Transformers 4 Casts Jack Reynor

Paramount Pictures just announced that Jack Reynor will join the cast of Michael Bay's fourth and final Transformers film. Here's what Bay had to say about casting a relative newcomer to appear in his giant summer tentpole opposite one of America's biggest stars:

I just hired a great new actor for Transformers 4 to star against Mark Wahlberg. Jack Reynor, he is an Irish kid that came to America with 30 bucks in his pocket. Pretty ballsy. Seriously who does that? Anyway I spotted him in a great little Irish movie WHAT RICHARD DID. This kid is the real deal. Transformers 4, is not a reboot. That word has been floating around on the net. This movie takes place exactly 4 years after the war in Chicago. The story makes a very natural transition, and reason as to why we have a whole new cast. This Transformers will feel very different then the last three. We are embarking on a new trilogy.