Shia Labeouf Says Steven Seagal Was an Inspiration

27 August 2012 9:15 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

When most people think of Transformers actor Shia Labeouf they probably don't think of legendary action-star Steven Seagal but when Labeouf was a kid, it was Seagal who the burgeoning actor wanted to be.

In an interview with Parade Magazine, Labeouf, who stars in this week's Lawless, talked about his movie idol.

I would watch Steven Seagal movies and go into my room and try to beat my little teddy bear up, thinking I was him. And I would pull my curls back into a Seagal ponytail—which looked ridiculous, but I tried!

This isn't the first time Labeouf has talked about wanting a ponytail like Seagal, who stars in Reelz's original drama True Justice. In 2010, the actor talked about being a young Jewish kid with "Brillo pad" hair and wanting to look like Seagal.

Seagal was big for me. He had, like, three years where he was untouchable... His »

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