Working With Michael Bay Explained by Stanley Tucci

While promoting his new film Supernova, Stanley Tucci took a moment to look back on his experience working with Michael Bay on the Transformers movies. Hear all about the pros and cons of Bay's "manic and frantic" filming style in this clip!

Do keep an eye out for our full conversation with Tucci coming to Collider soon! And be sure to cue up Tucci’s new movie, Supernova, when it’s available on digital February 16th.

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[ethanholgate]

That's one thing I love so much about bay as a visual director he knows exactly what he's doing on the day of filming he shows up on set already knows what he's doing that's why he works with the same crew because they can keep up with him and the actors will love the energy

[chriswright]

Stanley Tucci one of the great actors of our generation

[calumsanderson]

Completely and utterly agree with his closing statement there. I'm sure there's some planning on Bay's films - I'd find it difficult to believe if there wasn't, none of the film would get insured - but I'm very much of the same mindset. Prepare what's in your control (like explosions and stunts, to a certain degree in both cases), but also prepare your reaction to what is out of your control, like ad-libs, flubs, mistakes, last minute creative decisions or whatever. Obviously Michael's well respected (regardless of critical reception and shit-talking online) by many actors and other directors, but Stanley's position as actor, sometimes transitioning to director, I can see how he possibly thinks Michael's not prepared enough, or something along those lines. It's funny - I've not heard of any major incidents or deaths on any of Michael Bay's films, but look at The Dark Knight, look at that Alec Baldwin film recently, look at The Crow - none of which were as monstrously budgeted perhaps save the Dark Knight, and they've all had deaths involved in their productions. A lot of things are absolute and utter freak accidents, irrespective of preparation, and some are also freak accidents DUE TO lack of preparation. So I surmise Stanley didn't feel 100% safe as an actor either on set, in the moment, or in retrospect; probably the latter, that's how my mind works, I forensically deconstruct things long after the fact and work out the pros and cons, what worked that I'll apply in future and what didn't that stays behind with that specific experience. Stanley probably did something similar and wants to avoid some things he maybe saw or experienced on the Transformers films. Michael clearly loves actors, respects actors, but I think the fact while he is a producer he's mainly a director, and Stanley's a director but mainly an actor, so I can see how Stanley's shifting perspective aids in things Michael may not necessarily see or bother with. By the same token, Bay's been doing this for over two decades now, Transformers taking up a majority of that time, if he's not worked out a safe set that harbours collaboration and creativity and spontaneity by now he'd probably never will, so it's safe to say he's got a good grip on how things should be done, but that's yet ANOTHER thing - there's legal requirements that directors and producers need to cover when making a film, the rest is preference and personal choice. I think Michael and the stunt co-ordinator were probably clear legally but Stanley probably thought they weren't going far enough in safety or consideration. I dunno...interesting stuff.

[Kyle_Noronha]

Can Perri do all the interviews, because she’s a amazing

[oscarsalesgirl]

I cant help but see the Lovely Bones character in him

[ragdalis]

That seems a tad concerning lol some of the stunts are not that safe?