The tax collector sees LaBeouf play “Creeper,” the man on the right hand and best friend to Bobby Soto’s protagonist David. One of LaBeouf’s tattoos on his torso reads “Creeper,” prompting much speculation as to whether it was real when paparazzi photos of a shirtless LaBeouf appeared online last year.
Shia LaBeouf as “Creeper” in The Tax Collector. (Credit: RLJE Films)
In The Tax Collector, David and Creeper collect debts from local gangs with crime lord Wizard. Their lives and businesses are affected when Wizard’s longtime rival returns to Los Angeles from Mexico looking to take over. As you can see in the trailer below, LaBeouf appears very steely and intense on paper.
Heavily tattooed characters are nothing new to a David Ayer movie, as most notably seen in his adaptation of DC Comics’ Suicide Squad that featured Jared Leto’s Joker and his infamous “damaged” forehead tattoo.
In recent months, Yesterday has revealed bites of new information about Suicide Squad, such as whether Joker intended to remove Harley Quinn from a helicopter, whether a Suicide Squad “Ayer Cut” would be easy to complete, than most of the Joker Jared Leto’s images are “not seen” and how Deadpool turned Suicide Squad into a comedy.
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– George Lopez (@georgelopez) July 2, 2020
Shia LaBeouf, meanwhile, explored what makes him work as a human and actor in last year’s autobiographical film Honey Boy, which garnered him rave reviews. LaBeouf wrote and performed a version of his own father in the independent drama.
Viewers can catch more of Shia LaBeouf’s Creeper (and her royal tattoos) when The Tax Collector, which also stars Cinthya Carmona and George Lopez, opens in theaters, digitally, and On Demand on August 7.
