Shia LaBeouf is back in the press after Olivia Wilde spoke about him being fired from Don't Worry Darling. He claims he wasn't fired and “quit the film due to lack of rehearsal time”. A video was later released showing Wilde on the phone with the actor, saying she was “not ready to give up on this yet.” She also alludes to tension between LaBeouf and the film's lead Florence Pugh.
This isn't the 36-year-old's first time involved in drama. The Transformers actor is almost as known for his off-set antics as he is for his roles. He has been in trouble with the law, fired from sets and had complaints about his behavior from co-stars.
Shia LaBeouf first hit our screens in 2000 when he appeared in the Disney show Even Stevens. He then went on to global frame in huge franchises like Transformers, action clicks like Eagle Eye and prestigious films like Pieces of a Woman. In recent years he has become more known for his eccentric behavior and run-ins with the law.
Here are some of the things Shia LaBeouf's co-stars have said about him over his many years in the industry.
10 FKA Twigs Filed Lawsuit Against Shia LaBeouf
In a lawsuit filed in 2020, Los Angeles Superior Court, singer and actress FKA Twigs listed five "causes of action" – battery, sexual battery, assault, emotional distress and gross negligence – against LaBeouf and sought an unspecified monetary damage from him after their nearly year-long relationship.
Twigs' lawsuit asserted LaBeouf knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease and also accused him of “relentless abuse.” The pair met in 2018 on the set of Honey Boy.
She told Louis Theroux on his podcast about a frightening incident in February 2019, where LaBeouf was driving recklessly without a seat belt and "threatening to crash the car unless I said I loved him."
Twigs says her life became a “living nightmare” after she entered a relationship with LaBeouf, according to the lawsuit. She explained that LaBeouf groomed her, “gradually gaining her trust but with the intent of abusing her.” Later, he allegedly engaged in a “continuous stream” of verbal and mental abuse, “belittling” and “berating” her, which soon turned physical and “increasingly violent.”
He "ended up basically strangling me in public at a gas station and nobody did anything," she shockingly revealed. "That was a really low moment for me because I felt like I would never be believed."
She also claimed LaBeouf kept a loaded gun by the bed and that she was not allowed to wear clothes in bed. She also said he would deprive her of sleep. The case will head to court in April 2023 and any monetary gains from the case will be donated to charity.
“I hurt that woman. And in the process of doing that, I hurt many other people, and many other people before that woman," Shia said. "I was a pleasure-seeking, selfish, self-centered, dishonest, inconsiderate, fearful human being.” He also claims the British singer saved his life and encouraged him to turn his life around. This led to him converting to Catholicism, 627 days of sobriety and becoming a father.
9 Did Shia LaBeouf And Even Stevens' Co-Star, Christy Carlson Romano Get Along?
Even Stevens star Shia LaBeouf didn't get long on set with Christy Carlson Romano. The pair played siblings Ren and Louis in the Disney series, which ran from 2000 to 2003 across three seasons.
“There’s also some kind of ‘set politics,” she said of her time starring on the show in a video posted to her YouTube channel. “Here’s some tea for you guys. Every set has some people that don’t get along. On my set, from time to time it was like, me and Shia, but I think there were other people that didn’t gel well as well."
8 Shia LaBeouf's Lawless Co-Star Said His Acting Methods Are Scary
Shia LaBeouf's Lawless co-star Mia Wasikowska was diplomatic but less than complimentary about his methods of making the 2012 crime drama.
"He’s a very method actor, and so I was on the receiving end of the method," she told HuffPost Live, very diplomatically.
She continued, “You meet so many different people, and sometimes you connect with them and you share that you have a similar approach, and sometimes you don’t. And you just have to let them do their thing and hope it doesn’t affect you too deeply.”
LaBeouf had previously spoken about the toll the shoot took on his costar. Back in 2012, LaBeouf spoke to the New York Post’s Page Six about the controversy.
"She was calling her attorney, like, "Get me the **** of here." … Mia was ready to walk away from the movie. I was really pretty aggressive about it, and not in any kind of weird, strange way, but I don’t think she had ever experienced anything like that."
7 Shia LaBeouf Had On-Set Romance With Megan Fox
Megan Fox revealed in 2018 that she had an on-set romance with Shia LaBeouf. The pair starred in the 2007 Transformers film and the 2009 sequel.
“I never understood the separation of work and life in that situation,” LaBeouf said. “But the time I spent with Megan was our own thing, and I think you can see the chemistry onscreen.”
Megan Fox told Andy Cohen “Look, you’re on the set for six months, with someone who’s rooting to be attracted to you, and you’re rooting to be attracted to them.”
“I mean I would confirm that it was romantic,” she revealed in an episode of WWHL. “I love him. I have never been really quiet about that, I love him.” She was married to Brian Austin Green between 2010 and 2021.
“It was sort of disastrous … Neither one of us, I think, were in love,” he noted. “Just sort of experimenting or whatever."
6 Dakota Johnson Thinks Shia LaBeouf Is The Greatest Actor Of His Generation
Dakota Johnson co-starred with Shia LaBeouf in 2019's The Peanut Butter Falcon, a drama about boy with down syndrome who runs away from his nursing home.
“I think Shia might be the greatest actor of my generation, which I wouldn’t say to his face,” Johnson told Marie Claire.
"It was a really kind of sad, and I felt very protective of him, and I felt…that's a really terrifying and difficult journey for somebody to experience," Johnson in an interview to Ellen Degenres after Shia's arrest for public drunkenness mid-shoot
"And I felt really aware of that." She continued, "I don't condemn people for their mistakes, I want them to get through it."
5 Brad Pitt Praises Shia LaBeouf For Work On Fury
Brad Pitt had nothing by praise for his Fury co-star, Shia LaBeouf “Oh I love this boy,” The Bullet Train actor told British GQ.
“He’s full on commitment, man. He’s living it like no one else, let me tell you. I’ve been fortunate to work with a lot of great actors. He’s one of the best I’ve seen.”
It was reported that during filming LaBeouf did not shower for weeks and pulled out his own tooth in order to immerse himself into his role.
4 Vanessa Kirby Released Official Statement Supporting FKA Twigs
Shia LaBeouf's Pieces of a Woman co-star Vanessa Kirby opened up about after FKA Twigs accused him of assault. He was removed from market and Netflix's For Your Consideration page, which made him ineligible to be considered for any awards.
“I stand with all survivors of abuse and respect the courage of anyone who speaks their truth. Regarding the recent news, I can’t comment on an ongoing legal case," she said. Kirby was Oscar-nominated for her role as a grieving mother.
3 Harrison Ford Thinks Shia LaBeouf Is A "F****** Idiot"
Harrison Ford called his Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull co-star Shia LaBeouf a “f****** idiot” for publicly criticizing the movie.
“I think he was a f****** idiot. As an actor, I think it’s my obligation to support the film without making a complete a** of myself. Shia is ambitious, attentive, and talented – and he’s learning how to deal with a situation which is very unique and difficult,” Ford told Details about his on-screen son.
After poor critical reception to the sequel, LaBeouf said, “I feel like I dropped the ball on the legacy that people loved and cherished. I have a relationship with Steven that supersedes our business work. And believe me, I talk to him often enough to know that I’m not out of line. And I would never disrespect the man. But when you drop the ball you drop the ball.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, LaBeouf claims his comments ruined his relationship with Steven Spielberg. "He told me there's a time to be a human being and have an opinion, and there's a time to sell cars. It brought me freedom, but it also killed my spirits because this was a dude I looked up to like a sensei."
2 Rupert Grint Reveals Shia LaBeouf Actually Took Hallucinogen
Shia LaBeouf's The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman costar, Rupert Grint, revealed to The Guardian that to get into the role of a character high on LSD, Shia actually took the hallucinogen.
"He smashed the place up, got naked and kept seeing this owl. If anything will make you not do drugs, it's watching that."
1 Noah Jupe Received Career Advice From Shia LaBeouf
Noah Jupe played a young Shia LaBeouf in a possibly fictionalized version of his life, Honey Boy.
“Shia is always giving me advice. He taught me how to be truthful and honest as a person and actor, but he also told me not to buy a fast car when I turn 18,” Noah then 14, told Interview. “He said, ‘If you’re buying a fast car, you better ring me up, and I will advise you not to.’”
Recently, LaBeouf has admitted that the 2019 film was autobiographical as he originally said it was. Shia played James Lort, a character allegedly based on his father, an abusive alcoholic who was envious of his son's success as an actor.
"I wrote this narrative which was just f--king nonsense," Shia admitted during the Aug. 31 episode of Jon Bernthal's Real Ones podcast. "My dad was so loving to me my whole life. Fractures? Sure. Crooked? Sure. Wonky? For sure, but never was not loving, never was not there. He was always there."
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