Shia LaBeouf has been in the news a lot lately due to the comments made by Don’t worry honey director Olivia Wilde saying the actor was fired from the film. The most recent comment from him, who is doing the rounds, is as follows:
“I say this as someone who is such an admirer of his work. His trial was not conducive to the ethics I demand in my productions. He has a process that, in some ways, seems to require a fighting energy, and personally I don’t think it leads to the best performances. I believe that creating a safe and trusting environment is the best way to get people to do their jobs better. Ultimately, my responsibility is to the production and the cast to protect them. That was my job. “
LaBeouf is now disputing the claim that he was fired from the film just as production was starting in 2020. He says it was his choice to leave and that he “left the film due to lack of rehearsal time”.
The actor sent an email to Variety on August 25 and forwarded two emails that he sent to Wilde on August 24 and 25 after the story was posted. In the emails, LaBeouf wrote: “You and I both know the reasons for my release. I left your film because your actors and I couldn’t find the time to rehearse.”
LaBeouf then confirms his claims with screenshots of text messages he sent to Wilde in August 2020 that show he told the director he would be withdrawing from the project.
According to the texts, which he sent to Variety, LaBeouf and Wilde met in person in Los Angeles to discuss his release from the film on August 16, 2020. After that meeting, Wilde wrote him the following: “Thank you for making me get into your thinking process. I know it’s not fun. It’s not nice to say no to someone and I respect your honesty. I am honored that you were willing to go there with me, to have me tell a story with you. I am gutted because it could have been something special. I want to clarify how much it means to me that you trust me. It is a gift that I will take with me. “
LaBeouf says he “officially” resigned Don’t worry honey the next day, August 17, 2020. He also shared a video with Variety that was sent to him by Wilde on August 19, 2020. This is what he says in that video:
“I feel like I’m not ready to give up on this yet, and I’m heartbroken too and I want to understand that. You know, I think this might be a bit of a wake-up call for Miss Flo, and I want to know if you’re willing to try it with me, with us. If he really works, if he really puts his mind and heart into this and if you guys can make up – and I respect your point of view, I respect his – but if you guys can do it, what do you think? Is there hope? Let me know?”
That answer makes the movie star look like Florence Pugh was why LaBeouf stopped with comments like “this could be a wake-up call for Miss Flo” and “If she really works, if she really puts her mind and heart into it.”
In another message Wilde sent to LaBeouf, he said: “You don’t have to be in my movies but never doubt me. We promised the little finger. This means something in my house. “
Here is the email LaBeouf recently sent to Wilde:
Olivia,
Hope this finds you inspired, purposeful, fulfilled and healthy. I pray every night that you and your family will have health, happiness and all that God would give me. This is no joke, every night before bed.
I have a little girl, Isabel; she is five months old and she is just starting to develop the last half of her laugh; is fantastic. My, my wife and I have reunited and are traveling to a healthy family with mutual love and respect.
I have embarked on a journey that seems redeeming and righteous (dirty but fitting word). I am writing to you now with 627 days of sobriety and a moral compass that never existed before my great humiliation which was the last year and a quarter of my life. I contacted you a few months ago to make amends; And I pray one more day, you can find space in your heart to forgive me for the failed partnership we have shared.
What inspired this email today is your latest Variety history. I am very honored by your words about my work; thanks, it was nice to read. However, I am a little confused regarding the narrative that I was fired. You and I both know the reasons for my leaving. I left your film because your actors and I couldn’t find the time to rehearse. I’ve included screenshots of our message exchange from that day and my message to Tobey as a reminder.
I know that you are starting your press race for DWD and that the news of my firing is an attractive clickbait, as I am still an unwelcome person and may remain so for the rest of my life. But, speaking of my daughter, I often think of the news articles she will read when she is literate. And even if I have to and I owe it for the rest of my life, I only owe it for my actions.
My failures with Twigs are fundamental and real, but they are not the narrative that was presented. There is a time and a place to deal with these things, and I am trying to navigate a nuanced situation with respect for her and the truth, hence my silence. But this situation with your film and my “firing” will never have a court date with which to face the facts. If the lies are repeated enough in public, they become truth. And so, it’s much harder for me to crawl out of the hole I’ve dug with my behaviors in order to provide for my family.
The firing never happened, Olivia. And while I fully understand the attractiveness of pushing that story due to the current social landscape, the social currency it carries. It’s not the truth. So I humbly ask, as a person with an eye to fixing things, to correct the narrative in the best possible way. I hope none of this has any negative effects on you and that your film is successful in all the ways you would like it to be.
Every blessing for you,
Shiite
What do you think of all this?
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
