Transformers 2 almost canned

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Transformers director Michael Bay has revealed that he almost cancelled 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' after Shia LaBeouf injured his hand.

The star was involved in a car accident during the shoot and severely damaged his hand.

Bay said “I actually read [about the accident] on CNN online and was like ‘This can’t be true’. I called my line producer Ian Bryce and he said ‘It’s true’, and I was like ‘Oh, my God!’ He said, ‘Let’s shut down’ and I said ‘We can’t shut down’!”

The film continued shooting despite the accident, and Bay wrote the injury into the script.

“I immediately had them find the best people in the world to make a special cast that had never been made, with the Kevlar fingers. It was very thin, so you could photograph it.

"The problem was, if he were to jam his fingers, he could have lost his fingers forever, so we had some experts of the world come up with this design."

'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' grossed over $200 million in the US alone on its opening weekend.

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