Could Mark Wahlberg Star In 'Transformers 4'? (Update: Michael Bay Says No)

Could Mark Wahlberg Star In ‘Transformers 4’? (Update: Michael Bay Says No)

Michael BayandMark Wahlbergjust finished working together onPain and Gain, Bay’s “little movie” based on a true story about psychotic gym rats in Miami who get into kidnapping and murder.

And now there’s a chance that Bay will turn to Wahlberg for the fourthTransformersfilm. While that would seem to fully put to restrumorsthatTransformers 4would feature a female protagonist, (Wahlberg has had many high-profile female co-stars, but you’d think he’d play the protagonist in T4) but recent casting breakdowns suggest otherwise. So will we see Wahlberg in an important supporting role in the movie?

Twitchreports that Wahlberg is in “early conversations” with Bay to do the film. The site has been on the money with scoops in the last year or so, and that’s reason to credit this as a report that is likely on the money.

But then there’s therecent casting breakdown, which said,

The female lead role is an 18 year old or above who can play high school senior age, and the male lead is an early twenties Texas race car driver who plays the female lead’s boyfriend. Shooting will take place in various locations beginning in April or May of 2013.

Now, that could have been misdirection, or this report could be wrong. But I’d expect both are correct: we’ll see a T4 with young leads to make sure the kids show up (as if giant robots didn’t already do that) and a few actors like Wahlberg to get the adults interested. OrEhren Kruger’s script could involve a totally different set of characters and ideas. Not that it’ll matter much either way, if the previous three films are any indication of what we can expect.

Update:Michael Baytook to the forums on his own site, as he often does when rumors crop up, to explain the situation:

Now, whether you take that at face value or not is up to you. Bay has deniedT4"rumors" before, such as the fact that he would bemaking a fourth film in the series. So if the Wahlberg rumor turns out to be true after all, it won’t be too surprising.