Shia LaBeouf sure knows how to commit to a role.
The actor - who recently garnered critical acclaim for Honey Boy, where he starred as a fictionalized version of his father - reportedly went so far as to get his "whole chest tattooed" in order to portray a Cholo gangster more authentically in his upcoming movie The Tax Collector.
Speaking to /Film, Suicide Squad, director David Ayer revealed the lengths that the actor went to for The Tax Collector.
He’s one of the best actors I’ve worked with, and he’s the most committed to body and soul," he said. "He had a tooth pulled on Fury, and then on Tax Collector, he got his whole chest tattooed. So he kind of goes all in, and I’ve never known anyone that committed."
In the forthcoming feature, LaBeouf plays Creeper, a "tax collector" for a crime kingpin known as Wizard. Per the director, the 34-year-old now has the word "Creeper" permanently tattooed across his abdomen, with the rest of the ink covering his chest.
We do not, however, have confirmation from LaBeouf that the tattoos are real.
As Ayer referred to, the actor previously had one of his teeth pulled for the film Fury, which also starred Brad Pitt. He also allegedly cut his face and kept reopening the wound as he did not think that the makeup was realistic enough.
His co-star, Logan Lerman told British GQ: "We were in make-up and they were putting cuts on Shia and I said, 'Yeah, yeah, it looks good.' And Shia was like, 'No, it doesn't look real.'"
"Then he walks out into the hallway and says, 'Hey man, wanna see something fun? Check this out...' and he takes out a knife and cuts his face. And for the whole movie he kept opening these cuts on his face. That's all real."
Speaking about LaBeouf having a tooth removed, he added, "I mean, he didn't do it himself, he did go to a dentist and asked them to pull his tooth out but yeah, what an odd request."