Shia Labeouf Film About His Dad. During shia’s childhood, his war veteran dad battled alcohol and heroin addiction and allegedly pulled a gun on him during a vietnam flashback. Shia labeouf goes partially bald to play his dad in autobiographical movie — see the photo!
Shia labeouf talks how ‘honey boy’ was created and how he transformed in to the role of his dad for the film “i basically had him set up a web camera and then watched him. Shia saide labeouf was born on the 11th june 1986, in los angeles, california usa; Shia labeouf's new film, honey boy, follows a young actor named otis, who struggles with his relationship with his father and life as a child star.over the course of the film, we watch otis.
In his new film, honey boy, shia labeouf plays james lort, a vietnam vet, clown (literally), and drug addict who earns a living as his preteen actor son's guardian on the set of a tv show.
Shia saide labeouf was born in los angeles, california, to shayna (saide) and jeffrey craig labeouf, and is an only child. The film — which was written by labeouf — is a fictionalized depiction of his own life, telling his story from being a child actor, through his struggles during his teen years, and into his controversial and tumultuous adulthood. Shayna saide labeouf (mother) shayna is jewish. Shia is playing a man based on his father in a film whose screenplay he wrote called honey boy.