Last month it was announced that Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea, Lady Bird) is set to play a young Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, a film exploring the actor’s relationship with his father (who’ll also be played by LaBeouf himself).
Well, now comes word of a new addition to the cast of the film, as Noah Jupe, star of the hit horror A Quiet Place, will take on the role of a young LaBeouf as he begins his career as a child actor.
The film has been penned by LaBeouf under the pseudonym Otis Lort, the name of the lead character, and will take place across two time periods as the LaBeouf character juggles his fledgling career as an actor with his relationship with his addict father.
The logline for the Black List script reads: “A child actor and his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father attempt to mend their contentious relationship over the course of a decade.”
Israeli filmmaker Alma Har’el (Bombay Beach) is directing Honey Boy, while Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Christopher Leggett and Daniela Taplin Lundberg produce.
