Huge statues of the film's characters, Autobot
leader Optimus Prime and Maximal leader Optimus Primal, towered
over the red carpet where cast members Anthony Ramos, Dominique
Fishback and Tobe Nwigwe premiered "Transformers: Rise of the
Beasts".
Set in 1994, the Paramount Pictures movie is the seventh
instalment in the series based on the popular Hasbro toys, and
is a sequel to 2018 movie “Bumblebee”. It brings in a new
faction of Transformers, the Maximals, who join forces with the
Autobots to fight off planet-eating villain Unicron.
“When you're on movie number seven, you're like, what can we
bring fresh and what can we bring new to the table?" director
Steven Caple Jr. told Reuters.
Ramos and Fishback play unemployed former military electronics
expert Noah and artefact researcher Elena respectively, a duo
who are unknown to each other but are both drawn into the battle
for Earth.
“We had the fans (asking) ’why do we need the humans, why do we
need the humans?’ So Anthony and I along with Steven, we said
‘ok how can we make the humans really necessary? How do we do
that?’ And so we did our best to bring that home,” Fishback said
on Noah and Elena's key roles in the movie.
Asked about performing against computer-generated Autobots for
much of the film, Ramos said: “It was interesting... you do a
whole scene, emotional scenes to no one, you just use your
imagination.”
The premiere took place days after Hollywood's actors union
voted to authorise a strike if contract talks break down,
turning up the heat on film and television studios already
grappling with a month-long work stoppage by writers.
"Everything evolves over time and you learn more and as
streaming services become really prominent in our society, I
think things have to change," Fishback said when asked about the
situation.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by David Gregorio)
(Photo: Producer Mark Vahradian, Director Steven Caple Jr.,
Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, cast members Dominique
Fishback, Anthony Ramos and Tobe Nwigwe attend the European
premiere of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts in Leicester
Square, London, Britain, June 7, 2023, REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska)
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