While working with Steven Spielberg on the World War II miniseries, "The Pacific", he suggested Lucas for the role of Alice in the 2009 film "", sequel to "Transformers" (2007), where Spielberg was serving as the series's executive producer. This later became the debut role of Lucas's career, earning her the award for Best Breakout Performance-Female in sci-fi and action at the 2009 Scream Awards. In a much later interview with ROVE, Lucas described the audition process for the role as "very interesting" and drastically different to when she auditioned for other roles prior to "Transformers". She also said that the filming process was a lot different to "Home Away", where she would spend hours shooting various episodes all in one go.