Why Megan Fox Didn't Return For Transformers 3

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Here's why Megan Fox left Transformers: Dark of the Moon. With Steven Spielberg producing, Paramount launched a live-action Transformers franchise in 2007. The first film was directed by Michael Bay and starred Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky, with Fox serving as his co-star and love interest Mikaela Banes. The 2007 movie was a huge hit financially and earned over $700 million worldwide. Its sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, did even better in 2009, guaranteeing a trilogy.

The third Transformers film from Bay proved to be a milestone for the franchise. Transformers: Dark of the Moon was the first film in the series to earn more than $1 billion, but it came with one significant change. Despite Revenge of the Fallen ending with Mikaela professing her love for Sam, Fox did not return. The absence of Fox saw Rosie Huntington-Whiteley join the franchise as Sam's new love interest Carly, with the film only barely explaining that Sam and Mikaela broke up. It was a little jarring to the canon of Bay's Transformers movies, so what exactly caused the sudden departure of Fox from Transformers?

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Megan Fox's exit from Transformers: Dark of the Moon was a response to a Wonderland interview she did in 2009 where she compared Bay's attitude on set to that of Hitler. She said, "He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he's a nightmare to work for." It was announced the following year that she wouldn't return, which came with conflicting reports over whose decision it was and why it was made. Fox's reps claimed it was her decision to leave, while reports pointed towards the studio and Bay deciding to move on. In 2011, Bay said that Spielberg told him to fire