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\nMegan Fox recalled “weeping” while filming a scene in Jennifer’s Body that “unlocked” unexpected emotionsThe actress recounted the impact of the dark moment with director Karyn Kusama at a screening of the 2009 cult classic on Oct. 25The events of the scene “triggered something so deep in me where I was just, like, I was weeping,\u201d said Fox<\/p>\n
Megan Fox<\/a> is reflecting on a particularly emotional day on the set of 2009’s Jennifer’s Body<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n The actress, now 39, reflected on filming the Karyn Kusama<\/a>\u2013directed teen horror movie at a special screening held in Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 25.\n<\/p>\n When asked about the physical demands of her role as Jennifer Check, who undergoes a supernatural transformation, and how it pushed her, Fox recalled two scenes, including one that made her cry after it \u201cunlocked\u201d unexpected emotions.\n<\/p>\n Coming off her turn in 2007\u2019s Transformers<\/a>, which had Fox \u201cdoing a lot of physical stuff,\u201d portraying the titular high-school cheerleader \u2014 who becomes possessed by a demon after a satanic ritual \u2014 was a completely different can of worms, Fox said at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures event.\n<\/p>\n Playing Jennifer in the 2009 cult classic (opposite Amanda Seyfried<\/a> as her best friend) \u201cwasn’t super physical for me,\u201d the actress said, \u201cbut it did stretch me.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried in ‘Jennifer’s Body’.<\/p>\n Fox Atomic\/Kobal\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n \u201cThere were some moments that required a lot of vulnerability that I don’t think I went into it prepared to show,\u201d Fox said, \u201cbecause it’s so revealing about possibly my own past, my own childhood, whatever, those moments where something comes through \u2014 whether it’s when I’m in the mirror putting on the makeup, trying to cover up my skin because I’m not beautiful anymore.\u201d\n<\/p>\n In addition to the mirror scene, there was one moment in particular that demanded a lot from Fox: the ritual sacrifice. \u201cIt was a really upsetting day,\u201d director Kusama, who was also at the L.A. screening, said of the day they filmed the disturbing scene, led by Fox and Adam Brody<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThere was something about maybe from a past life, I don’t know, something about having a circle of men standing around me, and when they would start chanting the song taunting me before they were going to kill me, that triggered something so deep in me where I was just, like\u2014 I was weeping,\u201d Fox recalled.\n<\/p>\n \u201cIt unlocked things that I wasn’t prepared [for],\u201d she added. \u201cIt was like an ayahuasca trip, to be honest. I didn’t know it was going to unlock those things, but it brought things to the surface….”<\/p>\n Megan Fox at a ‘Jennifer’s Body’ special screening in Oct. 25.<\/p>\n Diggzy \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\n<\/p>\n During the screening of Jennifer’s Body, which has a long-awaited sequel in the works<\/a>, Fox also recalled how \u201clost\u201d and angry she felt while working on the supernatural horror-comedy<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n “I think where I was at that point in my life, so lost, so full of that rage that I had towards how I had been treated in the industry,\u201d Fox said, \u201cand how I was dealing with fame \u2026 at that time, before we started filming.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Megan Fox in ‘Jennifer’s Body’.<\/p>\n Moviestore\/Shutterstock\u00a0<\/p>\n “I just left a premiere for something where I had to go \u2014 I’m obligated to go \u2014 and I remember the paparazzi were so ruthless back then, the way they would talk to women,” she explained.\n<\/p>\n “And I walked out just to try to get to my car, and they’re all shooting,” Fox recalled. “And one guy’s like, \u2018Megan, why are you such a bitch?\u2019 And another guy is like, \u2018Megan, do you think you’re overrated? The internet says so,\u2019 and I’m just trying to do my job.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cI was asked to be at this premiere. I’m trying to get to my car,” Fox continued. “And so I had all of this grief and sorrow and also anger and rage that needed a place to go.”\n<\/p>\n Jennifer’s Body is currently streaming on Hulu and Tubi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Megan Fox recalled “weeping” while filming a scene in Jennifer’s Body that “unlocked” unexpected emotionsThe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-244117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}