When you see Transformers: Dark of the Moon this week — and you will, preferably on the biggest screen possible, if Michael Bay has any say — you might notice something a bit strange. Nope, not how Dark of the Moon manages to work in multiple shots at the departed Megan Fox; rather, how Bay staffed his new film with a cavalcade of actors recognizable to fans of the Coen brothers. Frances McDormand, John Turturro and John Malkovich, all co-star in Dark of the Moon, and continues the strange bit of pop culture cross-pollination between Bay and the Coens that started with the casting of Fargo co-stars Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare in Armageddon. In honor of this randomness, here are five other Coen brothers players who should appear in a Michael Bay film.
Jon Polito
Coen Brothers films: Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Big Lebowski, The Man Who Wasn’t There
How Bay could use him: As a kindhearted gangster who holds some MacGuffin the heroes need to get further along in their adventure; as a desk-bound police officer who takes a bite of his donut just as the building around him collapses into dust.
Holly Hunter
Coen Brothers films: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
How Bay could use her: As the “cool mom” to the young hero, who tells stories about her time spent at Studio 54 at inopportune moments; as the “mean mom” of the girlfriend of the young hero, who doesn’t want her daughter hanging around with him.
John Goodman
Coen Brothers films: Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Big Lebowski, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
How Bay could…
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