Amanda Edwards/Getty; Daniele Venturelli/WireImage Shia LaBeouf insists he and Timothée Chalamet are "good" On May 12, LaBeouf shared what appeared to be a friendly October 2023 conversation he and Chalamet conducted over email "Timothée Chalamet is doing better work than anyone alive," LaBeouf wrote Shia LaBeoufwants fans to know he andTimothée Chalametare on good terms. On Monday, May 12, LaBeouf, 38, shared an alleged email exchange between him and Chalamet, 29, onXthat was dated from October 2023. "If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken, twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools," LaBeouf wrote in quotations on his post, quoting Rudyard Kipling'spoem "IF.""Timothée Chalamet is doing better work than anyone alive - we been good," he added of the Oscar nominee days after he called Chalamet's FebruarySAG Awards speech"cute." In the email exchange, Chalamet appeared to reach out to LaBeouf after seeing him in the playHenry Jones. "Absolutely blown away by your work the other night. Totally electric, totally present at every turn, king of your kingdom even if that kingdom is a miserable 4x4 prison cell," Chalamet wrote, per the alleged email. "What a fantastic play. I hope you guys take it to New York. And I hope this is the beginning of your work on stage and not an anomaly !!" LaBeouf responded to Chalamet's message the following day by writing, "Thank you doggy / Every blessing to you / Fun watching you evolve / Take ownership / Bang bang." Representatives for Chalamet did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. "If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken, twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools"Timothée Chalamet is doing better work than anyone alive - we been goodpic.twitter.com/dXRFadP7Cv — Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook)May 12, 2025 In LaBeouf's May 8 interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, theHoney Boyactor referred to Chalamet'sSAG Awards speechwhile discussing his own turn toward Catholicism in recent years. "It changes the way you work, for sure," LaBeouf said in that interview, after detailing aformer feud he and Alec Baldwinhad while they worked on the 2013 Broadway production ofOrphans."Me and Alec would never have these problems now. But I was in an island. Then I hear Timothée Chalamet get up and he says something like, 'I want to be great,' " LaBeouf added. "I so know the feeling. On him, it's cute. On me, it wasn't cute. You know what I'm saying?" In his speech after winning Best Actor forA Complete Unknownat the 2025 SAG Awards, Chalamet said, "I know we're in a subjective business, but the truth is I'm really in pursuit of greatness," he said. "I know people don't usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats." Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Amanda Edwards/Getty LaBeouf has been mired in controversy in recent years over alawsuit from ex-girlfriend FKA Twigsthat shefiled in December 2020, alleging he sexually and physically abused her during their relationship in 2018 and 2019. That lawsuit is expected to go to trial later this year. LaBeouf hasdenied "each and every allegation"made against him by Twigs, whose real name is Tahliah Barnett. LaBeouf wasconfirmed into the Catholic Churchin December 2023. He mentioned Chalamet's SAG Awards speech whenTHRasked how his spiritual life has been going. Read the original article onPeople
