Michael
Bay, left, didn't appreciate Hugo Weaving, right, dissing his Transformers
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The Daily Telegraph reports
The chances of Hugo Weaving ever voicing a Transformer again are looking increasingly slim.
The Aussie actor has incurred the wrath of director Michael Bay for coming clean on what he thinks of the multi-billion-dollar movie franchise.
He told Collider earlier this week that he found the job of voicing Megatron, the main villain in all three Transformers films, "meaningless" and let slip that he never read the script or met the director.
Bay, who is known in the business for making very loud and very glossy effects-heavy movies (he calls it f***ing the frame) as well as for his lingering shots of Megan Fox's behind, shot back at Weaving on his blog.
"Do you ever get sick of actors that make $15 million a picture, or even $200,000 for voiceover work that took a brisk one hour and 43 minutes to complete, and then complain about their jobs? With all the problems facing our world today, do these grumbling thespians really think people reading the news actually care about trivial complaints that their job wasn’t 'artistic enough' or 'fulfilling enough'?
"What happened to people who had integrity, who did a job, got paid for their hard work, and just smiled afterward? Be happy you even have a job - let alone a job that pays you more than 98% of the people in America."
"I have a wonderful idea for all those whiners: They can give their 'unhappy job money' to a wonderful Elephant Rescue. It’s the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Africa. I will match the funds they donate."
The post was quickly deleted from his webpage but not before it went viral.
Weaving's interview is still up, though. He told Collider that his involvement in Transformers was minimal to say the least.
"It honestly was a two-hour voice job. It was one of the only things I’ve ever done where I had no knowledge of it, I didn’t care about it. In one way, I regret that bit. I don’t regret doing it, but I very rarely do something if it’s meaningless. It was meaningless to me, honestly. I don’t mean that in any nasty way," he said.
He said he never met Bay during his brief stint on the film, although he did see the director's face on Skype.
"I never read the script. I just have my lines, and I don’t know what they mean. That sounds absolutely pathetic! I've never done anything like that, in my life."
Weaving also had a go at Marvel, saying he would be reluctant to revive his role as the Red Skull in any future Captain America movies.
"I didn’t think I’d be in Captain America 2 or 3. I don’t think Red Skull will be there. And it’s not something I would want to do again. I’m glad I did it. I did sign up for a number of pictures and I suppose, contractually, I would be obliged to, if they forced me to, but they wouldn’t want to force someone to do it, if they didn’t want to. I think I’ve done my dash with that sort of film. It was good to do it and try it out, but to be honest, it’s not the sort of film I seek out and really am excited by."
Weaving isn't the only Transformer actor to have had a go at Bay. Fox was reportedly fired from the third movie for comparing Bay to Hitler. Shia LaBeouf said the second Transformers movie sucked.
It's not known what Optimus Prime makes of all of this.
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