Shia LaBeouf has not had a great 2020. At the beginning of the year things looked rosy. He’d apparently overcome his alcohol dependency issues, was picking up good notices for his movie Honey Boy, had won over audiences with the excellent The Peanut Butter Falcon and there were multiple reports that major studios considered him a rising prospect once again. The peak came when he beat out multiple A-list competitors for a role in Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling, apparently making his mainstream comeback official.
Then came the lawsuit from his former partner Tahliah Barnett (aka FKA Twigs). This alleged a shocking litany of abusive behavior, including from strangulation, beating, intentionally infecting her with an STD and getting his kicks by shooting stray dogs. The allegations were backed up by other women and – quite rightly – has blown a hole in his career revival.
One role he’s reportedly missed out is an unknown Marvel Studios part. According to Variety the studio was impressed by Honey Boy and were lining up a role for LaBeouf, but this is now definitely not happening. It’s theorized that he could have been eyed as Moon Knight (which has now gone to Oscar Isaac), but I’ve always liked the fan casting of him as Wolverine.
Any dreams LaBeouf had of strapping on a cape and entering the MCU are now toast, as since the lawsuit dropped he’s been booted off his upcoming roles. Variety reports that he’s not attached to any upcoming projects and it seems he’s set to return to the wilderness and try to rebuild his reputation once again. Whether he deserves a second (or third, or fourth…) chance isn’t up to me, but I struggle to see audiences warming to him once again now that he’s been unable to deny executing dogs. That’s the kind of allegation that sticks.
Then again, if Mel Gibson can make a comeback, I wouldn’t rule out anything for Shia LaBeouf.
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