Shia LaBeouf arrived at the Feb. 9 Berlin premiere of his racy new film "Nymphomanic" with a paper bag over his head.
As if the bag wasn't a statement enough, the actor added the words, "I am not famous anymore," in black marker. According to Hollywood Life, the actor also responded oddly when asked questions about the risqué film.
When LaBeouf was asked about the graphic sexual scenes he responded, "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. Thank you very much." The actor then excused himself and walked out of the press conference.
LaBeouf first made headlines after he was accused of plagiarizing a film based off of graphic novels written by Daniel Clowes. The actors short film, "HowardCantour.com" was subsequently taken down due to copyright infringement.
Clowes did not file any claims against the actor, but his lawyer contacted LaBeouf after he continued to allegedly mock his plagiarism scandal. The actor took to his official Twitter to write apologies to the Clowes, even posting a photo of a skywriter he hired to apologize to the writer.
When the plagiarism scandal first broke, Clowes' editor Eric Reynolds released an email statement to BuzzFeed stating he did not believe LaBeouf's apologies were sincere.
"His apology is a non-apology, absolving himself of the fact that he actively misled, at best, and lied, at worst, about the genesis of the film," Reynolds wrote. "No one 'assumes' authorship for no reason. He implied authorship in the film credits itself, and has gone even further in interviews. He clearly doesn't get it, and that's disturbing. I'm not sure if it's more disturbing that he plagiarized, or that he could rationalize it enough to think it was OK and that he might actually get away with it."
