00:03The adventure of that conflict has expanded quite dramatically in this picture, and I'm
00:10probably off on my numbers a little bit, but I think we had 13 or 14 robots the first time
00:14out, and this time we're well into our 40s. So if nothing else, that's a larger adventure,
00:20and the other part of that larger adventure is we've taken this movie international, and
00:27that was a very conscious decision that we had discussed, and Michael was really entranced
00:34with the idea of shooting the pyramids and trying to create a story that we could all
00:40bring back a little bit of something that we're either familiar with, have seen before,
00:45and now have a new slant on. And so the adventure is bigger. It goes to more places and goes
00:50to incredible, you know, historically unique places like Petra and the pyramids.
00:59We just thought that John brought so much in the first movie, not just in terms of humor,
01:05but just the culmination of his character presented such a great opportunity for the second movie,
01:11which is the disgraced guy who really was kind of right, even though his methodology was wrong.
01:19So that's really, I think, what spurred us more than anything is those two things is that John's acting is
01:24just,
01:24it's a great thing to have as a resource. And I'm sure as a director, it must be great for
01:29Michael to know that's something I don't have to worry about.
01:35The emotion is even larger than it was in the first movie. The comedy is larger than it was in
01:40the first movie.
01:40It's funnier. There's more of it. The whole experience has been enriched. So every sequence, there was bigger demands put
01:48on each sequence.
01:50You know, we definitely have some calm periods of time, but when we are reflecting, we're reflecting about big ideas.
01:56So you're always reminded in this movie of the sense of scale, both emotionally and physically of the movie.
02:07You know, Shia has that great energy of youth, which is always fantastic, and his willingness to jump into anything.
02:16It's fresh for him. It's a new experience. And he's, you know, it's a very difficult thing to go through
02:23becoming a star.
02:24It's very hard to stay grounded. And he's done, I think, a remarkably good job of it.
02:29And his ability to have fun and not take himself too seriously is a great, great thing for the movie
02:37and a great thing for him.
02:41Emotionally, she's asked to give a lot more, too. And she does a great job of it.
02:46And I think it gives that character a much greater depth as a result.
02:52You really, her commitment to experiencing some of the physical aspects of it, Michael had her running more times.
03:01I kept looking up and going, God, she's running in heels. That's got to, you know, oh, she's running in
03:05boots.
03:05Oh, she's running, you know, and, and, but really, I think the thing that stands out for me about it
03:11is,
03:11is she's asked to do things as a character that are far deeper and more consequential than in the first
03:16movie.
03:20For me personally, I've worked on over 140 movies in my career and in different aspects of them.
03:27And there's only one Michael Bay. There's a, he's a force of nature like I've never encountered before.
03:34And from, as a producer, when you have a director who knows so specifically what he wants
03:40and, and is so demanding about what he wants, it's actually a great relief
03:48because the captain is really headed in the direction that is, it's a very sure, sure hand.
03:54And for me, me personally, I, I really thrived on the pace that he likes to keep.
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