Her statement said: 
 
 Director Michael Bay and the cast and crew of “Transformers: Age of Extinction” completed their first day of production in Hong Kong today, Oct. 17, 2013, after four and a half months of filming in Arizona, Utah, Texas, Michigan, Illinois and Washington State since late May. The company’s security team quickly stepped in and subdued the assault. Describing the episode in a post on his Web site, michaelbay.com, Mr. Bay wrote that his assailant “was like a Zombie in Brad Pitt’s movie ‘World War Z’ — he lifted seven guys up and tried to bite them.” 
 
 “He actually bit into one of the guard’s Nike shoe, insane,” Mr. Bay continued. “Thank God it was an Air Max, the bubble popped, but the toe was saved.” 
 
 “After that,” Mr. Bay wrote, “we had a great day shooting here in Hong Kong.” 
 
 In an interview with The New York Times in April, Mr. Bay said he was a recognizable figure when he travels the world.
– Michael Bay's own rep calls it "bizarre": While filming the latest Transformers flick in China today, the director had what the rep describes as "a bizarre encounter with a man (allegedly under the influence of a narcotic substance) who was wielding an air conditioning unit as a weapon." After accosting a few crew members, he swung the AC unit at Bay's head, the New York Times reports. In true action hero style, Bay ducked and then "wrested the air conditioner from his attacker," the rep's statement continues. The suspect and two companions were arrested. Some reports said Bay was injured, but his rep says no one was hurt. On his website, Bay describes the suspects as "drugged up guys" and "belligerent asses." He says the crew paid local vendors for their inconvenience during filming, but the suspect "wanted four times that amount." After Bay fought him off, security stepped in: "But it took seven big guys to subdue him. It was like a Zombie in Brad Pitt’s movie World War Z—he lifted seven guys up and tried to bite them. He actually bit into one of the guards Nike shoe, insane," Bay writes. "Then it took 15 Hong Kong cops in riot gear to deal with these punks. In all, four guys were arrested for assaulting the officers."