Megan Fox has been involved in dance drama since she was 5, inspiring right? Fox has been one of the most gorgeous-looking, outspoken female actresses out there. Her debut was in 2001, back when most of us had not even discovered the Internet. She played a side character in that movie named The Holiday Sun, even the Olsen twins were in it.
Megan Fox has been making headlines away from her work.
As talented as the actor is she has made more headlines for her personal life, than her acting. Fox’s self-deprecating comments especially about her attractiveness and setting up unrealistic beauty standards has bought a lot of criticism. In one of her old Instagram posts, she claimed that she never exercised, these unbelievable standards enraged her fans.
Megan Fox also made the news, for dating some high-profile people. Fox had been under public scrutiny and criticism because of these. She got engaged to rapper Machine Gun Kelly in January 2022, however many have pointed out unhealthy aspects of the relationship. Fans are concerned that it might actually be quite toxic.
Megan Fox’s career has been downhill since Transformers.
Megan Fox had appeared on many tv shows and movies but her breakthrough role came as Mikaela Banes, in the movie Transformers. The car scene is etched into our memory and most of us remember her through that.
Even though the scene has been rightly criticized for its overt male gaze and unrealistic beauty standards for women, it made Megan Fox extremely famous. Since the 2007 movie, Fox has continued her work but has had no luck ever since. Her popularity has been on a decline, she rarely makes the news with her acting roles, even though her bold decisions always make the headlines.
Megan Fox rejected the role of Lara Croft, fearing constant comparison to Angelina Jolie.
One of Fox’s bold decisions was to turn down the role of Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider Reboot. Initially, it was reported that The actress pᴀssed on the role due to creative differences.
The actress felt that Tomb Raider was not the right step, or challenging enough, another reason that played into her rejecting the role is, she did not want to be compared to Angelina Jolie. The character of Lara Croft was played by Angelina Jolie. Megan Fox felt that she would not be able to escape the comparison. The Rogue actress is constantly compared to her, and despite her accomplishments, she is pitted against Jolie. The young prodigy expressed her frustrations, stating she does not want to be seen as “poor man’s Angelina Jolie”, she wants to be recognized for her unique abilities and talents.
Following Megan Fox’s decision to pᴀss on the role, the movie was made with Alicia Vikander in 2018. It was moderately successful at the box office and received positive reviews from critics. Fans cannot help but imagine how Fox would have played the character. In a sense, it would have been the perfect way to reboot her career as well. No one can deny the similarities between Croft and Fox, it was one of those things that had to work well together, unfortunately we will have to make do with Megan Fox in Transformers only.
