Transformers Oneis now in theatersand if you saw it, clearly there is plenty to talk about.
We did just that with the films directorJosh Cooley.
Read all about it below.
Roll out and chat Transformers One spoilers with director Josh Cooley.Image: Paramount
I thought that was really interesting.
Its not what you expect going in.
So Im curious, was that always the idea?
Megatron inTransformers One– Paramount
Josh Cooley:That wasnt always the idea.
It became part of it when we were just trying to get his arc right.
Knowing hes got to become antagonistic.
Megatron inTransformers One– Paramount
That, and also if we can sell the relationship between the two of them in act one.
Youd be mad, too.
Then it became Okay, thats great because then we just need to play Sentinelwaaaaaaylike the nice guy.
The gang’s all here – Paramount
Like hes like a politician whos going around kissing babies.
The guy with his sleeves rolled up but then he turns out to be the devil.
Then letting that be a revelation right in the middle of the movie, that totally twists everything.
Thats where everything starts to make a real change.
And so Id say it all came out of just trying to put us on D-16s side.
And at one point we went too far.
I was like, Uh-oh, thats not what we want.
Tell me about how evil you wanted to push him.
Cooley:Yeah, thats part of it.
The more evil he is, then the more you side with D-16.
That was the whole goal.
We need to make our bad guy really bad so that everybody understands where D-16 is coming from.
And I mean, Jon Hamms perfect.
He just did an absolutely amazing job there.
And he got it immediately.
Theres only kind of a couple of times when you really lose it.
Im pretty great right before he carves something into your chest.
Hes just a great bad guy.
Cooley:I would say, yeah, because we did have it earlier.
But it was too much.
It was like, Wait, theres too many things happening at the same time.
But I knew we needed to have that scene.
I mean, thats just so powerful and awesome.
And so it became like, Well, what if we did it as an end credit scene?
and left it at the very, very end.
And we know some of what happens in between, including the fall of Cybertron.
So Im wondering, this story takes place over only a couple of days.
How much talk was there of the story being bigger?
In terms of this film, Id say it was always within a handful of days.
Because if you had a large time jump in there with our main characters, youd lose the relationship.
It needed to kind of be fresh in your mind.
You want to see what happens there.
So it always had this kind of immediacy to it, which was necessary.
And so well see.
Well see what happens in the future.
Transformers Oneis now in theaters
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