Shia LaBeouf and Jon Voight Clash on Megalopolis Set in Explosive Political Showdown
Shia LaBeouf says he nearly came to blows with Megalopolis co-star Jon Voight over politics — a clash he details in Megadoc, the behind-the-scenes chronicle of Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed epic.
Francis Ford Coppola poured his own money into Megalopolis, and the movie grabbed headlines for its ambition as much as its drama. Now the behind-the-scenes documentary Megadoc is set to dig into the messy, fascinating process, including Shia LaBeouf opening up about almost getting into a fistfight with his co-star Jon Voight over politics before the two made peace and did the film together.
The almost-fight, straight from LaBeouf
LaBeouf says he and Voight went from mentor-mentee to not speaking for years after a spectacular blowup. Their politics did not line up, and it escalated fast. According to LaBeouf, it got so heated that he threatened to go to Voight's house and settle it with his fists, then hung up and cut contact. Not subtle, and very Hollywood in the worst way.
"I had basically f--ed my whole life up," LaBeouf says in the documentary. "So I was in the midst of doing this ninth step in this program I'm in, and I had to go make amends to Voight."
If you are not up on recovery lingo, the ninth step is the part where you try to make things right with people you have wronged. LaBeouf frames his reconciliation with Voight through that lens. He also makes it clear the friction came down to Voight's right-leaning politics clashing with his own, which had piled onto other issues until the phone call that broke everything.
From enemies to co-stars
After the amends, Voight did not just forgive him; LaBeouf says Voight actually helped him land his spot in Megalopolis. That is the part that feels very showbiz: threaten to fight a guy, go do your step work, then he puts in a good word and you are sharing the screen on a Francis Ford Coppola epic.
What Megadoc promises
Megadoc, out September 19, 2025, goes inside Coppola's massive, self-financed passion project with firsthand accounts from people who were there. Expect an unvarnished look at how the film came together, what fell apart, and all the creative swings in between.
About the movie itself
Megalopolis did not end up as one of the year's most universally acclaimed releases, but it undeniably swung for the fences with ideas and visuals that most filmmakers would never attempt. If you watched it and thought, How on earth did this get made?, Megadoc looks like it is going to answer exactly that.
And in the middle of it, you have LaBeouf and Voight, proof that even in 2025, Hollywood can still serve up a little chaos, a little reconciliation, and a very complicated working relationship.