10 Actors Whose Craziness Got Them Kicked Out Of Hollywood
6. Shia LaBeouf
Shia LaBeouf has gone nuts, but that's okay: it's mostly hilarious. What's more, LaBeouf seems to be embracing his new reputation as a total crazy by - wait for it - acting even crazier on purpose, which suits everybody fine, because the internet loves it. Unfortunately, there have been consequences; Hollywood isn't best pleased with the former Even Stevens actor and he's somehow managed to burn all of his bridges. LaBeouf first started his decline, of course, when he publicly denounced Indiana Jones 4, a movie directed by his mentor Steven Spielberg, who essentially gave Shia LaBeouf his start in films. Then there were those insane plagiarism claims and his subsequent attack on the Hollywood studio system, which only further served to ruin all ties he had with the industry - not to mention that bizarre bag-head "art" project sh*t. And now, with each passing day, LaBeouf continues to feed his reputation as a nutter with frequent exploits into madness that seem both genuinely crazy and oddly self-aware. Like this "motivational" video that arrived just last week, complete with green-screen background, essentially begging the internet to utilise the clip as a means for ridicule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuHfVn_cfHU
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.