up steady one of the eventual Transformers DVD or Blu-Ray reissues. I wonder what he had Shia do? What is Shia’s thing? It used to be he was great at being the nervy, twitchy little-brother geek, a la Even Stevens, except as he’s matured I’ve found it hard to see just what he excels at any more. He’sitting grown out of his nook.
A bigger role toward Rodriguez in the next picture could spell less screentime for Megan Fox. I suspect that’sitting the way one as well as the other she and Bay would really like it. But Fox dialed down, Rodriguez dialed up – I don’t discern how happy the teenage gearheads still lining up for this second picture would be about that particular transformation.
