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Post by darkpast on Aug 26, 2022 16:09:44 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Aug 26, 2022 16:24:11 GMT
LaBeouf’s representatives declined Variety‘s request for comment on the matter when contacted prior to the story’s publication. But in email messages sent to Variety on Aug. 25, LaBeouf denied he was fired, instead claiming he “quit the film due to lack of rehearsal time” on Aug. 17, 2020. The actor forwarded two emails he claims to have sent to Wilde on Aug. 24 and Aug. 25 after the story was published. In the emails, LaBeouf wrote, “You and I both know the reasons for my exit. I quit your film because your actors and I couldn’t find time to rehearse.” Variety has learned that the texts were sent before the production learned what Shia’s immersive method entailed. Several studio sources told Variety at the time of LaBeouf’s exit that he had been fired from the project. But another source with knowledge of the situation describes the parting as more of a collective recognition that LaBeouf’s style of acting wasn’t a good fit for Wilde’s approach as a director. Representatives for Wilde and Warner Bros. declined to comment. LaBeouf sent Variety screenshots of text messages he sent to Wilde in August 2020, where he told Wilde he’d have to back out of “Don’t Worry Darling.” He was cast as the lead actor Jack, which was later recast with Harry Styles. According to the texts, LaBeouf and Wilde met in person in Los Angeles to discuss his exit from the film on Aug. 16, 2020. Later that night, Wilde texted him, “Thanks for letting me in on your thought process. I know that isn’t fun. Doesn’t feel good to say no to someone, and I respect your honesty. I’m honored you were willing to go there with me, for me to tell a story with you. I’m gutted because it could have been something special. I want to make clear how much it means to me that you trust me. That’s a gift I’ll take with me.” LaBeouf claims he “officially” quit “Don’t Worry Darling” the next day on Aug. 17, 2020, according to the email he sent to Wilde on Thursday morning.
“I feel like I’m not ready to give up on this yet, and I too am heartbroken and I want to figure this out,” she says in the video. “You know, I think this might be a bit of a wake-up call for Miss Flo, and I want to know if you’re open to giving this a shot with me, with us. If she really commits, if she really puts her mind and heart into it at this point and if you guys can make peace — and I respect your point of view, I respect hers — but if you guys can do it, what do you think? Is there hope? Will you let me know?”
In another message sent at an unspecified time between Aug. 16 and Aug. 20, Wilde texted LaBeouf, “You don’t have to be in my movies but don’t ever doubt me. We pinky promised. That means something in my house.”
Here is LaBeouf’s email to Wilde sent on Wednesday:
Olivia,
I hope this finds you inspired, purposeful, fulfilled & well. I pray every night that you & your family have health, happiness, & everything God would give me. No joke, every night before I sleep.
I have a little girl, Isabel; she is five months old and just beginning to develop the last half of her laugh; it’s AMAZING. Mia, my wife & I have found each other again & are journeying toward a healthy family with love and mutual respect.
I have embarked on a journey that feels redemptive & righteous (dirty word but fitting). I write to you now with 627 days of sobriety and a moral compass that never existed before my great humbling that was the last year and a quarter of my life. I reached out to you a few months ago to make amends; & I still pray one day, you can find space in your heart to forgive me for the failed collaboration we shared.
What inspired this email today is your latest Variety story. I am greatly honored by your words on my work; thank you, that felt good to read. I am a little confused about the narrative that I was fired, however. You and I both know the reasons for my exit. I quit your film because your actors & I couldn’t find time to rehearse. I have included as a reminder the screenshots of our text exchange on that day, and my text to Tobey.
I know that you are beginning your press run for DWD and that the news of my firing is attractive clickbait, as I am still persona-non-grata and may remain as such for the rest of my life. But, speaking of my daughter, I often think about the news articles she will read when she is literate. And though I owe, and will owe for the rest of my life, I only owe for my actions.
My failings with Twigs are fundamental and real, but they are not the narrative that has been presented. There is a time and a place to deal with such things, and I am trying to navigate a nuanced situation with respect for her and the truth, hence my silence. But this situation with your film and my “firing” will never have a court date with which to deal with the facts. If lies are repeated enough in the public they become truth. And so, it makes it that much harder for me to crawl out of the hole I have dug with my behaviors, to be able to provide for my family.
Firing me never took place, Olivia. And while I fully understand the attractiveness of pushing that story because of the current social landscape, the social currency that brings. It is not the truth. So I am humbly asking, as a person with an eye toward making things right, that you correct the narrative as best you can. I hope none of this negatively effects you, and that your film is successful in all the ways you want it to be.
Every Blessing To You,
Shia
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Post by onethreetwo on Aug 26, 2022 17:37:12 GMT
Interesting. This is a bad look for Wilde. So let me get this straight. He wanted to rehearse with Pugh but she didn't want to, so he left the project. And to protect Pugh from looking bad she lied about LaBeouf. Yeah...not good. Girl...no.
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Post by darkpast on Aug 26, 2022 18:19:39 GMT
Interesting. This is a bad look for Wilde. So let me get this straight. He wanted to rehearse with Pugh but she didn't want to, so he left the project. And to protect Pugh from looking bad she lied about LaBeouf. Yeah...not good. Girl...no. no, most thought Shia was dropped for his personal issues, she should have said nothing, now she lied
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Post by onethreetwo on Aug 26, 2022 19:29:38 GMT
Interesting. This is a bad look for Wilde. So let me get this straight. He wanted to rehearse with Pugh but she didn't want to, so he left the project. And to protect Pugh from looking bad she lied about LaBeouf. Yeah...not good. Girl...no. no, most thought Shia was dropped for his personal issues, she should have said nothing, now she lied In the emails, LaBeouf wrote, “You and I both know the reasons for my exit. I quit your film because your actors and I couldn’t find time to rehearse.” Then Wilde sent him a video saying: “I feel like I’m not ready to give up on this yet, and I too am heartbroken and I want to figure this out,” she says in the video. “You know, I think this might be a bit of a wake-up call for Miss Flo, and I want to know if you’re open to giving this a shot with me, with us." That sound like Pugh didn't want to do the rehearsing he wanted to do, so he quit. It looks like Wilde is trying to protect Pugh from looking bad.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 26, 2022 19:39:43 GMT
Interesting. This is a bad look for Wilde. So let me get this straight. He wanted to rehearse with Pugh but she didn't want to, so he left the project. And to protect Pugh from looking bad she lied about LaBeouf. Yeah...not good. Girl...no. This will probably overshadow the goddamn movie.
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Post by onethreetwo on Aug 26, 2022 21:02:19 GMT
Interesting. This is a bad look for Wilde. So let me get this straight. He wanted to rehearse with Pugh but she didn't want to, so he left the project. And to protect Pugh from looking bad she lied about LaBeouf. Yeah...not good. Girl...no. This will probably overshadow the goddamn movie. She sounds like a nightmare. Florence Pugh reportedly has beef with her and now this? She needs to chill.
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Post by darkpast on Aug 26, 2022 23:08:00 GMT
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Post by darkpast on Aug 26, 2022 23:08:22 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Aug 28, 2022 16:32:52 GMT
In regards to rumors about the actors’ salaries: "There has been a lot out there that I largely don’t pay attention to. But the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me. I’m a woman who has been in this business for over 20 years, and it’s something that I have fought for myself and others, especially being a director. There is absolutely no validity to those claims." screenrant.com/dont-worry-darling-styles-pugh-pay-rumor-wilde-response/
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Post by Xcalatë on Aug 30, 2022 15:52:00 GMT
The more i hear about Wide the more she sounds like an asshole.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Sept 1, 2022 21:07:38 GMT
...and then immediately admitted he lied when he said Honeyboy was really on his life.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 9, 2022 1:22:56 GMT
Hmm.
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Post by darkpast on Sept 9, 2022 3:31:26 GMT
Hmm.
WB/New Line could really clear this up if they wanted to , they probably like the free press
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