Shia LaBeouf has worked with many famous A-listers in the industry in the past including some very big names like Brad Pitt, Dakota Johnson, and many more. However, when he starred in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull along with Harrison Ford, he allegedly got so pissed at the director of the movie, Steven Spielberg that he vowed to never work on a movie again with him.
Shia LaBeouf opened up about working with Steven Spielberg in the Indiana Jones movie
Despite having worked together in multiple movies, Shia LaBeouf once revealed in an interview that after working in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull with Steven Spielberg, he was quite done with him. He said,
“You get there, and you realize you’re not meeting the Spielberg you dream of. You’re meeting a different Spielberg, who is in a different stage in his career. He’s less a director than he is a f—ing company.”
Shia LaBeouf further talked about the working experience on Spielberg’s sets and said,
“Spielberg’s sets are very different. Everything has been so meticulously planned. You got to get this line out in 37 seconds. You do that for five years, you start to feel like not knowing what you’re doing for a living.“
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The actor further revealed in the interview that he hated all of the movies that he had made with Steven Spielberg except for Transformers.
The actor was not convinced by his own performance in the Indiana Jones movie
When Shia LaBeouf was cast as Mutt Williams in the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie, the actor took a lot of pressure on himself as he wanted the movie to maintain the legacy of the Indiana Jones franchise and he was still a new actor in the industry. LaBeouf once revealed in an interview that he was not quite convinced by his own performance in the movie. He said,
“You get to monkey-swinging and things like that and you can blame it on the writer and you can blame it on Steven [Spielberg]. But the actor’s job is to make it come alive and make it work, and I couldn’t do it. So that’s my fault. Simple.“
Despite Shia LaBeouf thinking otherwise, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was a massive success at the box office as it went on to gross almost $790 million against a budget of $185 million. The movie also largely received positive reviews from fans and critics all around the world.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is currently streaming on Disney+.
