TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS Director Talks Scrapped BUMBLEBEE Easter Egg And [SPOILER]'s Death

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS Director Talks Scrapped BUMBLEBEE Easter Egg And [SPOILER]'s Death

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts director Steven Caple Jr. has shared details about a scrapped Bumblebee Easter Egg while revealing whether there were ever any plans for Hailee Steinfeld to appear...

By JoshWilding - Jun 15, 2023 11:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Transformers
Source: THR (via SFFGazette.com)

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts features Bumblebee's demise relatively early on in the movie, with the beloved Autobot meeting his maker at the hands of the evil Scourge. 

He's eventually restored, of course, but sits out most of the action so the spotlight can be put on the Maximals. Talking to The Hollywood Reporter (via SFFGazette.com), director Steven Caple Jr. addressed that decision and whether he faced any pushback from studio execs keen on keeping Bumblebee front and centre.

"There wasn’t pushback, but everyone was nervous," the filmmaker confesses. "Bumblebee just had his movie, and I wanted to really dive deeper into Optimus Prime [Peter Cullen]...it gave us permission to go darker with Optimus Prime in a way, because now he felt this burden and that it was his fault."

"And so the last person you’d expect to sacrifice anything for humans would be Optimus Prime, at least in this particular film, and it just helped that Bumblebee had died at the hands of Scourge [Peter Dinklage]. And to be honest with you, [Bumblebee’s death] made room for other characters."

Caple Jr. mentions Bumblebee and fans of the Transformers franchise remain a little confused that the 2018's movie has never received a sequel. It's still the best-reviewed instalment in this series and was a moderate commercial success, and it appears a cameo role for Hailee Steinfeld was briefly considered.

"She was, but not necessarily for Bumblebee’s comeback," he explains. "I think we still have this line in the movie, maybe we don’t, but there’s a moment where Bumblebee says to Prime, 'They are my friends.' And he’s talking about Hailee’s character."

"So they had that conversation, but we went even further with it where Bumblebee actually took out the Polaroid photo of him and Hailee’s character in Bumblebee. She took a selfie of the two of them together, with a Polaroid [camera], and so we actually shot that version. We probably have it in the deleted scenes."

"I like Hailee Steinfeld. She’s a great actress. I have not met her, but the way our movie ends, there’s always possibilities," Caple Jr. continued. "Maybe she’s too busy in the Marvel world, but she’s a wonderful actress and I would definitely love to collaborate with her."

We can only hope Steinfeld returns in the sequel, though there may not be room, particularly with characters from the G.I. Joe franchise expected to appear. Still, a little more connectivity between these movies would be no bad thing!

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is now playing in theaters.

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incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 6/15/2023, 11:02 PM
I really did like this movie and it's soundtrack alot!
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 6/15/2023, 11:06 PM
@incredibleTalk -
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 6/16/2023, 12:42 AM
It can work. Bumble took place 7 years before the events of Rise of the Beasts. Charlie was 18 in that film. So timeline wise she would be 25 years old in Rise of the Beasts. If they truly want to make this a more serious franchise with a legit continuity, Hailee Steinfeld could return as an older Charlie in the next film. Although I believe the next film should be Transformers: Maximals and make it a sequel to Rise of the Beasts but with the Maximals only. G.I Joe should feature Noah and have Autobot Mirage cameo and have Destro salvage technology and parts Cobra found after the even of Transformers Maximals. The crossover film should be the debut of Megatron and make it an ensemble film.
CoHost
CoHost - 6/16/2023, 2:09 AM
There's a really good Transformers movie in this. They just missed the mark way too much.
Order66
Order66 - 6/16/2023, 2:24 AM
But rise is a sequel to bumblebee. Just 7 years later lol
solskulldeath
solskulldeath - 6/16/2023, 2:42 AM
just make it the character the same as the Bumblebee intro/ G1 design for god sake...! I was so pissed off with the mirage and wheeljack design. nothing the same just like the bumblebee bee movie intro. what a fookin shame.
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 6/16/2023, 6:20 AM
@solskulldeath - I don't understand why they messed with Wheeljack at all. I have to wonder if they actually hate the character for some reason so made him so completely different and ridiculous. It was so pointless to change him so drastically and he had zero reason to be in this movie and did nothing in it.
solskulldeath
solskulldeath - 6/17/2023, 3:14 AM
@WarMonkey - yeah,their appearance in bumblebeemovie shouldn't be change.should stick with the design.
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 6/16/2023, 6:26 AM
"And so the last person you’d expect to sacrifice anything for humans would be Optimus Prime"

Megatron: hey Prime want to help Cybertron
Prime: Yes I would
Megatron: Great but we need to kill some species and take their stuff
Prime Oh well I'm not cool with that because I believe FREEDOM IS THE RIGHT OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS
Megatron:This doesn't work for me so let's fight
Prime: Looks like we will split our civilization in 2 because some of us care about other species. One will stand one will fall!
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"I think we still have this line in the movie, maybe we don’t"
You are the director of this movie, how do you not know what is in it?!?!?!?!
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 6/16/2023, 6:27 AM
Bee's death and comeback was kinda underwhelming because the trailers showed him up and alive in the final battle.
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