“Transformers”: Isabela Merced’s reaction when she found out about the filming of the film in Peru

One of the news from the entertainment world that had the most impact on the country this year has been that Peru is Rise of the Beasts location, the new installment of the “Transformers” saga. Tarapoto and Cusco are some of the cities that will be seen in what is one of the highest-grossing franchises in cinema, so it is not surprising that there is great expectation around this shoot, an expectation that Isabela Merced, Peruvian actress, also feels American who in 2017 became the protagonist of the film “The Last Knight.”

Skip Intro of El Comercio spoke with her via Zoom about the premiere of “Sweet Girl”, her new movie for Netflix with Jason Momoa, and we asked her about this novelty that, she confessed, she found out earlier than through the press, thanks to her friendship with Anthony Ramos, the actor who takes on the starring role in the new “Transformers” movie.

“That made me very excited,” said Isabela, who is anxious for her colleague to follow the gastronomic recommendations she has for him. “Now I can send you a list of restaurants where you have to eat a cause of tuna or a cebichito. I know he has never tasted food like this, of that level, “continued the actress.

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While the 20-year-old star will not be part of this new installment of “Transformers,” he has many exciting projects. The most recent of them is “Sweet Girl”, an action film that can already be seen on Netflix, and in which it shares credits with Jason Momoa, with whom in this story they play a father and daughter who seek to avenge their family of a pharmacist whose illegal practices resulted in the death of a loved one.

“Jason offered me the role of Rachel because he said that if he and Adria Arjona had a daughter, she would look like me. I also love action, so when I read the script, I felt very excited because I had never been in a movie like the star after Jason Momoa, doing my own action scenes “, Isabela Merced told us in the interview that you can see in video below:

The filming of the new installment of Transformers takes place in the regions of Cusco and San Martín. The Peruvian producer Apu Productions will work hand in hand with Paramount Pictures.

“On this occasion, we will have the opportunity to film in Cusco, located high and deep in the Andes mountain range, where it is possible to find traces of a sophisticated Inca civilization that survived in time and continues to live in Cusco communities.”Said the film’s director Steven Caple Jr. in June of this year, during a Paramount Pictures virtual event.

The new tape It will premiere on June 24, 2022 and, in addition to Peru, it will also be set in New York. In addition, if you place chronologically in the 90s and Anthony Ramos, lead actor, will play Noah, a ex-military expert in electronics.

At the beginning of August, some vehicles from this long-awaited film arrived at the port of Callao and were transferred to the filming locations. On September 4, Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, among other stars of the saga, arrived to start filming in Cusco.

These were some images shared on networks upon arrival in Peru.

This “Transformers” film will be the seventh film in the science fiction saga promoted by director Michael Bay.

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