In our extended career interview, the action director discusses how his 1995 feature debut crossed over internationally.
(Here’s afan-made compilationof several of those spinning shots.)
“They had no faith in it.
Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in ‘Bad Boys’.Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock
I have only $9 million.'
And they shut me down, literally.
They shut the power off.
That’s how rude they were on this movie.”
Bay recalls how, during a van ride, his circular-shot idea came to him in a flash.
“I’m like, ‘This is going to be the trailer shot.’
For some reason, I just came up with this shot as we’re driving.
And I said, ‘Where’s the circle trolley?
Get the circle trolley.'”
“Bad Boysliterally changed the game on Black actors.
It’s the first movie that really traveled overseas.”
Read our complete extended interview with Bayhere.
Ambulance, Bay’s latest, is in theaters now.
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