Wednesday, the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen press tour stopped in Seoul, South Korea to premiere the film in that country. Pictures from the event can be found here and videos below (found by TFormers). The appearance didn't start to well according to a press report, in part because of the rain but because "Director Michael Bay and the two leads Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf were more than two hours tardy for a special screening of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”" This led to a press walkout the next day when they where late again for a press conference. Thanks to Katie for the link.
Right now the cast is in Rome, Italy for that country's premiere but don't when that is event occurs. After that they will head to Spain.
Update:Michael Bay commented on the press walkout.
We had too much scheduled that day and traveled from another country. We are so sorry for this. We then got stuck in crazy traffic and yes we were late to the premiere. The entrance to the cinema had 600 Korean fans standing in the rain for two hours. These fans were among the greatest I have ever experienced.
Michael
they were late twice? lol
ReplyDelete"Right now the cast is in Rome, Italy for that country's premiere but don't when that is event occurs."
ReplyDeletesomeone from korea write this last line?
I've flown around a lot in my lifetime and I can tell you straight off that it is NOT EASY to be on time when flying from country to country. Weather is always the culprit in asian countries especially at this time of year when monsoon season kicks in and delays all flights. Jetlag and many things in transportation logistics create issues beyond their control. Reading even further notes that Bay insisted on a Korean show-up that wasn't originally in the list.
ReplyDeletePress staging a walk-out only shows how short-sighted they are but it is understandble from their point of view when not given this information.
I'm glad the fans are mostly accepting and excited when the stars show up and show their appreciation as well.