November 10, 2010

Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley stays picture perfect amongst the rubble on set of Transformers 3








Those around her may have been covered in dust and battered and bruised, but Rosie Huntington-Whiteley proved why she is one of the most in-demand models by remaining picture perfect.

The Victoria's Secret model turned actress was flawless with not a hair out of place as she and co-star Shia LaBeouf filmed an action-packed scene at Culver City studios in California yesterday.

She remained unruffled while Shia sported a bloodied, soot covered face during the shoot in front of a blue screen.

The duo appeared to be filming special effects stunts for scenes they shot on location in Chicago back in July.

They wore the same clothing as on the previous shoot, with 23-year-old Rosie glamorous in grey skinny jeans and a white zip-up jacket.

Shia, 24, was in a grey leather jacket, blue T-shirt ad jeans. Continuity was the focus with make-up teams carefully re-applying cuts to his forehead and cheek.

The actors chatted in between takes as they waited for crews to set up the sequence in which Shia and Rosie are slammed up against a building during an explosion before taking cover.

They were spotted running through the streets of Chicago over the summer amongst rubble and piles of concrete, and filmed the explosion scene yesterday in front of a special effects blue screen.

The pair looked deep in conversation later in the day as they hung out outside the studios.

Rosie and Shia have become friends throughout the five month-long shoot, and she is said to enjoy giving her boyfriend Jason Statham a hard time about her friendship with the Wall Street 2 star.

A friend of the couple told the Daily Mail: ‘Rosie jokes about how sexy Shia is because she knows it winds Jason up.'

The couple, who went public with their romance at the Coachella music festival in California in April, have set up home together in LA.

They were even spotted furniture shopping while she visited Jason, who is filming new movie Safe, in New York last month.

'Jason wants to make sure he holds on to Rosie, and moving in is a sign of his commitment to her,' the source told the Mail in August.

Statham, 37, will be keeping a close eye on his girlfriend after it emerged a few weeks ago that Shia had split from girlfriend Carey Mulligan, who he met on the set of another film.

The couple, who dated for a year, started a romance on the set of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, last year.

Victoria's Secret star Rosie signed on to the franchise after star of the previous two films Megan Fox stepped down.

Speculation has raged in the industry over whether she quit or was pushed, after she bad-mouthed producer Michael Bay to the press and was said to be widely disliked on set.

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November 2, 2010

Shia LaBeouf gets bruised and battered as he shoots aerial scenes for Transformers 3 (photo)

In the first two Transformers films, Shia LaBeouf's character Sam Witwicky has battled the deadliest of robots and nearly died on several occasions.

And it seems the third installment of the film franchise will live up to its predecessors, as LaBeouf showed as he filmed intricate aerial scenes on the set of the movie in Los Angeles yesterday.







After he took his harness off, LaBeouf had painful looking red marks down the side of his torso

The 24-year-old actor was strapped securely into a harness before being hoisted into the air to shoot the scenes in front of a huge blue screen.

LaBeouf was also seen shooting scenes alongside co-star Patrick Dempsey.

Malkovich added: 'I'd seen the first Transformers, which I liked and thought it was fun, and then Lorenzo and producer Mark Vahradian approached me about it. I like working with them very much.'

Since it started filming, Transformers 3 has caused controversy through the replacement of former lead role Megan Fox as well as a series of injuries which have occurred on set.

However, fans are still desperate to catch a glimpse of the new movie, and seen keen to see how British model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley will adapt to playing Fox's role.

Transformers: The Dark of the Moon is set for release in the UK on 1st July, 2011

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ET: Transformers 3 Behind the Scenes in Downtown Chicago (video)