Wilson Rainns on Transformers Parade

Rainn Wilson joins cast of Transformers 2 as a professor; film is due out next summer

By Gina Serpe May 28, 2008 4:10 PMTags

Can't believe that everyone's favorite assistant (to the) regional manager has been cast in what's shaping up to be one of the biggest blockbusters of next summer? Join the club.

"I'm going to be doing a role in Transformers 2," Rainn Wilson spilled to MTV News. "Isn't that crazy? Isn't that ridiculous?"

Perhaps not quite as ridiculous as agreeing to a film, and a role, of which he has no real knowledge.

"It's just a tiny little...just a cameo," he said of his part. "I play a college professor that turns into a robot that then turns into a car...I don't even know yet, some kind of professor. I haven't even read it."

Here's hoping the role is more than meets the eye.

The sequel, which sees the return of Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel, shoots this summer and is set for release next year.