(CelebNMusic247-News) Michael Bay Attacked By Man Wielding A Weapon
Contrary to news reports, Michael Bay nor anyone in the cast or crew was injured, but the production was attacked by a man, who was wielding an air-conditioning unit as a weapon.
According to reports, the man was allegedly under the influence of some sort of narcotic when he attacked Transformers 4 director Michael Bay on the set of the new action film.
Here’s the drop:
The man, who had earlier accosted several crewmembers, rushed onto the set in Quarry Bay and swung the air-conditioning unit at Bay’s head. He ducked and wrested the weapon from his attacker. The production company‘s security team then subdued the assault and the police arrested the assailant and two of his companions.
The production then resumed filming. Today was Transformers‘ first day of production in Hong Kong after shooting throughout the U.S. since May.
Bay himself also posted about the incident on his eponymous website on Thursday. The director also disputed earlier reports, but confirms that he was attacked by an air-conditioner-wielding man, and reveals that there was a scuffle about money before that.
Michael Bay writes via his website:
Hi, it’s Michael.
Yes, the story is being passed around is not all true! Yes, some drugged up guys were being belligerent asses to my crew for hours in the morning of our first shoot day in Hong Kong. One guy rolled metal carts into some of my actors trying to shake us down for thousands of dollars to not play his loud music or hit us with bricks.
Every vendor where we shot got paid a fair price for our inconvenience, but he wanted four times that amount. I personally told this man and his friends to forget it we were not going to let him extort us. He didn’t like that answer. So an hour later he came by my crew as we were shooting, carrying a long air conditioner unit. He walked right up to me and tried to smack my face, but I ducked threw the air unit on the floor and pushed him away. That’s when the security jumped on him. But it took seven big guys to subdue him. It was like a Zombie in Brad Pitt’s movie World War Z—he lifted seven guys up and tried to bite them. He actually bit into one of the guards Nike shoe, insane. Thank god it was an Air Max, the bubble popped, but the toe was saved.
Then it took fifteen Hong Kong cops in riot gear to deal with these punks. In all, four guys were arrested for assaulting the officers.
After that, we had a great day shooting here in Hong Kong. The place couldn’t be better
Bay follows the report with an UPDATE to make sure that fans of the Transformers and movie lovers get the truth about what happened since there are so many misconstrude reports.
Michael Bay writes:
We are just glad everyone is alright.
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