Njengoba kuvela, Shia LaBeouf akayena umuntu ohlanya ngokuphelele - uyikho nje okwenzekayo lapho lo mfana ocasulayo ozenzisa owawumzonda/othandana naye ekolishi eduma. Ngobuqotho obumangalisayo - kodwa hhayi obuhlanyisayo - ingxoxo no Umagazini wengxoxo , umlingisi ohluphayo ushaya zonke izingqophamlando ze-"White Guy Who Majored in [Humanities/Liberal Arts]".
Ubhema usikilidi, ongenahembe, u-Shia LaBeouf uxokozela i-Troubled White Guy Antiheroes yakhe abheka phezulu, okuhlanganisa u-Sean Penn, uhlanya lwangempela uMel Gibson, kanye nozakwabo ongumdwebi odlala mbumbulu u-Joaquin Phoenix. U-LaBeouf uphinde akhulume futhi achaze konke ukuphindaphinda kwesimanjemanje ake wabhalisela (i-post-, meta-), igama-uhlola inkinga yakhe ekhona kanye nokuza okulandelayo kuNkulunkulu, futhi axoxe "ngokukhubeka ezidakamizweni" futhi azithole esenjengoba anjalo. kunzima ukuba umuntu omdala. Umlingisi wendlela ubuye akhulume ngokuthi ukufunda ngobuciko bokudlala kuyiguqule kanjani impilo yakhe, ibe ngcono noma kubi kakhulu, futhi usola imbongi ye-avant-garde uKenneth Goldsmith ngokuthanda kwakhe ukukopa - noma ngendlela abengakubiza ngayo, "ukubhala okungenangqondo."
Lapho ngihlala phansi naye kulo September odlule eNew York, ngangingeke ngimangale ukube wayenesithakazelo esikhulu ekondleni i-mystique yakhe kunokuphendula imibuzo yami—ngokwesibonelo, ukuthi ukusebenza noLars von Trier kwaqhubekisela phambili umcabango wokuthi noma ubani. ukuze enze umqondo wokuthi u-LaBeouf kwakungcono kakhulu ukumbheka ngeso lengqondo lokuhlangana okuhlekisayo. Kunalokho, ukulangazelela komdlali ukuzichaza kwaba umthombo wokumangala okuqhubekayo. Kunokuba akhulume ngokuzenzisa, wayenenhloso futhi ecabanga. Ukugxila kwakhe kwabonakala futhi kwahunyushwa kwaba nomthelela ohlaba umxhwele, ngohlobo olufanayo lwemizwa eluhlaza aluletha efilimini yakhe entsha, umbhali-umqondisi uDavid Ayer's World War II action melodrama Fury, lapho uLaBeouf elwa nokuzisola ngenkathi esebenza njengengxenye yefilimu. iqembu lamathangi ngaphansi kokuqondiswa komlingiswa ka-Brad Pitt, u-Don “Wardaddy” Collier.
U-ELVIS MITCHELL: Ukubuyela emuva ku-The Battle of Shaker Heights ka-2003, ngabona injabulo yakho mayelana nokuqukethwe.
I-SHIA LaBEOUF: Bengijabule ngokuba nomsebenzi. Ngaleso sikhathi, ukuhlangana noBen Affleck noMat Damon kwakufana nokuthi, "Wow." Ngike ngasebenza noJon Voight on Holes [2003], futhi wayeyiqhawe likababa. Kepha uBen Affleck noMat Damon babengamaqhawe esizukulwane sami. Kwakuyizinga engangingacabangi ukuthi ngiyoke ngilifinyelele. Besisaphila kuloluhlobo lwento ethi "Holy shit, lokhu kuyenzeka kithi". Futhi kwakungeyona nje into eyedwa, njengokungathi ngangizishaya ngedwa. Umama wami wayengumthengisi wezindwangu, ubaba wami wayengumthengisi wezidakamizwa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, futhi bobabili bayeka ukuhweba ukuze babe uhlobo lwe-carnie futhi benze le nto nami. Ngakho kwaba kukhulu kithi sonke ngenkathi i-Project Greenlight [umbukiso wangempela we-HBO, isizini yesibili eqopha umlando wokwakhiwa kwe-Shaker Heights okunengxabano] kwenzeka. Umama wahlabeka umxhwele kakhulu ngokuthi uBen Affleck abe sembukisweni wokuqala. UBen ungumbungazi ovelele. Wayengumfana wokuqala owangisusa ngempela eceleni futhi wangenza ngizizwe sengathi ngingakwenza.
Kodwa uma sikhuluma iqiniso, uShia LaBeouf ubonakala ephila kanzima (wakhulela e-Echo Park “ngaphambi kokuba kupholile”/enziwe kahle) futhi unezinkinga ezinkulu zikababa - ongafunda ngazo zonke izindaba zakhe. ukuzivikela okuphelele.
Izithombe zika-Craig McDean futhi zenziwe isitayela nguKarl Templer.
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