Shia LaBeouf on Playing His Father in Honey Boy, Writing in Rehab & Kanye West

I don't know what happened I don't know what this I heard you know like your outfit looks so stupid I think I got like a corduroy karate kid' look at his start a thing you know this is ridiculous it was an idea when haywire but we're here well I'm sorry I'm sure it's CGI and fix it are you doing now is everything that movies great that movie you wrote and star in it is a fantastic movie thank you you like it I assume I do I like it came out the way you hoped it would it did better than I hoped it would it is about your life you play your dad your character largely based on your dad and then there are actors who do a great job playing a young version of you incredible yeah and you wrote this movie while in court-ordered rehab yes sir yeah which is did you say hey I got this time I'm gonna be in here I'm gonna do this was this something you set out to do well they said you have PTSD you got to start writing this is how you get to the solution the only way out is through so I started writing all these dark chapters you know of my life and it wound up being this this script form thing sent it to my friend became a movie yeah amazing yeah is it true that you now keep in touch with the police officer who arrested you officer Bryant he invited me go fishing yesterday yes yes yeah that's very interesting I imagine that when that incident occurred you didn't think he'd be a fishing buddy at all you know life you know yeah it takes interesting turns interesting turns what kind of fishing where you was he asking you to do we were crabbing down there so would probably be taking me crab minute oh wow and you couldn't go cuz you're doing this right is it true that you at one time while you're in rehab or thinking about joining the Peace Corps you well yeah before I wasn't planning on making a movie I was uh yeah before I thought the actor thing was over and then I signed up to go to the Peace Corps and actually signed up yeah and then went into this rehab facility was there for two months had written this thing plans changed so when I got out I wasn't into the Peace Corps no more so we had a little conversation about it they were very peaceful about it they didn't threaten the suit no very very calm listen I'm not going to come that's okay [Laughter] the Marine Corps where once you sign up you're in doesn't matter one now this movie is is very moving and and really troubling in a lot of ways because you had a really tough childhood if people saw you as a kid actors even Stevens and that's up but boy the life you're living was certainly not glamorous and it makes me wonder how your dad felt about you playing him did you tell him beforehand my dad's a pretty off-color character he wasn't like too enthused about me playing him you know I don't know how you are with your dad or how you guys are with your dad but my dad wasn't trying to have me play him so I lied to him and told him that Mel Gibson would be playing at home and I broke to my sent the pictures I said listen it's not like that that's your story and has your father seen the movie yet yes he has and how did he take it oh well I didn't ask him I watched him watch it on webcam oh he did yeah and you know you were watching yeah yeah I told him listen you know I don't want to hear your review I just want to watch you watch it so I sat and watched him watch on you know he's big on Facebook he has all these robot friends all these Russian friends so he does the face cam let me just watch you watch it man and Wow really emotional yeah I would imagine so III was watching it I was thinking about you know things from my life and as a father there are certainly things you were regret yeah and I don't know how I don't know how I'd come out of watching that movie I really don't well it depends on how your kids view you I'm I love my dad you know and yeah that's the interest one of the very interesting things about the movie is your dad really didn't behave like a father at all yeah he's my dude you could say he was like a buddy yeah but not in a group well not the best not in a good way yeah not a bad title if there's a sequel Shia LaBeouf is here his movies Holly washi busy why does she have a job think it through play the tape out what's your mother got a job for it huh just in case what in case what I think case you failed in case you don't work out yes man she's filling your head full of beer I don't never do that do I huh a pump you full of strength cuz we're on team and I know you got what it takes you're starving I know it that's why I'm here I'm your cheerleader honey boy you trust me that's all about kid playing you wasn't weird to have a kid play you super weird yeah yeah and he was a great actor so like there be you know it's my life and he'd be stealing scenes because he's so good and I just be feeling jealous about this little kid thank you did he give him tips on how to how to be you well he was he was better than me but i but i empathize with my dad's jealousy you know thinking I just didn't even interests it yeah you know there was another movie called honey Boyer you were that no yeah this is the original honey boy a starring Eric Estrada and Morgan Fairchild the media made him a star now he had to prove himself and I don't want it have been wearing this outfit speaking of that outfit are you and Kanye West still friends yes yes because he was he like somewhat famously went through your closet it was to gather ideas for he wanted he wouldn't have taken his quarter ìgee but he would maybe maybe something that you don't see in that maybe maybe who knows he went to your house and took your clothes or something right did yes yes why did he do that we're buddies and he came over we were doing some art thing and then he was like hey man you mind if I go look in your closet I'm like Kanye West you go wherever you want to go yeah whatever you wanted any like the stuff and I guess that's flattering huh really flood did you know you have with top critics a hundred percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes lower you read that stuff this one this one more so because it's it's like not a review of a movie it's like a review of my father oh no so so I've been reading it trying to get ahead of it with my dad uh-huh it's weird when people are like the world is reviewing your dad do you think he'll read that stuff yeah I guess that's how Donald Trump jr. feels all the time will he read it all he'll read all yeah yeah that's like a peacock you know this is like his big moment and is he really yes so he's enthusiastic so enthusiastic yeah I don't think I would be if I was him yeah maybe yeah it made me feel a little bit shut up shame yeah he knows not feeling that he's not feeling that that's so interesting what about the chicken so that your dad worked with the chicken Henrietta love fowl yes it was the world's first daredevil chicken uh-huh and he had a very strong connection with this bird is like some kind of Dances with Wolves type type connection very intimate and spent years with this chicken in my bathtub and and and and and I had to like build this connection with this chicken on set and my dad was that was the only thing he was very critical about he's like you're never ever gonna get the same kind of connection I had well you're a young man you've had a long and very strange life yes and the movies great I wish you the best I'm glad you're doing so well Shia LaBeouf everybody right back if you liked that video click Subscribe and we'll be together until one of us dies

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Length: 8min 54sec (534 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 07 2019