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Shia LaBeouf Concerned The Business Is Losing Its Drunk-Driving -Actor Magic
Posted by Seth at 2:18 AM on August 1, 2008
Shia LeBeouf continues to recover from hand surgery after some spectacular Bayian stuntwork at the corners of LaBrea and Fountain early Sunday morning, resulting in an overturned pick-up truck, plus a massive fireball after the frazzled actor exhaled a gust of 80-proof breath while trying to light a cigarette. We've already explored his conveniently timed Details interview, in which he spoke freely of hard-partying father-son bonding moments, and his inability "to have one drink." ET has video (above) of the interview, in which he charms a giggly off-camera reporter with flippant observations about his renegade drugstore exploits ("Walgreens is a formidable foe, let me tell you guys right now. It was the battlegrounds of my life. The coliseum where all the rumbles happen."). He also openly longs for a time when "actors were magical. Now that paparazzis are rampant the business is losing the magic a little bit. You always feel like people know too much."
Shia LeBeouf continues to recover from hand surgery after some spectacular Bayian stuntwork at the corners of LaBrea and Fountain early Sunday morning, resulting in an overturned pick-up truck, plus a massive fireball after the frazzled actor exhaled a gust of 80-proof breath while trying to light a cigarette. We've already explored his
Variety, meanwhile, has a report from the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen set, where Bumblebee, Jazz, Ratchet, and the rest are passing the time playing Trivial Pursuit: Totally '80s Edition until their star gets back:
A DreamWorks insider said there was no work stoppage on "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"...but added that rescheduling has proven to be a logistical headache. Scenes featuring co-star Josh Duhamel had to be moved to this week to work around LaBeouf's absence. Another person familiar with the situation said, "Everyone had to adjust their schedule."
As if we needed to know that. Quit poking around and ruining the actor magic, nosey trade publication!
- LaBeouf injury slows 'Transformers' [Variety]
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Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 2:47 AM 1/8/08
I can forgive a lot of things. A weak chin is not one of them.
Little Mintz Sunshine
jasonelias
Posted 2:43 AM 1/8/08
@jasonelias: Ransom, ahh, Shia's a bonehead.
jasonelias
jasonelias
Posted 2:42 AM 1/8/08
Walgreens? Shia should have been back in the Drug Fair days. Drug Fair would kidnap your children, make you pay random, set up landmines...
jasonelias
Marjory Stewart-Baxter
Posted 2:31 AM 1/8/08
No work stoppage on Transformers 2? There really isn't any good news to show for this accident.
Marjory Stewart-Baxter
bess marvin, girl detective
Posted 3:47 AM 1/8/08
is it wrong that his flippant style makes me lust for him more? but my irrationality aside, he does have a point. celebrity is so cheap nowadays because 1) everyone is one and because 2) you know every little detail whether you want to or not. there's almost no real "movie stars" under the age of 30.
bess marvin, girl detective
Mephisto_Bonk
Posted 5:32 AM 1/8/08
@bess marvin, girl detective: This is one of the most difficult thinks for the half-discerning film fan to try to figure out. So many of the "actors" in their early 20s are just really hatchlings, and it takes a few years for them to show that they are more than just publicity-fueled flashes in a very overcrowded pan.
Shia LaBeouf showed me something in his early films - preternatural camera presence, and more important, an ability to make a good impression despite some very mediocre, even terrible, schlock writing.
I was very much looking forward to 'Eagle Eye' as it seemed poised to break him out of the teen-pablum mold - but frankly, if the blood alcohol tests come back positive and he doesn't seek professional help for his dependency, I probably wont even bother.
Mephisto_Bonk
nojo
Posted 5:50 AM 1/8/08
Next week, a revealing interview in People where he complains about his lack of privacy.
nojo
Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 6:49 AM 1/8/08
@nojo: ...and mentions he's thinking about moving to NYC since LA is like over.
Little Mintz Sunshine
TurdBlossom
Posted 6:46 AM 1/8/08
Wretched. Also? His attempt at a goatee/mustashe/scruff looks like dirt. Shave it off kid. You look like a yutz.
TurdBlossom
GoodBadNotEvil
Posted 8:57 AM 1/8/08
The fact that he appears to be wearing the very same sweatshirt he wore on the night of the infamous Showdown at Walgreens is blowing my mind.
GoodBadNotEvil