Anthony stars alongside Dominique, the franchise’s first Black, female lead in Rise of the Beasts. But long before they joined the cast of the new Transformers, the two were friends IRL. While Anthony and Dominque always wanted to work together on the big screen, their plans never came to fruition … that was until now.

“We're like, ‘Yo, we get to work together on Transformers,’” he told Distractify. “This is wild to us, like two kids from the hood in Brooklyn about to do Transformers together.”

Anthony also shared his admiration for Tobe, who has become like a “brother” to him.

“Working with Tobe was amazing, too,” he said. “Like, they wrote more scenes in the movie for him, because he’s so good.”

In addition, Rise of the Beasts also welcomes its first openly transgender character to the franchise, which Anthony agreed was “massive.”

“The whole squad is amazing,” Anthony gushed.

“Even the robots expanded, the robots are diversifying as animals now, you feel me? Like, it's not just the people,” he shared with a smile. “We’re expanding this universe and I'm excited … I'm excited for people to feel that. This is the new Transformers.”