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Transformer's LaBeouf Improvised

Shia LaBeouf, star of Michael Bay's SF epic movie Transformers, told SCI FI Wire that the action director gave him and the other actors a lot of freedom to improvise humorous dialogue. "You would just go [in], and [he'd say,] 'We've got to spice this up. Let's make it funnier,'" LaBeouf said in a roundtable interview in Beverly Hills, Calif., over the weekend. "'Let's make this [up]. Let's do this.'"

Among the scenes LaBeouf helped improvise are ones in which he banters with his on-screen father and mother, played by Kevin Dunn and Julie White. "All the stuff with the parents," he said. "Yeah, yeah, all that was pretty funny."

LaBeouf added: "It's collaborative. It's like a big collage, and everybody jumps in with their ideas and throws stuff in. I wasn't the only one. I mean, [Jon] Voight and [John] Turturro, Megan [Fox], everybody. It was constantly changing things."

In Transformers, which is based on the 1980s toy line and animated TV series, LaBeouf plays Sam Witwicky, a teenager who gets caught up in the ancient battle between two races of giant alien robots, which plays out on present-day Earth. Transformers opens July 3. —Patrick Lee, News Editor

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This will no doubt piss a few people off who don't have a sense of humour ...

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Transformer's LaBeouf Improvised

Shia LaBeouf, star of Michael Bay's SF epic movie Transformers, told SCI FI Wire that the action director gave him and the other actors a lot of freedom to improvise humorous dialogue. "You would just go [in], and [he'd say,] 'We've got to spice this up. Let's make it funnier,'" LaBeouf said in a roundtable interview in Beverly Hills, Calif., over the weekend. "'Let's make this [up]. Let's do this.'"

Among the scenes LaBeouf helped improvise are ones in which he banters with his on-screen father and mother, played by Kevin Dunn and Julie White. "All the stuff with the parents," he said. "Yeah, yeah, all that was pretty funny."

LaBeouf added: "It's collaborative. It's like a big collage, and everybody jumps in with their ideas and throws stuff in. I wasn't the only one. I mean, [Jon] Voight and [John] Turturro, Megan [Fox], everybody. It was constantly changing things."

In Transformers, which is based on the 1980s toy line and animated TV series, LaBeouf plays Sam Witwicky, a teenager who gets caught up in the ancient battle between two races of giant alien robots, which plays out on present-day Earth. Transformers opens July 3. —Patrick Lee, News Editor

I'm mad as hell at reading this, I mean come'on improvising stuff, can't anyone stick to a script anymore I swear.

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As an improv man myself, I can appreciate this kind of work. Most people don't realize how hard it is to constantly keep on your toes as far as talking and making jokes goes. I can't wait to see the whole scene with Sam and his dad at their house.