Some opportunities are so good, it feels like someone has to pinch you when offering them. For any up and coming actor, a role in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is an Optimus Prime example of what that sort of offer would look like, and rapper Tobe Nwigwe got to make his big budget debut because of it. The only problem is, when he was first offered the gig, he thought he was being pranked big time.
Nwigwe told me this story personally when I attended the recent press day for this latest Transformers movie, and it was quite a humorous tale at that. Recounting his disbelief, and the eventual thankful energy that overcame him when he realized the offer to be in one of 2023's new movie releases was legit, here’s what Tobe told CinemaBlend:
