Shia LaBeouf was fired as Timotheé Chalamet’s ‘Call Me’ lover

Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer’s romantic drama “Call Me By Your Name” would have looked very different if Shia LaBeouf was cast in the lead. The former Disney Channel star, 35, was in the running to play Hammer’s character Oliver, who was the older boyfriend of Chalamet’s Elio. The 2017 film’s Oscar-winning writer and producer James Ivory explained in his new memoir, “Solid Ivory,” that LaBeouf was first contacted to play the role. In passages published in GQ Wednesday, Ivory wrote that he was uncertain about LaBeouf’s casting due to the fact that he couldn’t visualize the “Fury” actor playing… Read Full Article