Shia LaBeouf Talks about “Transformers”

Shia LaBeouf went through a lot to reprise his role as Sam Witwicky in the highly anticipated sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.  According to a recent interview, the injuries we see Sam suffering happened to Shia in real life, including some nasty stitches to his eyelid (he literally stabbed himself in the eye)!  Talk about dedication!

Unfortunately, not all of his injuries happened on-set.  As you might have heard, Shia was in a car accident last July and he walked away with his life but his hand suffered irreparable damage.  The writers were forced to change some of the storyline to work around it and Shia revealed how they were able to pull it off:  “He hurts his hand in the middle of a human transfer.  Sorry this is so mysterious. There’s just certain words I can’t say.”

The injury caused other problems during production.  He was not able to drive since, after the accident, he refused to take a Breathalyzer and had his license suspended.  That’s pretty inconvenient considering the fact that, in the first movie, he was behind the wheel A LOT.  Granted, Bumblebee did all the driving so maybe they got creative?

He also talked a bit about the plot.  If you’ve seen the trailers, you’ll know that Sam heads off to college and begins seeing symbols through “epileptic seizure-type fits of information transfer” and “becomes a factual volcano.”  Shia explained that those symbols actually combine to create some sort of map to a very powerful energy source.

Despite all the drama, I’m glad they kept Shia because I think he was a perfect choice for Sam and I really love him as an actor.  I just hope he stays out of trouble from now on.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hits theaters on June 24, 2009.

image: Paramount Pictures