Shia LaBeouf was in high gear at the public premiere of Abel Ferrara’s “Padre Pio” at the Venice Film Festival, as befits a film about a monk in the Capuchin Abbey in post-WWI Italy.
LaBeouf, embroiled in controversy after being accused of sexual abuse and assault in a lawsuit persuaded by his ex-partner FKA Twigs, made a rare public appearance in gun. He did not do any press at the festival, but the actor was present at the cinema before the show where he obliged audiences for selfies and then participated in a question and answer.
“I feel so lucky to have worked on this movie – this movie saved my life,” LaBeouf said during a Q&A. “But I was not involved in the process as a man of God — certainly not a Catholic. And this movie just found me at a time when I was very willing to open up about the process.”
The actor said he studied the block for the movie and the more he sat en masse the more it felt like an actor’s job and more like a gift. He also gave a shout out to the uniformed members of the clergy who attended the premiere.
“They’re in the room now and they’re always in my pocket and they’ve been carrying me the whole time,” said LaBeouf, referring to the clergy. “We had an incredible staff that did most of the heavy lifting – they made room for me to pray and feel all that God would give me.”
“This is the least work I’ve ever done. I just turned up, I mean it sounds cheesy, but it’s really like I opened myself up and allowed myself to fail in front of him the whole time,” LaBeouf added. “Our crew and everyone was venerating and venerating the appearance of God and there are moments of him that really fill my heart during filming.”
When asked by a member of the audience what he would do next, LaBeouf took the question literally and said he was going back to his hotel, to his five-month-old daughter. “Maybe the next one is to go home and try to be a better husband and a better father and focus on my family,” LaBeouf said.
Most of the cast and crew were present at the premiere. The herd was so revered that only a few non-believers left the cinema. The faithful who stayed on the film threw a standing ovation for four minutes, most of them seated.
Earlier this week, it was announced that LaBeouf will be joining Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” which also stars Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Natalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight and Laurence Fishburne. It’s been a week for LaBeouf, who also recently denied Olivia Wilde’s claim that she fired him from her movie Don’t Worry Baby in a series of private texts and emails shared with diverse. The actor also appeared on Jon Bernthal’s podcast last week and addressed the FKA Twigs allegations against him, saying, “I hurt that woman. And while doing that, I hurt many other people, and many other people before that woman. I was a fun-seeking, selfish, selfish human being.” dishonest, dishonest, and fearful.”
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