Megan Fox defends director Michael Bay after allegations of sexism against him
The actress asks for calm and talks about her real experience in the film industry after several fans accuse the author of the 'Transformers' saga of misogyny.
The so-called 'cancellation culture' is embarrassing many powerful figures in the entertainment industry. Especially when attitudes go viral that have no place in an open and tolerant society like the one we now live in. Writer J. K. Rowling knows this well, about whom a few weeks ago thousands of fans disavowed after reading her transphobic comments on Twitter.
A wave of public disaffection very similar to the one that Michael Bay, author of action films such as Two Rebel Policemen, Armageddon or the Transformers saga, is also experiencing in his flesh. A filmmaker who the networks accuse of having had a misogynistic behavior with Megan Fox, the protagonist of several of those blockbusters and whose promising career could have been cut short because of that ‘supposed’ machismo on the part of the director.
And we say course with quotes because the actress herself has just published a statement defending Michael Bay from such accusations after an interview that she gave in 2009 to Jimmy Kimmel has reappeared on the internet. A conversation where she said more or less that the director over sexualized her character when they filmed Bad Boys II despite the fact that at that time she was only 15 years old. Specifically, about how she should appear in a bar and being a minor, they decided that she better appear in another sequence taking a bath under a waterfall.
“I know that a discussion has arisen in networks about some of my experiences in Hollywood and the subsequent mishandling of this information by the media and society in general. While I greatly appreciate all this support, I think I need to clarify some of the details that have been lost in the narration of the events and that cast a sinister shadow over them that is not real. ** At least not from today's perspective ”, Fox writes in his statement.
“I was like 15 or 16 years old when I worked as an extra in Two Rebel Policemen 2. And yes, there are several interviews in which I shared the anecdote of how I was chosen to appear in the scene that I appear and the conversations that took place around she. However, it is important to bear in mind that when I did the casting for Transformers she was 19 or 20 years old, ”the actress continues.
"Specifically, for that role in Transformers one of the tests consisted of 'repairing' (pretending to know how to hold a wrench) one of Michael's Ferraris. It was in the parking lot of the Platinum Dunes studio and there were several members of the team present. Come on, at no time did I get naked or anything similar. I was also not a minor when I did that test and I was not forced to 'wash' anyone's car in a way that was not in the script. I clarify it because I would like any opinion in this regard to be based on the truth, "says the interpreter, denouncing some exaggerations that are being read on social networks.
“Please believe me I appreciate your support. But these specific anecdotes were inconsequential on a long and arduous journey along which I have had to endure some truly heartbreaking experiences within a ruthlessly misogynistic industry. There are many names that deserve to go viral in the cancellation culture right now, but they are locked away in the broken pieces of my heart, ”she confesses.
“But in regards to my direct work experiences with Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg (producer of the Transformers series), I assure you that I was never assaulted or attacked in a way that felt sexual. I thank all of you for being brave enough to speak about this issue and also for taking charge of supporting, uplifting and comforting those who have been harmed by this violent and toxic society, ”concludes Fox.
