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"Why was Shia LaBeouf&amp;apos;s apology email written as a soliloquy? Because that&amp;apos;s how Tom Chiarella, Fiction Editor at Esquire magazine, penned it.\r\nFollowing a Wednesday, Feb. 20 announcement from producers that the Transformers actor would be leaving Broadway&amp;apos;s Orphans &amp;quot;due to creative differences,&amp;quot; LaBeouf, 26, shared lengthy, eloquent email exchanges between himself and his coworkers further explaining his departure. The featured email was one sent by LaBeouf with the subject line, &amp;quot;Apology,&amp;quot; but it turns out he didn&amp;apos;t actually write it himself.\r\n\r\nAs Gawker uncovered, LaBeouf&amp;apos;s note was as direct quote from Tom Chiarella&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;What Is a Man?&amp;quot; essay, which was featured in Esquire&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;How to Be a Man&amp;quot; issue in 2009. To his credit, LaBeouf did add a few of his own lines about costar Alec Baldwin, to whom he apologized for his &amp;quot;part of a disagreeable situation.&amp;quot;\r\nIn addition to posting screen shots of the responses he received from Baldwin, director Daniel Sullivan, playwright Lyle Kessler and costar Tom Sturridge, LaBeouf has also been tweeting a quotes that seem to express his feelings of leaving the show.\r\nPHOTOS: Celebrity feuds -- whose side are you on?\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s no wonder truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense -- Mark Twain.&amp;quot; he wrote.\r\nBut the show must go on. Orphans has already cast a replacement for LaBeouf&amp;apos;s role.\r\n\r\nBen Foster, known for his roles in 3:10 to Yuma and HBO&amp;apos;s Six Feet Under, is joining the cast, producers announced Thursday. Foster, 32, had previously auditioned for the role and will start rehearsals Friday.\r\n&amp;quot;Ben Foster is a beast,&amp;quot; LaBeouf tweeted after hearing the casting news. &amp;quot;He will kill it.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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