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Joy Saha

Shia LaBeouf's exit made movie set safer

Shia LaBeouf and Florence Pugh (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Olive Wilde's upcoming psychological thriller "Don't Worry Darling" has created plenty of buzz well before its September debut, and not necessarily about the film itself. This time, the focus is on a controversial casting decision for one of the main roles.

Back in September 2020, news broke that Harry Styles was set to take over the lead role of Jack, which was initially given to "Transformers" star Shia LaBeouf. In the movie, set in the 1950s, Jack and his wife Alice (Florence Pugh) move to company town Victory, California – a picture-perfect place full of Jack's peers and their wives. When Alice becomes curious about Jack's project and begins to snoop around, tensions rise as she realizes that their idyllic life is not what it seems.

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