“You’re meeting a different Spielberg”: Mark Wahlberg’s $5.2B Franchise Predecessor Hated Steven Spielberg for a Surprising Reason

"You’re meeting a different Spielberg": Mark Wahlberg's $5.2B Franchise Predecessor Hated Steven Spielberg for a Surprising Reason
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Since the 1970s, Spielberg has made legendary movies and added them to the catalogs of many different genres. What sets him apart is that his every movie is a masterpiece.

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Legends like Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, and Morgan Freeman have all worked with the Academy Award winner at least once, and the number goes far beyond three in the case of Tom Hanks, Martin Dew, and Harrison Ford. That’s the reason he’s a highly anticipated director in the industry.

Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise
Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise

LaBeouf used to idealize Steven Spielberg – an American director of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, but he turned the actor down because of his toxic behavior. Undoubtedly, Spielberg is rightly regarded as one of the best directors to ever step behind the camera, and that’s how as soon as the Honey Boy actor got a chance, he jumped right on the Spielberg train.

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Shia LaBeouf Regrets Movies He Made with Steven Spielberg

Shia LaBeouf as Mutt Williams
Shia LaBeouf as Mutt Williams

A former child actor – Shia LaBeouf, who rose to fame as an adult with roles in blockbusters such as Transformers and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, faced huge disappointment with his idol. Shia LaBeouf once was a huge fan of Spielberg’s works, and why the actor shouldn’t be? After all, he was the director with whom every actor looks further to work with. However, suddenly, everything turned upside down.

The drama of hatred started two years after the release of Indy 4. LaBeouf, who played Matt Williams in the movie, thought the movie was terrible and blamed everything on director Steven Spielberg. LaBeouf questioned the one who made him a renowned Hollywood star.

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The actor has worked with Spielberg in movies like DisturbiaTransformers, and Eagle Eye, but he wasn’t happy working with the director. He admitted:

“I don’t enjoy the movies I made with Spielberg.”

LaBeouf expressed that he was most disappointed with Indy 4, despite its worldwide gross being nearly $800 million. The actor said that he had prepared for it for more than a year or so, and the results of the film let him down.

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Shia LaBeouf Exposed the Unexpected Persona of Steven Spielberg

Shia Labeouf
Shia Labeouf

In reality, the Speilberg was quite different from what LaBeouf had imagined in his head throughout the years according to LaBeouf — and, as always, the actor shared his disappointment with the global media. He said:

“You get there, and you realize you’re not meeting the Spielberg you dream of. You’re meeting a different Spielberg, who is in a different stage in his career. He’s less a director than he is a f*cking company.”

In an interview with Variety, Shia LaBeouf said that he got disillusioned after meeting with Steven Spielberg. The frustrated Transformers star also shared that the director asks him to do things that don’t make sense in real life.

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