AFTER Megan Fox announced her decision to leave the third installment of the Transformers franchise—and after a public flogging by crew members for her behaviour—we thought the last thing we would hear is that someone actually wanted her back on set.

And no, it isn’t director Michael Bay. Instead, co-star Shia LeBeouf is feeling her absence.

“I love Megan and I miss the girl,” he told USA Today.

“Sam and Mikaela [Shia and Megan's characters] became one character and here [with the replacement by Rose Huntington-Whitely]…You have discovery again from a new perspective.”

Another revelation: Michale Bay admits that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen wasn’t the best.

“I’ll take some of the criticism, he said. “It was very hard to put [the sequel] together that quickly after the writer’s strike.”

Did he seriously just say that. Wow.

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