Tyrese Gibson

Josh talk about running away from explosions in slow motion by Fred Topel (Jun 24, 2009)

The soldier boys from Transformers are back. Now Tyrese Gibson and Josh Duhamel lead the NEST team, rounding up rogue Decepticons with Autobot assistance. When The Fallen returns to earth, the NSA threatens to shut down NEST, but this is an action movie. The boys defy orders to get the job done.

How did the military training differ from the first film?

I would say honestly that the first go-round was so much more intense than the second, because we kinda went into it not knowing too much of nothing about the Air Force, military, Navy SEALS. For me, I didn't know the difference in the roles, the responsibilities of each one of the soldiers and the categories of soldiers. So I worked closely with someone called a CCT, which is a Combat Controller because I have to have dialogue to communicate with all of the aircraft, so that dialogue is very difficult. With Michael's overseeing the dialogue, we've got to make sure that we cater to the real authentic dialogue of the Air Force but yet create a balance of making sure that the common folks who don't understand that language can understand it too. So it was a bit of a challenge, especially with all of the explosions and stuff going on around, a little challenge.

What were your favorite memories of making the movie?

Tyrese Gibson: I would say compared to even the first one, I think our roles were so much more serious this time than the first round because there are so many moments comedic-wise throughout the film. I guess the outcome was Michael wanted us to kind of play it a little more serious to kind of raise the stakes and the pressure of what's really going on, which was fine. I enjoy doing the funny stuff to try and create a balance but I just overall had fun with the experience and we all vibed and were laughing and having big parties, good energy on the set. It's so much pressure on the set because Michael runs a real tight ship, keeps everybody on the edge. Everybody's full throttle. I'm like, look, man, if I don't do a party, I'm going to go crazy right now. I try to keep everybody, the whole crew, the cast, everybody having fun while we were working. 1,000 [gallons]. We made history. The biggest practical explosion in the history of filmmaking that included actors.

This movie is about giant robots threatening to take over. What's your relationship with modern technology, the internet, Twitter, etc.?

I love Twitter. I took the fans on a world tour to all six, seven countries we went to, took pictures of all the historical places in Rome and Amsterdam and I took all of them on tour with me. I told them, “Pull out your passports, I'm taking you on tour with Twitter." I love it. It's the instant gratification of posting a picture of us just hanging out somewhere or just doing something or all of these different moments throughout these countries. The fans are like whoa, they get to see these images and things that they wouldn't be able to see unless you saved it on your Twitter. So I love it.

What sort of workout did you have for the film?

We worked out twice a day though. We worked out before we went to the set and after the set we would come and get our five miles in. Have you ever done five miles? Did you do maybe three?

Would you want to work with the Department of Defense again?

The aircraft carrier stuff was one of a kind. Gettin' there was very unsafe but yet safe and leaving was the same thing. But I mean, we had a big party on the boat, with 5600 people in the middle of the water on this boat. Josh is very involved in politics by the way. All the time we were filming, he did not miss one speech, the polls, anything. We had so many conversations in the car on the way to the set about the whole campaign. I learned a lot, Josh. You're the greatest. - www.craveonline.com

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