'Honey Boy' trivia and fun facts
"Honey"
This is the second time Shia LaBeouf works in a movie with the word "honey" on its title, after 'American Honey' (2016).
TIFF
The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2019, with a standing ovation from the audience.
Born from Therapy
The project was born from the different sessions therapies that LaBeouf has been doing for a few months, specially after his arrest in July 2017.
¿Premature Father?
Shia LaBeouf plays Lucas Hedges' father, although he is only ten years older than Hedges.
Title and Nickname
When LaBeouf was a child, Honey Boy was the nickname that his father used to call him.
"No, no, no!"
In the trailer's first scene, Lucas Hedges, who plays a young Shia LaBeouf, appears acting in an action scene and screaming "No, no, no, no!". This is a reference to LaBeouf's career and specially to his role in 'Transformers', where he repeated this sequence several times.
Reunion
Shia LaBeouf and Martin Starr had previously worked together in 'Freaks and Geeks'.