Shia LaBeouf: Megan Fox Wasn't Comfortable Being a Sex Symbol

Shia LaBeouf: Megan Fox Wasn't Comfortable Being a Sex Symbol

As the release of the highly anticipated Transformers: Dark of the Moon approaches, fans are buzzing about whether the action film will be as hot without the presence of Megan Fox. And though some viewers may miss the franchise's sultry star, it seems Fox herself is relieved to have stepped away from the steamy role.

The film's male star Shia LaBeouf told The L.A. Times that Fox -- who was replaced in the latest Transformers installment (in theaters June 29) by Victoria's Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley -- was never comfortable with the super sexy role she played. "This is a girl who was taken from complete obscurity and placed in a sex-driven role in front of the whole world and told she was the sexiest woman in America," he said. "And she had a hard time accepting it."

LaBeouf, 24, added that director Michael Bay's reputation for making action movies filled with hard, oiled bodies didn't appeal to Fox. "Mike films women in a way that appeals to a 16-year-old sexuality," he said. "It’s summer. It’s Michael’s style. And I think [Fox] never got comfortable with it."

The 25-year-old actress' relationship with Bay has been famously stormy (she even compared him to Hitler once), and she has made many public comments criticizing not only Bay but the franchise itself. And despite rumors to the contrary, Fox insisted that it was her decision to not appear in the third installment.

"Megan developed this Spice Girl strength, this woman-empowerment [stuff] that made her feel awkward about her involvement with Michael, who some people think is a very lascivious filmmaker, the way he films women," LaBeouf said.

So how does LaBeouf feel about working with Huntington-Whiteley as opposed to Fox? "Rosie comes with this Victoria’s Secret background, and she’s comfortable with it, so she can get down with Mike’s way of working and it makes the whole set vibe very different," he said.

Megan Fox doesn't have a movie coming out until 2012, but we hope that she continues to develop her "Spice Girl strength." (Whatever that means!)

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No hay más Led Zeppelin

A pesar de lo dicho ayer, Peter Mensch, manager del guitarrista Jimmy Page, se retractó totalmente en eso que la banda buscaría un reemplazo al ultragenial Robert Plant para seguir rockeando y toureándola por el mundo tras su show de 2007 en el O2 Arena de Londres por el poder de la música más sexual de la historia. No habrá más Led Zeppelin, no hay planes de que lo haya.

Mensch comentó: "Led Zeppelin se acabó. Si no los vieron en el 2007, se los perdieron. Probaron reemplazantes a Robert Plant, pero nada funcionó. Se acabó. No hay planes para continuar. Francamente, ojalá todos dejaran de hablar al respecto."

Los fans no están nada contentos, especialmente los británicos, considerando los precios delirantes de las entradas del show reunión.

¿Y a ti? ¿Qué te parece todo esto?

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The ?Where the Streets Have No Name? singer and his assistant were picked up on the side of the road by Gilbert Brule, an Edmonton Oilers hockey player, and his girlfriend Kelsey Nichols.

Nichols told press she wasn?t keen on picking them up at first. ?I said no, we?re not picking up a hitchhiker. We?re going to die. There?s no way.?

But Gilbert won out and the stopped on the side of the road to give the U2 frontman a lift. Bono shared, "He was very cool- a very modest man. He said, 'Where do you want to go?' And I said, 'Just take me to where The Edge is.'"

At his gig the following night, Bono declared, "I like ice hockey, because people who play ice hockey are the kind of people who pick up hitchhikers. I know this from personal experience.?

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