Shia Labeouf Acid Trip Footage For Sundance Film (VIDEO)

In a recent interview with MTV, actor Shia Labeouf shared some secrets about his role as a drug addict in his new Sundance film, “The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman.” He said that he had to do acid trips to understand fully his character.

Does an actor really have to go through the extreme and do an acid trip to act like a drug addict?

Here is part of the MTV interview with his co-star Evan Rachel Wood:

MTV: The character drops acid and you did that for the role. You did it because you wanted to be in that headspace, apparently.

LaBeouf: Also, just ’cause I’m scared. I’ve never done acid before. I remember sending Evan tapes.

Wood: Yeah!

LaBeouf: I remember trying to conjure this and sending tapes and Evan being like, ‘Yeah, that’s good, but that’s not, but this is, but that ain’t.

Wood: Not like I would know about these drugs!

LaBeouf: Not like she’s the expert on set. I’m just saying you reach out to friends and you sort of gauge where you’re at. So I was sending tapes around. I’d get fifty percents from people, and that starts creeping me out, and I got really nervous. Towards the end, I was like…

Wood: It was spot on.

LaBeouf: Well, yeah. But not because I’m wanting to be on drugs. I’m not trying to mess with the set or anything like that. It’s really just fear that propels people.

MTV: I’ve talked to actors a lot over the years, and questions come up with alcohol too. Do you arrive on set drunk or a little tipsy if you’re playing a scene…’

LaBeouf: Well, you root for it. You don’t show up wasted. You don’t show up completely tripping on acid. But you’re rooting for something and you’re pushing yourself toward it. Everyone’s got their own way.

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