Look I respect people’s rights to feel that way, but I don’t know, I think it’s a funny scene and it’s intentionally funny. I find that scene funny and I don’t think there’s anything in it that’s so ribald or strange that anybody should have concern. In a movie that is based on a toy line, you’re going to get kids coming in, families coming in, was there any discussion about that scene in particular maybe crossing the line?īonaventura: Our world has gotten so over concerned about things, that’s my reaction to that. MTV: There's also a lengthy scene where you have a joke about Romeo and Juliet laws in Texas, and multiple reviews brought up concerns about that, particularly the content of that scene. The film's producer says that it was intended as ribald humour (about underage sex) and you should just get over it. Transformers: Age of Extinction star Jack Reynor revisits that awkward age-gap joke: 'It’s definitely problematic'
“When you look at the culture of it now, especially given the advent of the #MeToo era, yeah, it’s definitely a problematic joke, but I’m not the writer of the film.” “I was 21 years of age, making this huge franchise film, and doing what I was told, because that’s kind of what you do when you get on one of those films,” Reynor explained, noting t he joke wasn’t in the script initially. Notably, it was added after the script was finalised, presumably to 'punch-up' the comedy in the scene. rather than a creepy man just explaining why he's dating a child). According to the actor who played Shane, it was intended to be a funny skit (e.g.
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