Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley born in 1987, is an English model and actress, discovered in 2003 while studying at Tavistock College by a modeling agency in London. Known for her work for Victoria's Secret and for replacing Megan Fox as Sam's new love interest in the upcoming Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

American director and producer Michael Benjamin Bay was born in 1965. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1986 and got his start in the film industry interning with George Lucas when he was fifteen, filing the storyboards for Raiders of the Lost Ark. Then he began working at Propaganda Films, directing commercials and music videos. Bay is known for directing high-budget action films characterized by their fast edits, stylistic visuals and substantial practical special effects. His films, which include The Rock (1995), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Island (2005), and the Bad Boys and Transformers series, have grossed over three billion dollars world-wide. He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute. Bay is co-chair and part-owner of the digital effects house Digital Domain and co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house which has remade horror movies including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Friday the 13th (2009) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).