Shia Labeouf Honey Boy Facts. Shia labeouf mined his own history to write honey boy, the story of child star otis lort (played by noah jupe as a child and lucas hedges as an only labeouf himself really knows where fact ends and fiction begins in the movie, but here are our most educated guesses about where real life and. We as a viewing public know a lot.

Honey boy is a fluent, heartfelt, tightly structured and well acted personal story starring shia labeouf, who reportedly drafted the script in rehab.

Noah jupe and shia labeouf in honey boy. Shia labeouf plays his own father in honey boy. It's an exercise in extreme honey boy has the kind of premise that could very rapidly eat its own tail or become unconscionably sentimental. The difference is that now, we understand this. An actor and then, off set, a caretaker for his father james (shia labeouf). There are two distinct reasons why honey boy, out this week, is both a powerful and deeply painful film to watch.