Indiana Jones: What Happened to Shia LaBeouf?

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Interpreter of the young Mutt Williams – the hidden child of Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood in the fourth opus of the saga – Shia LaBeouf does not return to answer to Harrison Ford in the fifth and final part, directed by James Mangold. In theaters from June 28.

If we know about his absence from the cast for many months, now we know how the scriptwriters justified the plot of the film. Indeed, in a line of dialogue from the feature film, we learn that Matt went to war in Vietnam against his father’s advice and was killed on the battlefield. A drama from which Indy and Marion did not recover, preferring to separate.

So we now know what happened to Mutt. But what about his translator?

The 37-year-old American actor, who in the late 2000s had several important roles in major productions (Indiana Jones, respectively, Transformers, I, Robot or Wall Street), is much rarer in the Hollywood landscape. for some time.

Indeed, since the 2010s, the young actor seems to have moved away from blockbusters to move more towards independent cinema, working successively for Lars von Trier (Nymphomaniac), Andrea Arnold (American Honey) and soon Abel Ferrara (Padre Pio).

In 2010, two years after the release of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, Shia LaBeouf also took the floor to address the disappointment of fans and partly to blame for the film’s critical failure.

Mutt Williams’ character, his arrogance and jungle acrobatics, were indeed among the big negatives of the fourth installment, according to many viewers. No doubt, this is one of the main reasons that explains the studio’s desire to disappear the character in the fifth film.

But to this, perhaps, it is worth adding various controversies that have recently been hiding in the personal life of the actor. In 2017, Shia LaBeouf was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct. The Hollywood Reporter) and for drunk driving on a public highway before being accused of sexual assault three years later by his then-boyfriend (according to Entertainment Weekly).

These legal problems, as well as fan antipathy towards his character, may help explain the latter’s absence from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Mostly involved with smaller projects lately, Shia LaBeouf is set to star in Francis Ford Coppola’s ambitious Megalopolis.

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