Michael Bay agreed to directed a fourth TRANSFORMERS film in return for Paramount financing this passion project. PAIN OR GAIN is based on the true story of a group of body-builders, whose attempt to kidnap and extort a huge sum of money from a wealthy Florida businessman eventually ended in murder. Another two actors have joined Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie, Rob Corddry and Ed Harris in the action-thriller.
Israeli supermodel Bar Paly will portray (the usual Bay eye-candy) an illegal immigrant with dreams of Hollywood who gets caught-up in the plot. Unlike the talking mannequin that was Rosie Huntington-Whitley in the third TRANSFORMERS slog, Paly has acting experience, albeit limited.
MONK star Tony Shalhoub, on the other hand, is to play the criminal’s targeted victim Marc Shiller. Shalhoub is well-known in the US for his role as obsessively-compulsive sleuth Adrian Monk, but he has featured in a number of successful films ranging from MEN IN BLACK I and II, GALAXY QUEST and THIRTEEN GHOSTS.
Source: Variety
