On the set of David Ayer’s “Fury,” actors Scott Eastwood and Shia LaBeouf had a heated debate that apparently prompted Brad Pitt to step in.
In a recent interview, Scott Eastwood recalled the “tense” time while filming the 2016 World War II film.
According to Eastwood, the incident escalated when LaBeouf got angry at him and became “a tense moment that Brad Pitt eventually stepped in between.”
According to the publication, the script called for Eastwood to spit on LaBeouf’s tank. In the film, LaBeouf is a tank crew member under the command of Pitt’s character. According to the celebrity, Eastwood, LaBeouf was unaware that the script required him to do this and believed it to be an insult.
“You shouldn’t have any preconceived notions,” his son, Clint Eastwood Jr., added. “I don’t think your approach as an actor should ever interfere with how people are treated on set.”
“I’m a person who prefers a set that is devoid of any bad vibes,” he continued.
“It should always improve the process, not take away and put individuals in a bad work environment or make them unpleasant,” he continued.
In a 2014 GQ interview, Eastwood expanded on the event.
“I was doing a scene with Brad Pitt, and I was chewing tobacco,” he recalled. “He didn’t want what I was doing, so he told me I couldn’t spit tobacco on his tank. He said I needed to clean it up. I basically told him to fuck off, and Brad had to step in.”
Pitt also recalled the event when it happened, stating that he was extremely irritated with Eastwood.
“We all three are driving down the road, I’m in the turret, Shia is at the other turret, and Scott is on the back spitting [chewing tobacco],” Pitt continued. “And I’m starting to get annoyed because he’s defying our house; he’s disrespecting our home! And then we’re about to pull into a driveway.
“So I told him, ‘You’re going to clean that s*** up,’ while the cameras were rolling. Shia gets it, and you must understand we’ve already been through a lot in this tank. Shia observed it and shared my sentiments — he was publicly disrespecting our home. So when Shia had the same reaction as I did and started some arguments.
When the cameras stopped rolling, Pitt said he learned it was in the script. “He was simply performing as directed in the script… So we were the knobs at the end…,” he said.
The scuffle between Eastwood and LaBeouf wasn’t the only tense moment on set. The stars of the tank crew were forced to live in the vehicle, and it was an unpleasant experience.