--- title: Shia LaBeouf Cannibal: Actor Applauds New Music Video description: Most people would probably be taken aback if accused of being a cannibal, but Shia LaBeouf apparently doesn't mind. canonical: https://time.com/3537818/shia-labeouf-cannibal/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-24T22:11:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:03.301Z og:title: Shia LaBeouf Cannibal: Actor Applauds New Music Video og:description: Most people would probably be taken aback if accused of being a cannibal, but Shia LaBeouf apparently doesn't mind. og:url: https://time.com/3537818/shia-labeouf-cannibal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Shia LaBeouf Cannibal: Actor Applauds New Music Video twitter:description: Most people would probably be taken aback if accused of being a cannibal, but Shia LaBeouf apparently doesn't mind. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Shia LaBeouf Doesn't Mind Being Called a Cannibal  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Oct 24, 2014 10:11 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Oct 24, 2014 10:11 PM UTC Some might be taken aback if accused of being a cannibal, but _not_ a one Shia LaBeouf. In a new video by singer-songwriter Rob Cantor, dancers and singers fly across the screen in a dramatically recounted battle between an unnamed character and Shia LaBeouf. The 28-year-old is “lurking in the shadows,” “killing for sport” and “eating all the bodies,” the song goes. But if that weren’t weird enough, the music video ends with LaBeouf giving the performance a standing ovation. It’s all very strange, but then again so is [Shia LaBeouf](http://time.com/2931300/shia-labeouf-detained-at-broadway-show/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3537818/shia-labeouf-cannibal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3537818/shia-labeouf-cannibal/"},"headline":"Shia LaBeouf Doesn't Mind Being Called a Cannibal","datePublished":"2014-10-24T22:11:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:03.301Z","description":"He's 'lurking in the shadows,' according to a new song","url":"https://time.com/3537818/shia-labeouf-cannibal/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre","Actors","Shia LaBeouf","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3537818/shia-labeouf-cannibal/","name":"Shia LaBeouf Doesn't Mind Being Called a Cannibal"}}]}] ```