Crisis Management - How will the DUI Arrest will Affect Shia LeBeouf’s Career?

Still, veteran Hollywood publicist David Brokaw said this is most certainly a time of crisis management for LaBeouf and his managers.

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“The question becomes: Does he want to use this as a wake-up call or is he going to draw this out and really hurt what he’s doing?” said Brokaw. “Given some of the other behavior of other people in the business right now, I think he’s got a bit of a leash.”

The most immediate effect may be the production schedule for the “Transformers” sequel. LeBeouf underwent surgery on his left hand and plans to return to work within a month, his publicist, Melissa Kates, said.

Shooting is continuing this week, but the production team was to meet Tuesday to discuss any necessary adjustments to the schedule.

The film, which is a joint effort between Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks, was already crossing its fingers that stalled negotiations among the Screen Actors Guild and the studios would not lead to a strike and interrupt production. (Michael Bay is returning as director for the film, which is due out next June.)

It was the first “Transformers” that established LaBeouf as a young, charismatic star capable of carrying a summer blockbuster and holding his own next to giant robots. It grossed more than $700 million worldwide.

Spielberg was a producer on the first “Transformers” (and is again for the sequel), and he cast LaBeouf as Harrison Ford’s son in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” — a role as sought after as any.

Spielberg’s publicist Marvin Levy said late Monday that the director had no comment, but that he was just thankful the injury wasn’t too serious.

LaBeouf has had brushes with the law before but they were relatively harmless incidents that only enhanced the perception of his playful edginess.

A drunken confrontation with guards at a Walgreens in Chicago late last year led to misdemeanor criminal trespassing charges. The charge was dropped because the drug store didn’t want to pursue the matter.

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