Ramon Rodriguez Getting Bigger Role In Next Transformers

Ramon Rodriguez Getting Bigger Role In Next Transformers?

By Brendon Connelly/June 30, 2009 7:47 am EST

Rodriguez said:

For 90 minutes, he had me jumping, running, diving over the furniture in his office — that was the audition. I was drenched in sweat. He told me, ‘OK, hide behind the desk!’ ‘Now, run over here!’ And man, I was looking in his eyes, and he was enjoying it. He’s got a passion for action. It shows in the movies too.

These screen tests might start to develop a cult following by reputation alone. Here’s hoping they turn up on one of the eventual Transformers DVD or Blu-Ray reissues. I wonder what he had Shia do? What is Shia’s thing? It used to be he was great at being the nervy, twitchy little-brother geek, a la Even Stevens, but as he’s matured I’ve found it hard to see just what he excels at any more. He’s grown out of his niche.