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Shia LaBeouf says he’s done making blockbusters

Actor Shia LaBeouf has never been one to hold back his opinions, such as when he slammed Steven Spielberg at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, saying that the director “dropped the ball” with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. More recently, the 26-year-old actor blasted Hollywood studios in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “There’s no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist,” he began. “[The studios] give you the money, then get on a plane and come to the set and stick a finger up your ass and chase you around for five months.” With that being said, LaBeouf will no longer be making blockbusters and will instead devote his career to indie films. This summer, the Transformers star will appear in Lawless, an indie film he also helped produce and he has a lineup of other upcoming indie films, including The Company You Keep and The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman. ~Isabelle Khoo