Transformers 4: The Age of Extinction has wrapped filming in Hong Kong, and Michael Bay couldn't be happier. Not only was the director attacked on the set, but several pics and videos were also released. The official trailer is expected to be released soon.
During a recent interview with the South China Morning Post, Bay spoke about his horrific experiences in Hong Kong.
“Hong Kong was very hard. I’ve had difficult locations in my life. But shooting in the market with so many people watching…it made it very challenging.”
Bay is known for his love of explosions, however, he wasn't in Hong Kong for the fireworks:
“We are not destroying Hong Kong. I can’t tell you how [Transformers] get here. They are not rescuing Hong Kong--but definitely rescuing something.”
Michael Bay was attacked on the set while filming in Hong Kong. Bay nspoke about the assult on his website, saying:
"Hi, it’s Michael.
Yes, the story being passed around is not all true! Yes, some drugged-up guys were being belligerent asses to my crew for hours in the morning of our first shoot day in Hong Kong. One guy rolled metal carts into some of my actors trying to shake us down for thousands of dollars to not play his loud music or hit us with bricks. Every vendor where we shot got paid a fair price for our inconvenience, but he wanted four times that amount. I personally told this man and his friends to forget it we were not going to let him extort us. He didn’t like that answer. So an hour later he came by my crew as we were shooting, carrying a long air conditioner unit. He walked right up to me and tried to smack my face, but I ducked threw the air unit on the floor and pushed him away. That’s when the security jumped on him. But it took seven big guys to subdue him. It was like a Zombie in Brad Pitt’s movie World War Z—he lifted seven guys up and tried to bite them. He actually bit into one of the guards Nike shoe, insane. Thank god it was an Air Max, the bubble popped, but the toe was saved.Then it took fifteen Hong Kong cops in riot gear to deal with these punks. In all, four guys were arrested for assaulting the officers.After that, we had a great day shooting here in Hong Kong."
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