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LaBeouf Arrested After On-Set Fury Confrontation Involving Brad Pitt

8/3/2026

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Scott Eastwood confronted Shia LaBeouf on set of 2014 film “Fury,” and Brad Pitt intervened to end the dispute.
Eastwood said on the podcast that LaBeouf’s method acting involved pulling out a tooth, cutting himself, and rejecting a tobacco-spitting scene, and that he shouted “F—k you,” threatened to “whoop your ass,” and called him a “psychopath.”
On Feb. 17, 2026, LaBeouf was arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana, after punching bar patrons during Mardi Gras.

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Scott Eastwood confronted Shia LaBeouf on set of 2014 film “Fury,” and Brad Pitt intervened to end the dispute.
Eastwood said on the podcast that LaBeouf’s method acting involved pulling out a tooth, cutting himself, and rejecting a tobacco-spitting scene, and that he shouted “F—k you,” threatened to “whoop your ass,” and called him a “psychopath.”
On Feb. 17, 2026, LaBeouf was arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana, after punching bar patrons during Mardi Gras.