Shia LaBeouf has denied the rumor that he knocked out Tom Hardy during the filming of their 2012 period crime drama Lawless.

It was reported at the time that LaBeouf, who was in the throes of method acting, had drunk a lot of moonshine before the incident, which happened off-set.

Director John Hillcoat confirmed that there had been an altercation that had escalated to the point where both LaBeouf and Hardy had to be restrained.

However, LaBeouf has now revealed that the incident was not what it appeared to be.

“We used to wrestle all the time and [Tom Hardy’s] a big f**king person, especially then. He was getting ready [to play] Bane,” he told Sean Evans on the Hot Ones web series.

“One time, my girlfriend at the time was over at my house, we were on the balcony, and we saw him and his trainer coming back from the gym.

“We used to f**k with each other all the time but it just so happened that, this one week, my girlfriend was in town.

“He runs into the room, and the girl I was with at the time was terrified.

“She covered up and she ran into the kitchen and he picked me up and I didn’t have nothing on so now I’m n/ked on his shoulder.

“We’re in the hallway, we’re wrestling around.”

LaBeouf added that he got upset after Hardy won the wrestling match and he was in a “weird twisty, n/ked position”.

Hardy subsequently fell down the stairs and hurt his back.

For the rest of the shoot, Hardy told everybody that LaBeouf had knocked him out, but it was all in good fun.

Hardy had previously praised LaBeouf in an interview with Esquire, describing him as a talented actor who could create a sense of reality from fantasy.

He had said, “When I watch Shia, they are [there].”

LaBeouf has two career-defining movies being released soon.

Peanut Butter Falcon and Honey Boy, in which he plays a fictionalized version of his own father.

Both movies are expected to be very successful.

LaBeouf’s history of method acting is well documented.

For Fury, he pulled out his own tooth and cut his face while filming a scene.

He also didn’t wash for four months, saying that he wanted to feel like he was really living in the tank.

For Lawless, LaBeouf drank so much moonshine that he got drunk and vomited all over himself.

The actor has previously spoken about his struggles with addiction and mental illness.

In 2017, he was arrested for public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and obstruction in Georgia.

He later apologized and said that he was struggling with addiction.

LaBeouf’s career began as a child actor in the Disney Channel’s Even Stevens.

He later starred in the Transformers franchise, which made him a household name.

He has since said that he regretted taking the role and that the movies were not very good.

The actor has taken a break from Hollywood in recent years to focus on his art.

He has staged several performance art pieces, including one in which he watched all his movies in a marathon session, and another in which he stood in an elevator for 24 hours.

LaBeouf also livestreamed himself watching his own movies with members of the public.

The event, called #AllMyMovies, was held at the Angelika Film Center in New York.

LaBeouf watched all 29 of his movies in reverse chronological order, starting with Man Down and ending with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

The actor has also written a screenplay about his life, which he has described as being about “the darkest s**t in my life and the happiest endings you’ve ever seen.”

LaBeouf has said that he hopes his art can help him to move on from his past and to connect with people in a different way.

He has said that he finds it easier to express himself through his art than through his acting.