When the Transformers live action movies needed a dashing femme fatale to play opposite the bumbling, nervou, and nerdy Sam Witwicky character, producers cast brunette bombshell Megan Fox in the supporting role. The giant robots may have stolen the show, but Fox was what kept the fanboys back in their seats and kept their eyes glued to the screen.
She stuck around for one sequel, but bowed out of the third movie, perhaps in an effort to keep from being typecast. But, Ronn Torossian says Fox may have decided that being typecast is not so bad after all. She is getting top billing in the latest '80s cartoon to be transformed into a live action film -- the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Fox will play April O'Neil in the reboot of a series that has already been on the big screen for three movies. But, this version of the Turtles looks more like the classic Eastman & Laird comic, and less like the campy movies featuring, among other things, a cameo by Vanilla Ice.Starring with a foursome of anthropomorphic teenaged reptiles may not seem like a step up from playing scream queen eye candy in an alien robot flick, but top billing is never something to take lightly.
Fox has already established herself as a fan favorite for this demographic. The guys love her, and now she has a chance to win back those who felt jaded by her absence in the third Transformers film. So, not only is she establishing herself with a starring role, she is mending fences with a very powerful demographic among moviegoers.
What about you? Were you excited to see Megan Fox in April's yellow jacket?
She stuck around for one sequel, but bowed out of the third movie, perhaps in an effort to keep from being typecast. But, Ronn Torossian says Fox may have decided that being typecast is not so bad after all. She is getting top billing in the latest '80s cartoon to be transformed into a live action film -- the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Fox will play April O'Neil in the reboot of a series that has already been on the big screen for three movies. But, this version of the Turtles looks more like the classic Eastman & Laird comic, and less like the campy movies featuring, among other things, a cameo by Vanilla Ice.Starring with a foursome of anthropomorphic teenaged reptiles may not seem like a step up from playing scream queen eye candy in an alien robot flick, but top billing is never something to take lightly.
Fox has already established herself as a fan favorite for this demographic. The guys love her, and now she has a chance to win back those who felt jaded by her absence in the third Transformers film. So, not only is she establishing herself with a starring role, she is mending fences with a very powerful demographic among moviegoers.
What about you? Were you excited to see Megan Fox in April's yellow jacket?