My, my, my, the news world moves fast. It seems like it was only a distant three of four minutes ago that we heard that Micheal Bay and Paramount had axed decided against renewing Megan Fox’s contract to star in “Transformers 3,” and now her replacement has already been announced — or at least the frontrunner for the next :90 seconds or so until five other publications report seventeen other frontrunners.
When do we even have the time to mourn the loss of gratuitous Megan Fox derriere shots? Ah well. The Wrap is now reporting that British actress and upcoming “Prince of Persia” star Gemma Arteton is the lead choice.
Bay has reportedly met with — of course he has— swimsuit models Bar Rafaeli, Miranda Kerr and Brooklyn Decker to potentially take the role as well, but apparently he’s somehow decided that brains, beauty and talent are better than just looks. Sort of, she’s just the frontrunner… for now…
“Talent” is relative though. Some people seem to love Arteton, but she’s a bit untested in our minds. She’s fine in her small, “Quantum of Solace” role (who wouldn’t have been), dull as rocks in the woefully poor “Clash of the Titans” (then again, it was “Clash of the Titans”) and the reviews from Cannes about “Tamara Drewe” don’t make her sound like A-list material either (maybe it’s just the Made-for-TV like quality of the film). And of course, “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,” looks like it’s not much of an acting vehicle to say the least.
Maybe our main problem with her right now is that her choice of roles sucks so far? Whatever, it’s not like we were expecting the young version of Juliette Binoche to take the role. Expect this one to keep developing.