Scott Eastwood; Brad Pitt; Shia LaBeouf.Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty; Rich Fury/Getty
Scott Eastwoodis recalling an alleged “volatile” encounter he had withShia LaBeoufon a movie set.
In a new interview withInsider, Eastwood, 35, said LaBeouf was personally offended during a scene in which Eastwood’s character spits on a tank while filming 2014’s war dramaFury.
According to Eastwood,Brad Pitt, who also starred in the movie, stepped between him and LaBeouf to defuse the confrontation. (A rep for LaBeouf, 35, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.)
“I never think your process as an actor should ever hinder how people are treated on set,” Eastwood told Insider. “It should always enhance the production, not take away and put people in a situation where it’s a s—y work environment or you’re rude or people have to be in an uncomfortable situation.”
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Scott Eastwood (L) and Shia LaBeouf inFury(2014).Giles Keyte/Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock (2)
Pitt told the publication he had told Eastwood not to spit tobacco on the tank. “I’m starting to get pissed off, I’m starting to get hot, because this is our home, he’s disrespecting our home, you know?” he said of Eastwood.
Pitt continued, “So I said, in the scene with the cameras rolling, ‘You’re going to clean that s— up.’ Shia clocks it, and you have to understand, we’ve been through severe boot camp already, we’ve been through a lot in this tank. Shia saw it and felt the same — he’s disrespecting our home.”
“So Shia had the same reaction I did, and started having some words,” said Pitt.
However, he added, “The funny thing is, when we got home at the end of the day and read the script, it said Scotty’s character is ‘chewing tobacco and spitting it on the back of the tank.’ He was just doing as instructed in the script! So we were the knobs in the end … "
Eastwoodtold BritishGQof the incident, “I was in the middle of a scene withBrad Pitt, and I was chewing tobacco. … [Shia] didn’t like what I was doing, so he said I couldn’t be spitting tobacco on his tank, and he told me to clean it up.”
“I pretty much told him to f— off, and Brad had to break it up,” he added, calling LaBeouf “a complete pain in the ass.”
Pitt, however, told BritishGQof LaBeouf, “He’s one of the best actors I’ve ever seen. He’s full-on commitment, man. He’s living it like no one else, let me tell you. I’ve been fortunate to work with a lot of great actors. He’s one of the best I’ve seen.”
source: people.com
