Why did Hollywood embrace Timothee Chalamet but not Shia? Both had box office success young, both were dating hot girls of their time, and both hang out with their favorite rappers...but for some reason Shia didn't become a beloved pop cultural figure.

I know Shia Labeouf is a meme and to anyone under 25 looks like a seething degenerate has been, but why did Hollywood not really embrace Shia as the next young star like a young Leo or Timothee Chalamet?

Every tail end millenial circa 2008 had seen Disturbia, Transformers and Crystal Skull. He was a part of pop culture from that era and was hanging out with Kid Cudi in his prime. He was dating "it" girls like Megan Fox and Lauren Hastings. But then in the 2010s Hollywood drops him and tries to give his career to Jon Bernthal, with mixed results.