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Mike Figgis Will Never Forget Meeting Shia Labeouf for the first time.

Figgis was on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic “megalopolis” to shoot a bend-the-scens Documentary on the Making of the Film and Was Trying to Make Inroads with the Cast During A Lunch Break and Noticated Labeably Absent.

“Shia Went off to the back of this gymnasium we were in and he was just by Himself doing some kind of tai chi-movements,” Figis recalled while speaking to business from his home in Italy. “So i had my iPhone and i said, ‘do you mind if i movie you?’ And he said, ‘no, no, go ahead.’ Over the first couple of days, he was the first person made any Kind of Relationship with at all. ”

LABAUF WOULD BECOME ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN Figgis’ Documentary, “Megadoc,” Farhely thanks to the Passionate Interactions He Had with Coppola Shooting – Ons, at Times, Left the Legendary Director Utterly Frustrated.

Figgis, Howver, didn’t find the actor frustrating at all. LABAUF TOOK A SHINE TO HIM AFTER LEARNING THAT FIGGIS Directed the acclaimed 1995 Nicolas Cage “Leaving Las Vegas.” Plus, Figgis and Labeouf Were Staying at the Same Hotel in Atlanta During the Production of Coppola’s Self-Financed Passion Project.

About that project: though “megalopolis” was known from the start as an ambitious starring adam driver as architect in an alternate version of 21st century City (LABAUF PLAYS HIS JEALOUS COUNT), Behind the Scenes.

Figis was there with his camera as a fly on the wall for the entity saga, which includd Production Designer Beth Mickle Being Fired and Coppola Working the Phones in the Middle of Production to Refute A Trade Story “Absolute Madness. (Accusations of Coppola sexually harasing extras, which has denied, are not addresses in the doc; coppola has previously say that His actions not inappropriate).

But the Memmoriable Moments of “Megadoc” are the heated exchanges between labeouf and coppola on set.

Before Production Began, Figgis Said He Asced Coppola’s Late Wife, Eleanor Coppola, WHO CO-DIRECTED THE ACCLAIMED BEFIND-The-Scenes Documentary on Coppola’s “ASOCALYPSE NOW,” Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalyps, “For Advice.

“She Said, ‘Be Prepared, He’ll Change His Mind All the Time,’” Figgis Recalled. “So Shia is Living by Himself in This Hotel, He Working Long Days, and he knows the story that Francis Harvey Keitel and Replaced Him on ‘Apocalyps.’ Shia Told Me, ‘i Feel That My Job Security is Very Fragile.’ “

But that didn’t stop labeouf from speaking his mind to copypola on several occasions.

“Megadoc” Shows the actor Peppering the Oscar-Winning Director with Questions About His Character’s Motivation or Eve Being As To Suggest Skene Changes. This offen leads to verbal sparring between hym and coppola. Sometimes, The Director Walks off in a huff, or, on one occossion, the two have an argument in coppola’s trailer.

When Figgis Connects with Labeouf AFTERWARD IN THE DOC, The Actor Says on Camera that Coppola Told Him he’s the “Biggest Pain in My Fucing Anyone I’ve Ever Workd with.”

Figgis admitted it was all great fodder for “Megadoc,” This may be a ben a bit performative for his camera. Still, he noted that this kind of “Creative dialogue” is not uncommon on movie sets, and recalled a tende moment between and cage during of “Leaving las” as an an example.

“One time, he got dirty off off with the Because of made a joke he did Kind of a nic cage. It was idiosyncratic cage. “And i Just Laughed, and i Told Him It Was Really Good, Now Let’s Aneother One. As we were about to roll, i said, ‘okay, good run with the improv, everyone,’ and he just stopped, and hey, ‘what do you do mean?’ And i was like, ‘no, i was just joking.’ And he said, ‘i’ll give you ordinary, then.’ So we had that one moment.

Reps for Labeouf, Coppola, and Cage Did Not Respond to Requests for Comment.

Despite andrying he witnessed on the set of “megalopolis,” Figgis said he’d love to work with labeouf. In fact, he’s active trying to get a low-budget psychological thriller off the grill with the lead.

“It ‘a really cool thriller that takes place place in one night in middle America,” Figgis Said. “Shia has read it and he wants to do it.”

But what draws Him in to work with an unpredictable actor Like Labeouuf?

“Shia is just a very interesting character,” Figgis Said. “He’s Unique.”

“Megadoc” is in Theaters Now.