VF also suggests the video call Wilde made to LaBeouf came before Pugh registered her discomfort, although that doesn’t seem to track with the content of the message.Īs for rumors that Wilde was so busy with her dalliance with Styles that Pugh had to take over as director on many occasions, Wilde dismissed that out of hand. The tricky, and quintessentially Hollywood, part is that, to spare LaBeouf’s ego, she seems to have allowed him to believe what he wanted to believe: that he was quitting. LaBeouf is said to have given Wilde an ultimatum-she had to choose between him and his costar. that the truth is a couple shades of gray: The actor was indeed unhappy with the limited amount of rehearsal time that Pugh had available, and Pugh, in turn, was uncomfortable with his intensity. It wasn’t the ethos that I demand in my productions.Īnyone who has seen the video where Wilde tries to convince LaBeouf to return to the set over the objections of “Miss Flo,” knows that’s not entirely true, but VF gives a rather inscrutable alternate explanation: A source with knowledge of the situation tells V.F. He comes at his work with an intensity that can be combative. I don’t think it would’ve been a process he enjoyed. Making the call was tricky, but in a way he understood. Wilde says she called LaBeouf herself and fired him: “My responsibility was towards her. To wit, here’s how Wilde originally characterized the firing: But during preproduction, Wilde tells me in London, Pugh told her that she was uncomfortable with LaBeouf’s behavior.

Like so many celebrity profiles, it’s a flattering depiction of its subject, which is not an insult, but the piece does take pains, for instance, to absolve Wilde for the way she handled the firing of Shia LaBeouf. The October Vanity Fair cover story is online today, and it includes the original interview with Wilde - from before the Shia LaBeouf drama, and from before the drama in Venice - but has also been updated to get Wilde’s thoughts on the happenings over the last couple of weeks.

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