Turturro will soon return to the Transformers universe for Transformers: The Last Knight, but we’ve just learned that Turturro almost didn’t sign onto the franchise at all.
In fact, it took some convincing from his son to get on board to take the role originally.
It’s rare for human characters to shine and become as memorable as the titular robots of the Transformers franchise, but that’s exactly what John Turturro has managed to do over the course of the last decade.
His role as Simmons has consistently stood out as an excellent source of exposition and comic relief in a series that often forces humans to play second fiddle.