Megan Fox In 'The Dictator': Books Small Role In Sacha Baron Cohen Film

A well-timed stunt casting or just pure coincidence?

Just days following the major revelation that Megan Fox was fired from the "Transformers" franchise for her comments equating director Michael Bay to Hitler, the star has landed a new role: in a film called "The Dictator."

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox, who in 2009 was fired at the behest of Steven Spielberg after saying Bay "wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is," will take a small role in the Sacha Baron Cohen dark comedy, which is based on a book by Saddam Hussein. No word yet on what exactly it is she'll be doing.

John C. Reilly will also have a small role in the film.

Fox just wrapped the Kristen Wiig-Adam Scott dramedy, "Friends With Kids," and is scheduled to support in Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up" followup, "This is Forty," starring Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd.

The box office returns haven't been very kind to Fox since the "Transformers" dismissal; her Diablo Cody-written "Jennifer's Body" was a financial dud in 2009, while comic book adaptation "Jonah Hex" flopped in 2010. Most recently, her indie film "Passion Play" was so terribly reviewed that it received just a few week run in two theaters before being banished to DVD, taking in just $3669.

For more on the new role, click over to The Hollywood Reporter.

Comments

[Alan Grey]

11:57 PM on 07/04/2011

I saw the most awesome post of why Fox and Transfromers were perfect for each other: "...(Megan) is the personification of Transformers: visually stimulating, enjoyable upon first viewing, but ultimately shallow and completely lacking of subtance; falls apart under the slightest bit of analysis." By Luke Giordano
That about sums her up......except for her toe-thumbs.

[mad world]

02:44 PM on 06/23/2011

Nobody fired Fox because she said "the H word". They fired her because she's a vapid, talentless ingrate who doesn't know when to shut up.

[Justjack1]

11:01 AM on 06/29/2011

Shes hot and i love her work, like someone famous once said.
NUFF SAID!

[Capri Artist]

01:56 PM on 06/23/2011

No one in Hollywood will take Megan Fox seriously. She has no talent, is a wannabe Angelina Jolie and seems to be co-dependent on her d-list boyfriend. I don't ever see her winning an academy award or doing theatre. She'll always be offered the "Hot-but-brainless" roles. What she needs to do is start taking some acting classes and stop relying on her looks if she wants to have a decent career as an actress. Then people will say: "Wow, not only is she beautiful, but she has the talent to match!".

[zona9]

07:01 AM on 06/23/2011

Her lips look awful all stuffed full of filler. WHY? Why would she mess with such a gorgeous face? It actually makes me mad. Her blown up lips make her look like p*rn star.

[Tanrioldu]

12:40 AM on 06/23/2011

godamn she's hot

[JoeDoorman]

11:32 PM on 06/22/2011

Whoever says this woman is not one of the sexist woman in film today, has a huge nose...

pinocchio.

[Lozange]

10:19 PM on 06/22/2011

At least some directors and exec producers have thicker skin and are less mysogynistic.

[Cyn de Harven]

08:25 PM on 06/22/2011

HP - um, that "Hitler" remark has been known for a long time now - not 'days'.

PS. If Steven Spielberg got this girl fired because he got uppity about a remark that we've all used about someone at some time - I have lost all respect for him.

[UKLib]

03:32 PM on 06/22/2011

It's puzzling that Megan Fox can't sell a movie. Did anyone see How to Lose Friends and Alienate People? She was in that and it seemed like she played herself to some extent worth mentioning.

[flamflurm]

02:34 PM on 06/22/2011

She must've gotten her preferred epithets from Kos.

[Highball]

01:59 PM on 06/22/2011

In interviews, Megan has never struck me as someone who really wants to be doing films that much in the first place. The impression I get is that she would rather hang out at home, get the occasional latte, and spend time with Brian Austin Greene.

[Max Shaw]

01:59 PM on 06/22/2011

She looks like she could play an evil Nazi very well...She just has that look.

[Hypocrites are Watching]

01:50 PM on 06/22/2011

These "men" are dismissive of pretty women and gawd help one if the even thinks of speaking out. Shame on Spielberg and washisname!

[Donatella]

01:35 PM on 06/22/2011

I guess power and money in a male dominated industry goes to everyone’s head, even Spielberg’s. He can easily fire a shikse for innocent comments made outside of work on a set and had the ring of truth. Spielberg and Bay are self-righteous sexists who are producing schlock and acting as if it is high culture.

[JohnnyLawson]

01:50 PM on 06/22/2011

and referring to someone as a shikse isn't sexist?...

[redsongia]

12:42 PM on 06/22/2011

She is pretty...pretty unfunny.