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In an excerpt from his new memoir,Solid Ivory, shared withGQ, Ivory — who wrote the script for the Academy Award-winning 2017 film — recalls how LaBeouf, 35, auditioned for the role of Oliver, the love interest of Elio (Chalamet, 25).
“Shia LaBeouf … had been contacted for the part of Oliver. At this, I was doubtful. I didn’t know much about him, so I watched some of his films,” Ivory writes. “He’s an extremely good actor. But as an academic writing about the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, he would be a stretch.”
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The screenwriter reveals that LaBeouf was pulled from consideration after “bad publicity,” andArmie Hammerwas tapped for the role of Oliver instead.
“But then, too, Shia was dropped. He had had some bad publicity,” Ivory writes. “He’d fought with his girlfriend; he’d fended off the police somewhere when they had tried to calm him down. And Luca would not call him, or his agent. I emailed Shia to offer reassurance, but then Luca cast Armie Hammer and never spoke to, or of, Shia again.”
Shortly after Twigs shared her story of abuse, Sia, 45, also came forward with her own experience,accusingLaBeouf of tricking her “into an adulterous relationship claiming to be single.” The “Chandelier” singer added that LaBeouf “emotionally” hurt her, and called the actor a “pathological liar.”
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source: people.com
