Nate6
05-27-2003, 03:08 PM
If this story is true, which is debatable but very possible, I just lost the one iota of respect I had for the man. Quel idiot!
From the IMDb (http://www.imdb.com) :
Bad Boy Michael Bay?
Director Michael Bay could be taking the title of his latest film, Bad Boys II, too literally - he is reportedly living up to his volatile persona on-set. The Pearl Harbor film-maker is in the midst of shooting Bad Boys II with the original 1995 flick's stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. According to a source speaking to the New York Daily News, shooting was underway in Miami's Coral Gables neighborhood one day when an elderly man watching the scene succumbed to the heat. Paramedics were still removing the man when, the source says, Bay asked, "Can't you hurry it up?" A Columbia TriStar spokesman confirmed the incident, but denied that Bay showed any insensitivity. The 38-year-old director once admitted to an interviewer, "I yell a lot. I'm very vocal and demanding, but that's because I'm making massive, noisy movies and I need to keep control." But the New York Daily News source says Bay wasn't the only one with an ego. The insider adds, "Will Smith couldn't have been nicer," but Martin Lawrence "could be demanding." When he saw that Smith had a two-storey trailer, Lawrence reportedly insisted on an unprecedented three-storey trailer with a separate area for playing basketball. A representative for Lawrence said his "trailer is a personal matter."
From the IMDb (http://www.imdb.com) :
Bad Boy Michael Bay?
Director Michael Bay could be taking the title of his latest film, Bad Boys II, too literally - he is reportedly living up to his volatile persona on-set. The Pearl Harbor film-maker is in the midst of shooting Bad Boys II with the original 1995 flick's stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. According to a source speaking to the New York Daily News, shooting was underway in Miami's Coral Gables neighborhood one day when an elderly man watching the scene succumbed to the heat. Paramedics were still removing the man when, the source says, Bay asked, "Can't you hurry it up?" A Columbia TriStar spokesman confirmed the incident, but denied that Bay showed any insensitivity. The 38-year-old director once admitted to an interviewer, "I yell a lot. I'm very vocal and demanding, but that's because I'm making massive, noisy movies and I need to keep control." But the New York Daily News source says Bay wasn't the only one with an ego. The insider adds, "Will Smith couldn't have been nicer," but Martin Lawrence "could be demanding." When he saw that Smith had a two-storey trailer, Lawrence reportedly insisted on an unprecedented three-storey trailer with a separate area for playing basketball. A representative for Lawrence said his "trailer is a personal matter."