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Zimbio Interview: Megan Fox

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Megan Fox is not going to be in Transformers anymore. Someone else is going to be bending over robot cars from now on. But, she’s in Jonah Hex so everything is okay! Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) was a western bounty hunter with burns on his face. He can also talk to the dead. Fox plays Lilah, the, ahem, working girl he frequents.

Zimbio: Is Lilah the hooker with a heart of gold?
Megan Fox: Well, hooker with a heart of gold was not in the character breakdown when I got it. I don’t really feel like she’s that stereotypical. It’s something completely different from anything I’ve done, and no one can accuse me of doing the same thing twice, which I’m proud of.

 

Zimbio: Do you think the comic book fans will be happy to see you as Lilah?
Megan Fox: Well, I feel like it’s impossible to please the hardcore comic book fans, because they’ll never be happy, no matter what you do. I go on to the Lord of the Rings forums, because I’m a fan, and they’ll complain that Frodo was eating the Lembas bread outside of Mordor instead of the Mines of Moria. They get really mad, but Peter Jackson and company won, like, 30 something Oscars. So you can’t focus completely on pleasing them, because you’ll never win, and then you’re excluding a whole other world of people who weren’t aware of the comic in the first place. I think you have to take some kind of liberties to make it into a live action film, or it wouldn’t work.

Zimbio: Wow, your fans will be so excited to hear you talk about Lord of the Rings like that.
Megan Fox: I hope so.

Zimbio: Jonah Hex is all about getting retribution. How do you relate to that?
Megan Fox: Retribution? I’m all full of candy canes and lollipops. I don’t even know what that means.

 

Zimbio: Was it nice to get away from those robots?  
Megan Fox: I like working on action films, and I like working on movies that are comic book based because they’re things I watched or loved as a kid. So it wasn’t really about getting away from the robots, if that’s what you were saying. I enjoyed making both films.   

Zimbio: So what was more challenging, doing the stunts or squeezing into that corset?  Megan Fox: It was really difficult for me to shoot the old-style gunslinger guns, because I have tiny little baby hands. The guns are really large and heavy so just the physicality of trying to pull that off was really difficult. This was more action-heavy for me. The action was more intricate in this movie than in previous movies that I’ve done.

Zimbio: But really, tell us about that corset.
Megan Fox: I loved the corset. When I showed up for camera tests, everyone thought I was in pain, or hurting, that something was wrong with me because my waist was so small, but I enjoyed it. I wish they’d come back into style.
 
Zimbio: Was it historically accurate? 
Megan Fox: I’m not the person to ask about that, but I would assume so.   

Zimbio: Whenever we read any quotes from you, they seem really rebellious. Are you the rebel we think you are?  
Megan Fox: There are

many sides to me and my personality. I think the only thing that is rebellious about me is that I don’t really have a lot of fears as far as this industry is concerned. I’ll do things that other people are afraid to do or afraid to say. But in my personal life, I’m actually very responsible with my personal relationships. I’ve maintained the same relationships that I’ve had before I was famous and I kept people close to me that I love and respect, who looked out for me and take care of me. I’ve distanced myself from the Hollywood crowd. I don’t go out and socialize that way. I’m very domestic, and I think that keeps me sane. My personal relationships keep me grounded.

Zimbio: How have you handled all the fame at such a young age?
Megan Fox: Well, I’m 24 now. You have to be a strong person to survive this kind of fame, because it is very difficult to be under the microscope every moment of every day. Everything that leaves your mouth becomes this sensationalized news story, no matter what your intentions were when you first said it, so it becomes overwhelming.

Zimbio: What drives you to succeed?
Megan Fox: I just am very competitive I think.

Zimbio: So what are we going to see you in next?
Megan Fox: I have a movie with Mickey Rourke hopefully coming out this fall called Passion Play. It’s an independent right now, and I’m really proud of that. It’s a modern film noir, and Mickey’s character’s a down-on-his-luck trumpet player and heroin addict. He comes across my character, who is part of a traveling freak show. She has bird wings that sprouted out of her back when she went through puberty. It’s this very bizarre strange relationship that they have, and it’s very tragic.

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