RACHAEL TAYLOR | Transformers

Rachael Taylor

Review - Transformers - Rachael struck gold

Actress Rachael Taylor underwent her own transformation from Aussie soap star to Hollywood actress when she landed a plum role. The young Tasmanian plays techno geek Maggie, and her Australian accent stands out.

Bay also decided to add a second Australian accent, with Hugo Weaving providing the voice of the leader of the evil Decepticons, Megatron.

"It makes the film appropriate for a global audience," Taylor says.

The film was a massive leap for the young woman whose face may be familiar from her short-lived role on the axed soapie Headland. With her head shots tucked in the bottom of her bag, Taylor set her sights on Los Angeles and struck gold with the Transformers role.

"I was extremely lucky, like most Australians in Hollywood," she says. "Transformers was my first or second audition in LA . . . it was an enormously big, scary jump."

19th June 2007

Source: The West