Shia LaBeouf blames method acting for his recent troubles

October 15, 2014. Cast member Shia LaBeouf is pictured on the red carpet at the premiere of the World War II film "Fury" at the Newseum in Washington. (Reuters)

Hollywood bad boy Shia LaBeouf blames method acting for the wacky antics that got him fired from a Broadway play and tossed in the slammer says The New York Post.

The drama-prone actor was simply role-playing when he clashed with Alec Baldwinon the set of “Orphans” and also when he smacked actor Alan Cumming’s butt at a performance of “Cabaret,” he claimed in Interview Magazine’s November issue.

“Alec and I butted heads hard. I was sleeping in the park . . . At the time, I was out of my mind,” he revealed about preparing for the brutal, street-smart character, Treat.

“My whole goal was to intimidate the f–k out of Baldwin. That was the role. And it wasn’t going to be fake. I wanted him to be scared . . . So I went about doing that for three weeks of rehearsal,” he said.

The 28-year-old actor was arrested in June after drunkenly slapping Cumming and later spitting at a cop.

“I was reading about performance art of the ’60s and ’70s and so I thought . . . we’re all involved here. It’s not just your stage. We’re all in here and we’re all part of this,” he said. “I was wrong.”