The Alma Har'el-directed movie besides stars Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe and Shia's ex, FKA twigs, who sued the Holes actor for intersexual battery successful 2020. (Shia denied the allegations successful a 2021 ineligible filing, however, the lawsuit volition spell to proceedings successful April 2023.)

Shia noted that his begetter questioned him astir the inaccuracies successful the project, saying that the crippled of the movie did not lucifer what was successful the script his father was sent.

"I retrieve getting connected the telephone with him and him being like, 'You know, I ne'er work this worldly successful the publication you sent,'" Shia recalled on Real Ones. "Because I didn't enactment that s--t successful there," helium shared. "I was bulls--tting him. I was conscionable trying to get him to motion this portion of paper."

The Emmy victor disclosed that helium "turned the knob up connected definite s--t that wasn't real" wrong the film's storyline. "My dada ne'er deed me. Never. He spanked maine once. One time," Shia noted. "And the communicative that gets painted successful Honey Boy is like, this dude was abusing his kid each the time."

The Fury actor added, "But that wasn't my communicative due to the fact that it didn't presumption maine arsenic this wounded, fractured kid that you could basal for, which is what I was utilizing him for."

Despite inaccurately portraying Jeffrey arsenic abusive, the 74-year-old spoke astir the movie the twelvemonth it was released, saying that respective parts of the movie were inaccurate. 

"I ne'er deed Shia successful the face," helium said successful an interrogation with Gen successful Nov. 2019. "I did endanger him 1 time. In presumption of being carnal with him, erstwhile helium was a babe oregon young boy, and helium wanted to person a tantrum and shriek and holler and cry, I would prime him up by 1 ft upside down, and helium would wholly change. His demeanor would spell to wonderment and awe. And determination was nary request to spank him."

Shia has since made amends with his begetter by taking accountability for the "certain narrative" that helium would person to publicly live with for the remainder of his life.

Shia said that aft reuniting with his begetter successful 2021, he helped his begetter with his conflict with chronic obstructive pulmonary illness and with his sobriety journey, calling it "probably the crowning accomplishment of immoderate amends I've made." 

E! News has reached retired to Jeffrey Craig LaBeouf for remark and hasn't heard back.