This has turned out to be quite the weekend for Shia LaBeouf – the annoying kid from I, Robot – because not only is he the star of the weekend's top movie, but he's about to become the annoying kid from Indiana Jones 4 too.
Needless to say that Shia LaBeouf is the obvious choice for the obligatory annoying sidekick role in Indiana Jones 4, since he's basically made a career out of being the annoying sidekick, but Indiana Jones 4 represents LaBeouf's most difficult mission yet – since to become the definitive annoying Indiana Jones sidekick, he'll need to reach inside himself and out-annoy Short Round from Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom. Somehow we think Shia LaBeouf is more than capable.
2007 looks like the year that Shia LaBeouf will become a big star. So far in his career he's only really managed to play sidekick characters who are so completely annoying that you sort of hope they get killed somewhere along the line. If you don't know who Shia LaBeouf is, go and watch I, Robot or Constantine or Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and watch out for the annoying kid who you hope dies. That's Shia LaBeouf.
Shia LaBeouf's new film Disturbia is the number one weekend box office movie at the moment. If that's not enough, LaBeouf will soon star in the new Transformers movie – which is destined to be either the biggest hit or the most spectacular flop of the summer. And if that's not enough Shia LaBeouf has now signed on for Indiana Jones 4. E! Online reports:
A month after denying intense Internet speculation about it, Shia LaBeouf has officially been cast as second banana to Harrison Ford's titular hero in the highly anticipated fourth Indiana Jones movie … "We are excited about bringing Shia into our Indy family," director Steven Spielberg said in a statement. "His talent has impressed not only his audiences throughout his young career but the directors, producers and fellow actors who have worked with him in his television career and now his film career."
The excitement has been building about Indiana Jones 4 ever since Harrison Ford started claiming he wasn't too old for Indy last year. Then, with the Indiana Jones 4 release date finally revealed, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas started to draw in the big names. First Cate Blanchett received the Indiana Jones 4 call-up, followed quickly by cereal-selling hardman Ray Winstone.
However, Sean Connery still needs to be convinced about rejoining Indiana Jones, so maybe the signing of Shia LaBeouf can tempt him. Maybe Sean Connery is sitting at home right now, in fact, thinking "Yesssh, it'sh the annoying kid from Consshtantine. I'd like to shign up jusht to shlap him in the goddamn fashe."
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Shiver says
Rockin’ Connery impression. You should record it and put it up here for our listening pleasure.