Last week, a man was reportedly attacked by a stranger because he looked like Shia LaBeouf.
Mario Licato was punched in the face and was sent tumbling down a set of subway stairs.
Apparently, his attacker shouted: "This is because you look exactly like Shia LaBeouf!" and then ran off.
Despite the fact that Mario was left with a black eye, some stitches and a hatred for his attacker, his week took a turn for the better when the real Shia LaBeouf left him a voice mail.
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I can only imagine Mario was fairly gutted that he was unable to answer his phone when the call came through. God only knows the weird and wonderful things he would say. Fortunately, I work with someone who has spoken to the Holes star on the phone before, so I have a small insight.
Shia's official joint Instagram account commented on his photo and let him know that there was a voicemail waiting for him.
Mario told Cosmopolitan: "He left me a voicemail yesterday morning, but he left it on my work phone and I don't even know my work phone number.
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"I've been on a shoot so I couldn't see it. And today he commented on one of my Instagram posts and said, 'Hey, I left you a voicemail.' And that's how I ended up finding out that he left me a voicemail.
"I looked and was like, 'Oh shit! He left me a voicemail yesterday morning."
He went on to reveal the message Shia left and it turns out the Transformers actor is a big softy.
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He told Cosmopolitan: "He was like, 'Hey, this is Shia LaBeouf, I just read an article that you were punched in the face because you look like me?' And he was like, 'Aw, man. That sucks. I'm so sorry. But I get it. It's happened to me before.'
"And then he was like, 'I don't know. I wish I was in New York. I'd come bring you soup.' He was just like, 'This sucks. I don't even know what to say. I'm sorry. People are just crazy. Just because you look like me?' I was obviously laughing the whole time. And then he was like, 'Here's my phone number. Don't give it to anybody. Please, please, call me back. Call me back if you want to. We could chat. Let's giggle over this. Maybe there's a silver lining in all this. But call me back.'
"And then he was like, 'And once again, this is Shia LaBeouf, the guy you got hit for looking like. And yeah, man, I'm sorry. I'm just really sorry.' And he was like 'Keep your head up, G.' And that was it."
I kind of want to dress up like Shia and get punched just so he can ring me.
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Words by Mark McGowan
Featured Image Credit:Topics: Shia LaBeouf