Don't say that actors don't immerse themselves into their character.
Don't say that actors don't feel what the character feels.
The reason not to say those things is because Shia LaBeouf would take offense.
The actor's extreme desire to get his character as "real" as humanly possible, for his role as a drug addict in "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman," took acid to fully comprehend the emotion that the drug has over the body and mind.
LaBeouf took it even further by filming himself on the drug to analyze his behavior, later, once sober, with his friends. He also sent the video to his co-star Evan Rachel Wood for her feedback.
"I remember sending Evan tapes," LaBeouf told MTV.com. "I remember trying to conjure this (drug-addicted character) and sending tapes and Evan being like, 'Yeah, that's good, but that's not, but this is, but that ain't (sic).' 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."
This wasn't just a one-time thing either. It took a few acid "trips" for him to be convinced that he understood the character inside and out, but he was sure to stress that he wasn't "tripping" while on set.
"You don't show up wasted," he said. "You don't show up completely 'tripping' on acid. But you're rooting for something (the feeling of being on drugs), and you're pushing yourself toward it. Everyone's got their own way."
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