- Title: "Transformers" cast on real-life robot takeover
- Date: 21st June 2017
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (RECENT - JUNE 16, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JERROD CARMICHAEL SAYING: "Am I ready for the machines take over? I don't think we have a choice. My car can drive itself, that's frightening, that's frightening. So like I said, you know, I'm open to it, why not. We're all going to get lazy." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS, ISABELA MONER SAYING: "Yeah, I really can because this little thing, Squeaks, this little robot, he's such a sweetheart. He's so, so cute. And they built him in real life, four feet tall, this little puppet kind of thing and he has these eyes that light up and when they light up it's like he has his own soul, and then you're looking at the thing you feel connected to it and it kind of feels like home. It's just knowing that you have something that was created with you and that you kind of helped bring to life, it's a great feeling. And especially when I see those Hasbro toys that they made for Squeaks, it's just such a great feeling that I get inside."
- Embargoed: 5th July 2017 12:42
- Keywords: Transformers franchise Transformers: The Last Knight Mark Wahlberg action movie
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK / UNKNOWN FILM LOCATIONS
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK / UNKNOWN FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA0066M81TN1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The cast of "Transformers: The Last Knight" shared their thoughts on working with robots on set and whether technology means machines have taken over in real life.
The fifth installment of the popular action series, directed by Michael Bay, sees Mark Wahlberg reprise his role from the last "Transformers" film, "Age of Extinction".
In this sequel, humans and Transformers are at war and Optimus Prime is gone. Wahlberg's character forms an alliance with an English lord (played by Anthony Hopkins) and an Oxford professor (Laura Haddock) to uncover past secrets which could save the world from destruction.
"Transformers: The Last Knight" opens in cinemas from Wednesday (June 21). - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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