Transformers actor Shia LaBeouf has moved away from his Jewish roots to embrace Christianity following his latest role.
Mr LaBeouf, whose mother is Jewish and who had a barmitzvah, told Interview magazine that his time spent portraying the deeply religious Boyd ‘Bible’ Swan in David Ayer’s Fury had greatly affected him.
“I found God doing Fury. I became a Christian man … in a very real way. I could have just said the prayers that were on the page. But it was a real thing that really saved me.”
The actor, who achieved worldwide fame while playing protagonist Sam Witwicky in the Transformers series, went on to say that the transition was “wild”.