{"id":199453,"date":"2019-01-26T19:52:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T00:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=199453"},"modified":"2019-01-26T19:52:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T00:52:21","slug":"shia-labeouf-turned-rehab-into-a-writing-room-for-new-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/26\/shia-labeouf-turned-rehab-into-a-writing-room-for-new-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Shia LaBeouf turned rehab into a writing room for new film"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LaBeouf premiered the film at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday in Park City, Utah. He didn’t speak with the media but posed alongside his mother, Shayna Saide, and fellow actors. (File Photo<\/a>: John Bauld\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PARK CITY, Utah \u2014 Shia LaBeouf latest film was born in an unusual place \u2014 court-ordered rehab.<\/p>\n

The actor spent time writing the script for his
\nsemi-autobiographical \u201cHoney Boy\u201d while he was being treated for
\nsubstance abuse after a 2017 arrest.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wrote this script in rehab and actually sent me an email from there with the script,\u201d said Israeli director Alma Har’el. \u201cSo it was pretty mind blowing. I couldn’t say no to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

LaBeouf premiered the film at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday in Park City, Utah. He didn’t speak with the media but posed alongside his mother, Shayna Saide, and fellow actors.<\/p>\n

The former \u201cTransformers\u201d star plays an alcoholic and abusive father of a child actor, who is played at different ages by Noah Jupe (of \u201cA Quiet Place\u201d) and Lucas Hedges (\u201cBoy Erased\u201d).<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was emotionally difficult for anybody to do what he did and I think nobody has ever done it before,\u201d Har’el said. \u201cHe stepped into his own trauma and played his father in it \u2014 the most complicated relationship he’s ever had, that defined his life more than anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

LaBeouf had admired an early documentary by Har’el and they’d developed a working relationship over the years. \u201cWe did a music video. He was kind enough to finance my second film when nobody but nobody else would,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In 2017, LaBeouf pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour charge of obstruction stemming from his attempt to elude police following a vulgar public outburst in Georgia.<\/p>\n

He was also ordered to pay $2,680 in fines and fees, perform 100 hours of community service, enrol in anger management counselling and complete a drug and alcohol evaluation. That’s when he began on \u201cHoney Boy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Har’el said the film shines a light on LaBeouf’s private struggles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a story about the things you inherit. Shia definitely inherited a lot of his passion towards acting from his father. But he also inherited other things that he has to deal with for the rest of his life. And he’s trying to do it as best as he can. He had to do it in the public eye, unlike many of us. So it’s been very challenging. And I think this film really kind of deals with that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoney Boy\u201d is seeking a distributor at Sundance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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