Shia LaBeouf DENIES Being Fired by Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry Darling stole the spotlight astatine the 2022 Venice Film Festival and it hasn't adjacent officially premiered yet.

During a Sept. 4 property league for the upcoming thriller, which stars Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan and Chris Pine, Olivia shared her thoughts on Florence's show and what it was like working together.

"Florence is simply a force," Olivia gushed, per CNN, earlier noting her lack from the property conference. "We are truthful grateful that she's capable to marque it contiguous contempt being successful accumulation connected Dune. I cognize arsenic a manager however disruptive it is to suffer an histrion adjacent for a day, truthful I'm precise grateful to her, precise grateful to Denis Villeneuve for helping us, and we're truly thrilled we'll get to observe her enactment tonight."

Olivia continued, "I can't accidental capable however honored I americium to person her arsenic our lead. She's astonishing successful the film."

Last month, Olivia claimed that she fired Shia from the film, telling Variety in an interview, "His process was not conducive to the ethos that I request successful my productions. He has a process that, successful immoderate ways, seems to necessitate a combative energy, and I don't personally judge that is conducive to the champion performances."

Olivia, who said she admired Shia's work, added, "Ultimately, my work is to the accumulation and to the formed to support them. That was my job."

Days later, Shia claimed that helium wasn't fired from Don't Worry Darling, insisting that he discontinue connected his ain accord instead.

"I americium greatly honored by your words connected my work; convey you, that felt bully to read," Shia wrote in a elaborate email to Olivia, obtained by Variety. "I americium a small confused astir the communicative that I was fired, however. You and I some cognize the reasons for my exit. I discontinue your movie due to the fact that your actors & I couldn't find clip to rehearse."

"Firing maine ne'er took place, Olivia," he continued his message. "And portion I afloat recognize the attractiveness of pushing that communicative due to the fact that of the existent societal landscape, the societal currency that brings. It is not the truth. So I americium humbly asking, arsenic a idiosyncratic with an oculus toward making things right, that you close the communicative arsenic champion you can. I anticipation nary of this negatively effects you, and that your movie is palmy successful each the ways you privation it to be."

E! News antecedently reached retired to reps for LaBeouf and Wilde and has yet to person a response.