Shia LaBeouf drops out of juicy movie role because his hand requires more surgery?
Posted on December 6th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Word is that popular young actor Shia LaBeouf has been forced to drop out of a new film because of his damaged hand.
The 21 year old star of “Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” was supposed to star in director Neal Burger’s new feature, “Dark Fields.” Burger, the man behind “The Illusionist” and “The Lucky Ones,” was supposed to start shooting this fall.
But the shoot was postponed because LaBeouf had smashed his hand in a car accident last July. He had hand surgery, and the injury was worked into “Transformers 2,” which was held up for a month while the actor recuperated.
Burger had signed him for Dark Fields, in which Shia was supposed to play a man who stumbles on a one of a kind smart pill. The screenplay, by Leslie Dixon, is based on a novel by Alan Glynn.
But Roger Friedman of Fox News reports that LaBeouf has withdrawn completely, and the search is on for a new leading man. Sources say Shia’s hand is much worse than anyone thought (totally shattered) and the area around the thumb needs more surgery.
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