Bryan Cranston told Shia LaBeouf, “Shia, get some help,” in a joint interview with Frankie Muniz published Wednesday, as the two reflected on the 2003 film “Holes” and what might have happened if their careers had gone differently.
Muniz said he remembered people pushing him to do “Holes” because it was a more dramatic story, and said LaBeouf ended up getting the part, which he believed helped catapult the actor’s movie career. Cranston added that Muniz “could have ended up with Shia LaBeouf’s life,” a blunt line that landed against the backdrop of LaBeouf’s recent legal and public troubles.
LaBeouf became a household name after “Holes” and later landed major film credits including “Transformers,” “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” and “I, Robot.” But the actor has also been making headlines for behavior outside the studio system. Last month, he was reported to have been involved in another physical altercation in New Orleans, where sources told TMZ he ripped his shirt off while fighting outside the Le Bon Temps Roule establishment.
He was hit with three counts of misdemeanor simple battery after a Mardi Gras brawl with three men. In a separate development last month, FKA Twigs filed a legal complaint against LaBeouf, accusing him of trying to silence her with their 2020 settlement document stemming from her sexual battery lawsuit.
Then on March 17, LaBeouf was reported to have caused a commotion in a hotel lobby in Italy, stripping down to his boxer briefs and asking guests for a light for his cigarette. He was also seen on video shouting at a woman while lounging outdoors at a local eatery during his Italian vacation. Cranston’s warning now reads less like a passing jab than a direct response to a pattern of conduct that keeps pulling LaBeouf back into the same headlines.