Shia LaBeouf makes a rare public appearance at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where he is showing a new film.
Dressed in a tuxedo with bleached blonde hair, the 37-year-old actor was at an event in France to mark the premiere of his latest film, Megalopolisin which he stars alongside Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Laurence Fishburne, Grace VanderWaal and Giancarlo Esposito.
The film, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which also premiered, is described as “a Roman epic set in an imaginary decadent modern America.”
According to the festival synopsis, Megalopolis tells the story of an idealistic architect and a corrupt mayor who fight to control the future of a failing city called New Rome. Caught between the two are “some iconic characters like the ones they play” LaBeouf and Jon Voight, who also appeared on the red carpet with the film’s ensemble cast.
From left: Shia LaBeouf, Grace VanderWaal, DB Sweeney, Jon Voight, Chloe Fineman, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter, Aubrey Plaza, Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver and Talia Shire at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, . in 2024
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Shia LaBeouf spotted on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic ‘Megalopolis’ in Atlanta
LaBeouf’s last major red carpet appearance was on February 9, 2020, when he appeared at the 92nd Academy Awards to present the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film along with his Falcon Peanut Butter actor Zack Gottsagen.
The film marks LaBeouf’s first role since starring in the 2020 biopic Padre Piowhich was released months before ex-girlfriend FKA twigs filed a lawsuit against him accusing him of sexual assault and “relentless abuse.”
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In February 2021, after the singer (36) stated transformers sexually and physically assaulted and beaten by the actor, LaBeouf sought hospital treatment and parted ways with his agency, CAA, for taking a break from acting.
A year later, in August 2022, the actor spoke out against reports that he had been fired Don’t worry dear by director Olivia Wilde during filming, the production of which began in October 2020.
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Shia LaBeouf at the 92nd Academy Awards on February 9, 2020.
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Olivia Wilde on whether Shia LaBeouf quit or was fired: ‘It’s a matter of semantics’
In the report from Diversityhe denied being fired and claimed he “left the film due to lack of rehearsal time” on 17 August that year, while Wilde claimed the actor was fired because his acting process did not help create a “safe, trusting environment” on set.
“My failures with Twigs are fundamental and real, but they are not the story that was presented,” LaBeouf told Wilde, 40, in an email obtained by this outlet. “There’s a time and a place to deal with such things, and I’m trying to manage a nuanced situation with respect for her and the truth, hence my silence.”
A few months later, in November 2022, LaBeouf was spotted on set Megalopolis in Atlanta.
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