A Nude Shia LaBeouf Cries in Sia’s New Music Video
Following a turbulent 2014, Shia LaBeouf is starting out the New Year on point by stripping down in Sia’s music video for Elastic Heart. The video also features 12-year-old professional dancer Maddie Ziegler, who appeared in the mysterious musician’s mesmerizing music video for Chandelier.
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LaBeouf, in nude underwear, looks like a young Christian Bale and faces off with Ziegler, known for her stint on reality show Dance Moms, in an intense choreographed routine set within the boundaries of an oversized birdcage. The pair twist, turn, and crawl throughout the enclosure and LaBeouf even shows off his buff muscles in a series of pull-ups. This non-stop contemporary dance frenzy perfectly mingles acting and pirouetting and the result is a captivating 5-minutes of fine art.
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In all of LaBeouf’s attempts to break into and be taken seriously in the art world, this may be his best performance—and best costume—yet.
