There was a time when Megan Fox was the shiniest star whom every director and producer wanted to cast in their projects. She was the face of almost every top fashion and men magazines. Be it commercial hits or Indie movies.
Megan was lured into every format of movie making and film pundits predicted a new starlet had arrived finally. But it all went downhill for her so fast that now she is practically a no-Body. All her fans are equally shocked and curious about her bombed career which was so promising. Here are the real reasons why Hollywood dumped Megan Fox.
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If the rumour is to be believed she made a big tactical mistake of her life by having a public feud with Michael Bay, who actually gave her the first break in a Hollywood blockbuster the ‘Transformers. BY doing so she ruffled the feathers of Steven Spielberg, the God of Hollywood with a Midas touch and also a close friend of Michael. This meant more than half of Hollywood went on a strike against her as no one wants to be on the wrong side of this 2 powerhouse director-producer in Hollywood.
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Since no big Hollywood projects came her way she now has to make do with CGI creations where she has been regaled to side characters because the rest of her movies have either tanked or failed to launch and to top it all her poor acting chops has not helped her at all. Clearly, pouting would get you nowhere.
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She was the reason for which the “Maxim Hot 100 Hollywood” list was created because she was a Hollywood A-Lister at such a young age. Yet it seemed she was going downhill spoiling things for herself.
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As we mentioned already at the beginning of this article, Megan Fox had a fallout with Bay in public which was her biggest mistake. Since she had some modelling and sitcoms under her belt as her resume she was already a rising star and was cast against Shia LaBeouf in Transformers in 2007.
By 2009, she was already a big name and her views about the director’s over his reliance on CGI rather than humans was criticized by Megan openly stating these movies are not about performances. She went dangerously further by comparing Michel Bay with Hitler on the sets, which was not taken well.
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Although she might have seen it coming from a mile ahead, it was a shocker for all her fans. It’s pretty apparent that Michael Bay was getting greatly annoyed with her attitude. According to an interview with GQ, Fox was still a part of the rehearsal process for “Dark of the Moon” but she always seemed disinterested, busy on her phone and not focusing at all. Adding on to this the “Hitler” comment was still irking Steven Spielberg and he advised Bay to remove her from the cast which was promptly done.
Although Fox maintains it till date that she walked out of the franchise which carried on minting money without her but the joke was on her. She was replaced by Victoria’s Secret Model- Rosie Huntington- Whiteley as Sam’s Love interest.
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With all her shenanigans, it was not just Michel Bay and Steven Spielberg who didn’t appreciate her attitude but it was the whole crew who felt the same. She never showed any enthusiasm about being part of this mega project which screenwriter Ehren Kruger felt too. Moreover, she was completely alienated after the “Hitler” comment as the whole cast and crew blasted the actress calling her a grump who is ungrateful for her job. She expressed no camaraderie with the rest of the crew members either. It’s because of this that Megan’s valid criticism of using top ladies of the movie as a sex object as Michael Bay’s directorial style that also fell flat.
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After being booted from The Transformers franchise, she acted in an R- Rated Horror comedy called Jennifer’s body, which tried to cash upon her solo star power and used her as its marketing tool. But the movie bombed badly. Although the reviews were mixed and it was not entirely Megan’s fault as the movie was disastrous for everyone involved in it too. It sadly proved her inept to open any movie on her own. She did need a CGI robot with her always.
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This movie not only sealed her acting career but also showed how unfair it is for a woman to make it. Although released by Warner Bros. and was D.C extended universe story, it was a box office failure. While Josh Brolin went on to with his solo career and has bagged the role of a supervillain in Marvel’s universe. For Megan, this failure was career damaging. While Josh Brolin is now an acclaimed star Megan Fox is back to square one. She went on to say that the movie was a turkey and no one should watch it.
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After the debacles she faced from all the big budget movies, she turned towards an Indie movie called Passion Play in 2009. It had an impressive cast of Mickey Rourke, Bill Murray and Rhys Ifan. But this film was panned internationally to the extent that even Rourke slammed the movie as a terrible one. Critics especially blasted Megan’s freaky carnival character with angel wings, pretentious script and hamming performances. This movie sank without a trace and took Megan with it.
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After her epic failures of transformers and Jennifer’s Body, people had already started to get over her. She was annoying people with her over appearance in every possible media channel like late night shows, fashion Magazines and thousands of photo shoots which caused a serious Fox Fatigue. Combined with her rotten movies and pretentious attitude, she invited a backlash. Things got so bad that many men’s websites actually called out for Megan Fox boycott from their websites even if it was for a day. It could not get more insulting than this for an actress whose USP was her sex appeal and men didn’t want to see her anymore!
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Megan Fox was supposed to play the role of 90s bad girl comic character Aspen, who was an aquatic heroin which raised her hopes to lead her own solo comic book series. But it all came to naught in 2014 when Megan called herself a bit too old for the character and believed only James Cameroon could have directed this underwater saga.
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Fox eventually made a truce with Bay and bagged the role of April’ O’Neil in the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle reboot which was a box office super hit and a breather for sinking Megan. But the sequel did not quite do so well as the first one and received a Lukewarm critical and fan response. The third installment is not likely to see the light of the day and Megan is again without a blockbuster franchise to cash upon. If only Michael Bay finally decides to give her a chance in his next project, she might have a chance.
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Well, her sexy persona, killer body and pretty face have been her undoing; don’t take my word for it, its Megan’s own ire. She complains of being often cast as a bimbo with a sexy face and body. She has never been given a chance to show off her acting chops (if she has any). Even in movies like Ed Burns and “Friends with Kids” her looks are still what’s discussed about. No wonder most of her films make way to Razzie nominations.
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Like Charlie Sheen may be Megan Fox can rejuvenate her dying career with a dose of comedy. Well, she did start off her career with sit-coms on television. She had shown some serious comic chops in “this is 40” and “The Dictator”. Also after Zooey Deschanel left the “New Girl” on maternity leave, Megan was cast as a regular character member. She has been receiving great compliments from critics for her performance in this long-running show and for adding her freshness to it. That’s not all; she is very soon going to star in Zeroville with James Franco which is a period comedy. So we shall all see her in a new light very soon and hopefully, she strikes gold this time.
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