Originally Posted by Bladewire

I like his spirit. He lives and dies by the sword, a free spirit like his circus performer parents

People with fractured childhoods either thrive and live dynamically different lives or they crash and burn early due to drugs and self pitty. I like that he thrives, expresses himself and wants the best for humanity.
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LaBeouf grew up in Echo Park, Los Angeles ? an impoverished, overwhelmingly Latino neighbourhood ? the only child of a drug-addled Vietnam-vet father and a bohemian mother.

His Cajun father trained chickens in a circus before deciding to become a professional clown, meanwhile peddling drugs to support his own escalating cocaine and heroin habit.

Shortly after LaBeouf's second birthday, the family took to working the streets in clown costumes to sell hot dogs. Quickly, he became the main attraction.

By the time he reached ten, his parents had divorced and LaBeouf was increasingly exposed to adult pastimes. When his father wasn't in rehab, he'd take his son to AA meetings and Rolling Stones concerts.

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