‘Padre Pio’ Trailer & First Clip: Shia LaBeouf Plays A Saint For Director Abel Ferrara

Apart from the few but mighty completists of renegade filmmaker Abel Ferrara, the primary draw to watch “Padre Pio” is star Shia LaBeouf making his first on-screen attempt at a comeback after facing domestic abuse allegations. The star credits the film with prompting his conversion to Catholicism and helping to begin the process of repairing his life.

Shia LaBeouf plays the title character in this period piece, and his face dominates the promotional material, but the latest film from the ridiculously prolific Abel Ferrara, now into his 70s, is really more of an ensemble with a supporting cast that’s near-unknown outside Italy.

The controversy in the lead-up to the release of Don’t Worry Darling continues, as director Olivia Wilde revealed she was “upset” that cuts were made to the trailer because sex scenes between Harry Styles and Florence Pugh were deemed “too provocative”. In an interview with the Associated Press in early September, Olivia said the Motion Picture Association (MPA) took out “a lot” from her original edit.

Olivia Wilde is not happy about the cuts she had to make to the trailer for new her new film, . Wilde told the Associated Press Wednesday that the Motion Pictures Association ratings board forced her to remove additional scenes from that trailer that were deemed too sexual. When the latest trailer was released in June, it included a scene in which Harry Styles’ character performs oral sex on Florence Pugh’s character on a dining room table. Wilde told the AP that she was «upset» that the MPA «came down hard» on her and the trailer «at the last second.»«There’s a lot that had to be taken out of the trailer,» Wilde told the news org.

Harry Styles has not bagged himself another Harry’s House. The former One Direction star, who won the prestigious Album of the Year gong at this year’s MTV VMA ceremony, was rumoured to have purchased a lavish home that once featured on Grand Designs. The seafront mansion comes with a bit of history, with reconstruction efforts that caused millions of debt and a marriage break-up for its owner leading to it being dubbed the ‘saddest ever episode.

her boyfriend, Harry Styles, and actress Florence Pugh.While the internet-breaking trailer did include the “Watermelon Sugar” singer giving oral sex to Pugh’s character, Wilde told the Associated Press on Thursday that she was forced to water down her original vision. “There’s a lot that had to be taken out of the trailer,” Wilde said when asked about including a “sex act” in the trailer. “The MPA [Motion Picture Association of America] came down hard on me and the trailer at the last second, and I had to cut some shots, which I was upset about because I thought they it took it up another notch.“But, of course, we still live in a really puritanical society,” the filmmaker continued.

Don’t Worry Darling, recently commented on how her acting roles informed her career.In conversation with fellow actor-turned-director Maggie Gyllenhaal for Interview magazine, Wilde said: “I’ve made like 5,000 times more shitty movies than you have.”“I’ve been in some really bad ones, and now I think, ‘I did those to learn all the cautionary tales that would help me define myself as a director: how I will never speak to a crew, how I will never speak to actors, how I will never schedule a movie.’ All of that comes from those bad experiences,” she added.Olivia Wilde was recently challenged by Shia LaBeouf after the filmmaker claimed she had fired him from Don’t Worry Darling.The actor pushed back, alleging he had quit the role of Jack Chambers (now played by Harry Styles) opposite Florence Pugh.LaBeouf’s departure from the project in 2020 was originally cited by the studio as a “scheduling conflict”, until director Wilde claimed to Variety that she fired him in order to create a “safe, trusting environment” on set.“I say this as someone who is such an admirer of his work,” Wilde said. “His process was not conducive to the ethos that I demand in my productions.

Well, the lead-up to the world premiere of Olivia Wilde‘s sophomore feature “Don’t Worry Darling” at the Venice Film Festival this year has been …dramatic so far. Speculation abounds as to why Florence Pugh‘s press for the upcoming film remains limited, as well as what may have happened between her and Wilde during production.

Zack Sharf “Don’t Worry Darling” broke the internet with its first trailer, which included a scene in which Harry Styles’ character performs oral sex on Florence Pugh’s character on a dining room table. It turns out there would’ve been even more provocative scenes featured in the trailer had director Olivia Wilde gotten her way. The filmmaker told the Associated Press that the MPA ratings board “came down hard” on the original cut of the trailer and forced her to remove additional scenes that were deemed too risqué. “There’s a lot that had to be taken out of the trailer,” Wilde said when asked by the AP about including a “sex act” in the trailer. “The MPA came down hard on me and the trailer at the last second and I had to cut some shots, which I was upset about because I thought they it took it up another notch. But of course we still live in a really puritanical society. I do think the lack of eroticism in American film is kind of new. Then when it comes to female pleasure, it’s something that we just don’t see very often unless you’re talking about queer cinema.”

More details have been revealed in the infinitely expanding Don’t Worry Darling drama…

Shia LaBeouf was pictured heading to a juice bar in Pasadena, Southern California on Thursday morning.The 36-year-old performer cut a casual figure in a racing shirt and shorts with his hair slicked back.The actor's outing comes after he denied claims made by Olivia Wilde that he was fired from her movie Don't Worry Darling due to his 'combative energy.' He has instead insisted that he quit the project. In the streets: Shia LaBeouf was pictured while stepping out solo in Pasadena on Thursday morningLaBeouf stayed cool in the blazing summertime heat while wearing a graphic-printed t-shirt, athletic shorts and work books as he stepped out. Backing up his claims, a video of Wilde was leaked online Friday that clearly showed the director begging the actor to stay with the project, and she hinted at tensions with his would-be co-star Florence Pugh by saying him leaving would be a 'wake-up call to Miss Flo.' Earlier this week, Wilde, 38, gave an interview to Variety where she said LaBeouf's process was 'not conducive to the ethos that I demand in my productions' after the role was ultimately recast with her now-boyfriend Harry Styles.

Olivia Wilde has been pictured out for the first time following reports of tension on the set of her upcoming psychological thriller Don't Worry Darling emerged. The actress, 38, who stars in and directs the film, was seen out in Los Angeles on Wednesday wearing a cropped 'Flopp' marshmallow T-shirt and black leggings.Keeping her gaze down, she appeared slightly tense as she stepped out with a green 'Sweet Pickle Books' hat occasionally concealing her eyes. Wrapped up in controversy: Olivia Wilde has been pictured out for the first time after alleged tension on the set of her upcoming psychological thriller Don't Worry Darling was exposedAlso clad in a pair of black leggings, the Booksmart director flashed a hint of her svelte belly.She carried a grey tote bag on her arm, her keys, and wore her sandy blonde hair down in natural waves.

On different pages. Olivia Wilde and Shia LaBeouf have differing accounts of how their Don’t Worry Darling experience went down, which was the tipping point of their dramatic feud, but their relationship was strained from the start.

Shia LaBeouf will be starring in Francis Ford Coppola's star-studded independent film Megalopolis after becoming embroiled in a dispute with Olivia Wilde over his departure from her latest film, Don't Worry Darling.  LaBeouf, 36, is among several of the newest stars to join the cast, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In addition to him, Coppola's sister Talia Shire and nephew Jason Schwartzman have also landed roles in the movie.The film will be independently financed by the legendary director, and has a budget just shy of $100 million.

The cast of Francis Ford Coppola’s long-gestating dramatic epic, “Megalopolis”—a film he’s been trying to make for nearly 20 years— has added a bevy of new actors, including Shia LaBeouf, Jason Schwartzman (Coppola’s nephew), Talia Shire (his sister), Grace Vanderwaal, Kathryn Hunter and James Remar. READ MORE: Shia LaBeouf Acknowledges FKA Twigs’ Abuse Accusations: “I Hurt That Woman” The controversial eye-opener in this list is, of course, LaBeouf, who is attempting something of a comeback after his ex-girlfriend FKA Twigs accused him in a February 2021 lawsuit of abuse, mental, physical, and sexual.

Francis Ford Coppola continues to fill out the ensemble for his epic Megalopolis, with Talia Shire (The Godfather), Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy), Jason Schwartzman (The French Dispatch), Grace Vanderwaal (Stargirl), Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth) and James Remar (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) being its newest additions.

Shia LaBeouf has admitted that the depiction of his father as an abusive man in the film Honey Boy was “fucking nonsense”.The 2019 film, which was written by LaBeouf, was said to be based on his his relationship with his father, whom he portrayed in the movie.In the film, his father is depicted as manic and aggressive, as well as being abusive towards his son. However, the actor has now claimed that this couldn’t be further from the reality.While appearing on an episode of Jon Bernthal’s Real Ones podcast, LaBeouf admitted to taking creative liberties with the story, which was previously thought to be autobiographical.“Here’s a man who I’ve done vilified on a grand scale,” the actor said (via The Independent). “I wrote this narrative, which was just fucking nonsense.“My dad was so loving to me my whole life.

is proving to be a very ironic title for Olivia Wilde's sophomore directorial effort, as quite a bit of drama worth worrying about has unfolded over the course of production and the subsequent promotional blitz ahead of the film's release next month.From the film's early casting shake-ups — with Harry Styles taking over for Shia LaBeouf — to Wilde's high-profile split from her long-time partner Jason Sudeikis and subsequent romance with her new leading man, drama, rumors and mild scandals have permeated every facet of the film's production.Now, with the tensions between Wilde and LaBeouf coming to a head as the actor accuses the filmmaker of misrepresenting his exit from the film — and rumors swirling over Florence Pugh's alleged feud with Wilde allegedly due to her romance with Styles and split from Sudeikis — it feels like risks being overshadowed by the controversy.Amid the back-and-forth allegations and fan-fueled rumors, ET is breaking down all the drama and examining the behind-the-scenes in-fighting and how the headline-grabbing feuds first formed. In April 2020, news broke that Pugh and LaBeouf — as well as Chris Pine — had been cast as the leads of Wilde's forthcoming drama, which is set in the 1950s.

Shia LaBeouf has been the subject of intense controversy over the past several years. From his multiple arrests and reports of erratic behavior to the more recent allegations of physical abuse from one of his ex-partners, the actor is seemingly always in the crosshairs.