Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie

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Did you know that Michael Bay will be in the Transformers Movie? Well, it won't actually be Bay himself, but somebody will be mimicing his character. Syfy Portal recently spoke with with John Turturro and discovered some interesting information about Turturro’s character, Agent Simmons, who is the head of a top secret military unit called Sector 7.

Turturro told SciFi Wire that he based his performance as a preening government agent in the movie after Bay. "It was mostly Jon Voight's ideas translated from my body," Turturro claimed about his co-star. "Michael Bay was a little bit of an inspiration I would say."

"Michael likes to improvise a little bit," Turturro explained. "Everyone got a chance to do that in certain situations but he encouraged me to improvise and do different things. He's very child-like himself and had a good sense of humor and a lot of energy so I kept looking at him and thinking, I should do it more like Michael Bay -- at least a little bit. I'd tell him sometimes, 'I was doing you.' He's such a narcissist that he was just seeing me through (him). So it's OK."

You can read the entire interview here.

Credit(s): Syfy Portal

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Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (188431)
Posted by Professor Smooth on June 28th, 2007 @ 6:41am CDT

That...doesn't sound very flattering.

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (188565)
Posted by JazZeke on June 28th, 2007 @ 8:38am CDT

"They loved him up and turned him into a... horny toad!"

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (188615)
Posted by Creature SH on June 28th, 2007 @ 9:49am CDT

I think "childlike" is the nice version of "this man's a retard".

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (188859)
Posted by Blozor on June 28th, 2007 @ 1:24pm CDT

Creature SH wrote:I think "childlike" is the nice version of "this man's a retard".

That might be your own personal bias getting in the way. At first I read it as "prone to tantrums," but when you read the whole quote, (and I hate it when people pick and choose only the parts of a quote that support their own thesis), I took it that he has a lot of wonder and enthusiasm. There's nothing wrong with that. I'm going on thirty and still have that childlike sense of wonder at the world. I still go to the toy aisles at Wal-Mart for love's sake! There's nothing wrong with keeping that part of you that isn't jaded by life and still likes to have fun. It makes you a better person and more vibrant in the long run.

EDIT: I knew it. When I read Turtorro's description of him, certain qualities sounded familiar. I looked up Bay's birthdate and sure enough, he is a Snake, just like me. That's where the childlike nature, narcissism, and no bulls**t work ethic comes from.

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (188930)
Posted by Creature SH on June 28th, 2007 @ 2:08pm CDT

You believe in astrology ? No point in reasoning, then.

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (189000)
Posted by Night Raid on June 28th, 2007 @ 3:03pm CDT

Oh man, somebody step on that guy...

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (189078)
Posted by Mr.RobotoAutoMan on June 28th, 2007 @ 3:59pm CDT

lol this should be funny.

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (189147)
Posted by Orin_Thomas on June 28th, 2007 @ 4:58pm CDT

****Spoiler****

Is this the fat guy that goes on about "Asteroid Insurance?"

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (189836)
Posted by Yeti on June 28th, 2007 @ 11:41pm CDT

No, he's the head agent of Sector Se7en, and he's the worst thing in the movie. Far too goofy. Other than him, the film is awesome

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (191408)
Posted by IrOnHiDe07 on June 30th, 2007 @ 1:13am CDT

There is a scene where the autobots crashland like meteors and a fat guy running down the street yelling "This is so much cooler than Armageddon" lol. It was tops

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (191418)
Posted by NightFall on June 30th, 2007 @ 1:44am CDT

That guy was kinda mean, wierd and annoying in the movie.

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (191450)
Posted by on June 30th, 2007 @ 2:36am CDT

Creature SH wrote:I think "childlike" is the nice version of "this man's a retard".

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (191465)
Posted by Autobot032 on June 30th, 2007 @ 3:40am CDT

People read too deeply into things, especially what they want to read. Too bad for them, 9 times out of 10, what they "read" isn't anywhere to be found.

Whether it's irrational hatred, fanboyism, or any "ism" for that matter, it always pushes a person to be their absolute worst.

Then they wonder why the rest of their fellow fans and friends sit back and say "...you're an idiot."

Have you notice one other thing? All these people who read too deeply, etc...have stinkfinger? Yeah, it's due to their incurable "Pulled it out of my ass" syndrome. You'd think they'd wash their hands afterwards. Hell, we need to bleach our brains after reading the crap they come up with.

Re: Michael Bay Portrayed in the Movie (193158)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on July 1st, 2007 @ 11:29am CDT

Pure ego move!

I'd do it too though.