{"id":57126,"date":"2022-08-26T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/shia-labeouf-denies-being-fired-from-olivia-wildes-dont-worry-darling\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:07:00","slug":"shia-labeouf-denies-being-fired-from-olivia-wildes-dont-worry-darling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/shia-labeouf-denies-being-fired-from-olivia-wildes-dont-worry-darling\/","title":{"rendered":"Shia LaBeouf Denies Being Fired From Olivia Wilde’s ‘Don’t Worry Darling’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tShia LaBeouf has come forward to dispute the assertion that he was fired from \u201cDon’t Worry Darling\u201d by director Olivia Wilde just as production was starting in 2020.<\/p>\n

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\tLaBeouf asserts that he chose to leave the production because he didn’t feel the actors were given adequate time to rehearse. In the Aug. 24 cover stories with variety<\/em>Wilde opened up for the first time about LaBeouf’s departure from every movie. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cI say this as someone who is such an admirer of his work. His process was not conducive to the ethos that I demand in my productions. He has a process that, in some ways, seems to require a combative energy, and I don’t personally believe that is conducive to the best performances. I believe that creating a safe, trusting environment is the best way to get people to do their best work. Ultimately, my responsibility is to the production and to the cast to protect them. That was my job,\u201d Wilde said.<\/p>\n

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\tLaBeouf’s members declined variety<\/em>‘s request for comment on the matter when contacted prior to the story’s publication. <\/p>\n

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\tBut in email messages sent to variety<\/em> on Aug. 25, LaBeouf denied he was fired, instead claiming he \u201cquit the film due to lack of rehearsal time\u201d on Aug. 17, 2020. The actor forwarded two emails he claims to have sent to Wilde on Aug. 24 and Aug. 25 after the story was published. In the emails, LaBeouf wrote, \u201cYou and I both know the reasons for my exit. I quit your movie because your actors and I couldn’t find time to rehearse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tvariety<\/em> has learned that the texts were sent before the production learned what Shia’s immersive method entailed.<\/p>\n

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\tSeveral studio sources told variety<\/em> at the time of LaBeouf’s exit that he had been fired from the project. But another source with knowledge of the situation describes the parting as more of a collective recognition that LaBeouf’s style of acting was n’t a good fit for Wilde’s approach as a director. Representatives for Wilde and Warner Bros. declined to comment.<\/p>\n

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\tLaBeouf cent variety<\/em> screenshots of text messages he sent to Wilde in August 2020, where he told Wilde he’d have to back out of \u201cDon’t Worry Darling.\u201d He was cast as the lead actor Jack, which was later recast with Harry Styles.<\/p>\n

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\tAccording to the texts, LaBeouf and Wilde met in person in Los Angeles to discuss his exit from the film on Aug. 16, 2020. Later that night, Wilde texted him, \u201cThanks for letting me in on your thought process. I know that isn’t fun. Doesn’t feel good to say no to someone, and I respect your honesty. I’m honored you were willing to go there with me, for me to tell a story with you. I’m gutted because it could have been something special. I want to make clear how much it means to me that you trust me. That’s a gift I’ll take with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tLaBeouf claims he \u201cofficially\u201d quit \u201cDon’t Worry Darling\u201d the next day on Aug. 17, 2020, according to the email he sent to Wilde on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

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\tHe included a video to variety<\/em> that Wilde allegedly sent him on Aug. 19, 2020, two days after he claimed he quit. In the video, Wilde is driving a car and says she is \u201cnot ready to give up on this yet.\u201d She also alludes to tension between LaBeouf and Florence Pugh, who stars in the film as Alice, the wife of LaBeouf and Styles’ character Jack.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cI feel like I’m not ready to give up on this yet, and I too am heartbroken and I want to figure this out,\u201d she says in the video. \u201cYou know, I think this might be a bit of a wake-up call for Miss Flo, and I want to know if you’re open to giving this a shot with me, with us. If she really commits, if she really puts her mind and heart into it at this point and if you guys can make peace \u2014 and I respect your point of view, I respect hers \u2014 but if you guys can do it, what do you think ? Is there hope? Will you let me know?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tIn another message sent at an unspecified time between Aug. 16 and Aug. 20, Wilde texted LaBeouf, \u201cYou don’t have to be in my movies but don’t ever doubt me. We pinky promised. That means something in my house.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tHere is LaBeouf’s email to Wilde sent on Wednesday:<\/p>\n

\n\tolivia,<\/em><\/p>\n

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\tI hope this finds you inspired, purposeful, fulfilled & well. I pray every night that you & your family have health, happiness, & everything God would give me. No joke, every night before I sleep.<\/p>\n

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\tI have a little girl, Isabel; she is five months old and just beginning to develop the last half of her laugh; it’s AMAZING. Mia, my wife & I have found each other again & are journeying toward a healthy family with love and mutual respect.<\/p>\n

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\tI have embarked on a journey that feels redemptive & righteous (dirty word but fitting). I write to you now with 627 days of sobriety and a moral compass that never existed before my great humbling that was the last year and a quarter of my life. I reached out to you a few months ago to make amends; & I still pray one day, you can find space in your heart to forgive me for the failed collaboration we shared.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat inspired this email today is your latest <\/em>variety story. I am greatly honored by your words on my work; thank you, that felt good to read. I am a little confused about the narrative that I was fired, however. You and I both know the reasons for my exit. I quit your movie because your actors & I couldn’t find time to rehearse. I have included as a reminder the screenshots of our text exchange on that day, and my text to Tobey.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\tI know that you are beginning your press run for DWD and that the news of my firing is attractive clickbait, as I am still persona-non-grata and may remain as such for the rest of my life. But, speaking of my daughter, I often think about the news articles she will read when she is literate. And though I owe, and will owe for the rest of my life, I only owe for my actions.<\/p>\n

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\tMy failings with Twigs are fundamental and real, but they are not the narrative that has been presented. There is a time and a place to deal with such 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 \u201cfiring\u201d will never have a court date with which to deal with the facts. If lies are repeated enough in the public they become truth. And so, it makes it that much harder for me to crawl out of the hole I have dug with my behaviors, to be able to provide for my family.<\/p>\n

\n\tFiring me never took place, Olivia. And while I fully understand the attractiveness of pushing that story because of the current social landscape, the social currency that brings. It is not the truth. So I am humbly asking, as a person with an eye toward making things right, that you correct the narrative as best you can. I hope none of this negatively effects you, and that your film is successful in all the ways you want it to be.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\tEvery Blessing To You,<\/p>\n

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\tshia<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n