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# A Guide To Shia LaBeouf's Bizarre Antics

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_Published 2014-01-08. There’s all the allegations of plagiarism and some high-profile Twitter feuds, but that’s just the beginning of some of the more bizarre antics of actor Shia LaBeouf._


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## Transcript

Shia LaBeouf has had a rough last couple of weeks. Allegations of plagiarism, public brawling and some high profile Twitter feuds. Here's everything you could ever want to know about it all. Starting off with something you probably didn't want to know, how's this for a headshot. The actor just revealed he sent a picture of his penis to director Lars Von Trier to land a starring role in the drama Nymphomaniac Volume

>> One and Two.

>> My first-- the first request on their-- on the production, and nothing large but from production was pictures of my penis.

>> Not quite the audition he joked about last year.

>> I sent them a video tape of me and my girlfriend having sex and that's how I got my job.

>> Sex, pictures of his penis, and then there's the more serious P word, plagiarism. An amateur short film LaBeouf released lifted from a Daniel Clowes comic without credit which resulted in this apology tweet-- an apology which bizarrely looked awfully similar to this Yahoo Answers' definition of plagiarism. So, the actor maybe plagiarized an apology for plagiarizing and then, followed up with this bizarre sky- written apology over Los Angeles. It tops sending flowers-- we'll give him that. Clowes by the way lives in the bay area so he wouldn't have even seen that apology. But what's more, LaBeouf's various subsequent Twitter apologies and yes there were several sent to Clowes were apparently inspired by different people.

One apology tweet had the phrase, " I wish I hadn't made so many of you angry ." Exact words from a Mark Zuckerberg apology in 2006. Another apology tweet mirrored even the spelling of a 2012 apology from UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. One from earlier this month looked exactly like one from rapper Gucci Mane-- makes you wonder if the whole thing is some kind of joke but then, LaBeouf ups the antic even more, he tweeted this. What he called a storyboard for his next short " Daniel Boring" A similar name and seemingly concept as, of course, yet another Daniel Clowes work. Needless to say Clowes is considering legal action against the star but LaBeouf is not backing down.

Also Wednesday, he posted pictures of a Cease and Desist letter from Clowes' lawyers who called LaBeouf, " seriously out of control ." No word yet on whether LaBeouf responded by calling the lawyers, " seriously out of control ." For TIME, I'm Lauren Zima.

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