<p>Actor Shia LaBeouf opened up about the role he said led to his conversion to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholicism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholicism</a> and helped him find faith during a time in his life he called very dark. He said he always had a belief, but no connection.</p>
<p>During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/shia-labeouf">36-year-old</a> actor&#8217;s appearance on Bishop Barron Presents &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjxKG4mR3U4">Conversations at the Crossroads</a>,&#8221; LaBeouf talked about studying for his role as the late mystic St. Padre Pio in the upcoming film, &#8220;Padre Pio.&#8221; He said he was &#8220;never an atheist,&#8221; but instead agnostic and credited &#8220;Pio&#8221; with saving his &#8220;life&#8221; at a time he described as &#8220;nuclear&#8221; because <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/talent-agency-caa-no-longer-representing-actor-shia-labeouf">roles had dried up</a>. In 2021, LeBeouf was facing a variety of allegations, including abuse.</p>
<p>In preparation for the role he believed would finally restart his career, the director told Shia he would need to do some research and go to a seminary. LaBeouf ended up going to a seminary near his home and met Brother Jude, who told him if he&#8217;s going to play Pio, he needs to read the Gospel. LeBeouf started doing just that at a time when he felt hopeless.</p>
<p>&#8220;I had a gun on the table. I was outta here,&#8221; the &#8220;Holes&#8221; star admitted. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to be alive anymore when all of this happened. Shame like I had never experienced before — the kind of shame that you forget how to breathe. You don&#8217;t know where to go. You can&#8217;t go outside to get like, a taco. But I was also in this deep desire to hold on.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;It stops being this prep of a movie and starts being something that feels beyond all that,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The reach-out had happened. I was already there; I had nowhere to go. This was the last stop on the train. There was nowhere else to go — in every sense.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I know now that God was using my ego to draw me to Him,&#8221; LaBeouf continued. &#8220;Drawing me away from worldly desires. It was all happening simultaneously. But there would have been no impetus for me to get in my car, drive up [to the seminary] if I didn&#8217;t think, &#8216;Oh, I&#8217;m gonna save my career.’”</p>
<p>The &#8220;Transformers&#8221; star said he almost felt like he was tricked in some way, but &#8220;not in a bad way.&#8221; He said that was because he couldn&#8217;t see that he was being brought to God at the time because he was &#8220;so close to it.&#8221; He added that he sees &#8220;it differently now because time has passed.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It was seeing other people who have sinned beyond anything I could ever conceptualize also being found in Christ that made me feel like, &#8216;Ok well, that gives me hope,’” the movie star explained. &#8220;I started hearing experiences of other depraved people who had found their way in this, and it made me feel like I had permission.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shia-labeouf-denies-each-and-every-allegation-of-abuse-from-ex-girlfriend-fka-twigs">Shia LaBeouf Denies &#8216;Each And Every&#8217; Allegation Of Abuse From Ex-Girlfriend FKA Twigs</a></strong></p>

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