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3. Shia LaBeouf Dropped Acid For A Drug Scene In Charlie Countryman

Charlie Countryman Shia LaBeouf
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Shia LaBeouf is a man who has done some weird sh*t for his movies. Hell, he's a man who does weird sh*t whether he's making a movie or not, but one of the most extreme examples of when he was filming came during production of Charlie Countryman.

LaBeouf wanted to really get into the head of the character he was playing and to make a drug scene as real as possible, so dropped acid for the first time while on set. The actor said: "There's a way to do an acid trip like Harold & Kumar and there's a way to be on acid."

The best part of it all, though, is that the movie's director, Fredrik Bond, later revealed that LaBeouf's character wasn't even on acid in the script, but ecstasy.

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