Tuesday, August 28, 2012

'Lawless' L.A. Premiere: Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pearce, Sean Combs Hit the Red Carpet

The John Hillcoat-directed movie, which screened Wednesday night at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, stars LaBeouf as a bootlegger in Depression-era Virginia.




Shia LaBeouf


LaBeouf, who plays an outlaw bootleger in the movie, recently told The Hollywood Reporter that he was convinced to join the project when director John Hillcoat "took me down to Hamburger Hamlet and asked if I wanted to be in GoodFellas in the Woods."




Guy Pearce

Pearce plays Special Agent Charlie Rakes. Pearce previously appeared in Ridley Scott's Alien "prequel" Prometheus and the sci-fi actioner Lockout.


Nick Cave, Guy Pearce and Shia LaBeouf

Screenwriter Cave adapted Matt Bondurant's novel The Wettest County in the World into Lawless, in which Pearce plays villain Charley Rakes, while LaBeouf plays an outlaw bootlegger named Jack Bondurant.


Bella Heathcote

Heathcote appeared in Tim Burton's big-screen adaptation of Dark Shadows earlier this year, co-starring opposite Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Eva Green.


Sean and Justin Combs

The rapper-actor walks the red carpet with his son, Justin, who enters UCLA this fall on a full football scholarship.


Warren Ellis

Ellis is best known for his work with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Dirty Three. He collaborated with Nick Cave (who also wrote the film) on the score to Lawless.


Alice Eve

An English actress, Eve appeared in such films as Sex and the City 2 and ATM. Earlier this year she appeared in Men in Black 3 and The Raven.


Nick and Susie Cave

Cave established his now-iconic band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 1983. Cave wrote the screenplay for director John Hillcoat's film The Proposition and Lawless is their second collaboration with one another.


Liberty Ross

Ross is the estranged wife of director Rupert Sanders, who was recently photographed while cheating with his Snow White and the Huntsman star Kristen Stewart.




Dane DeHaan, Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wick

DeHaan is next scheduled to be seen in Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines. Wick is married to Lucy Fisher, who is his partner in Red Wagon Productions.



Karina Smirnoff

The Dancing With the Stars pro has appeared on 12 seasons of ABC's hit reality competition.


Evan Ross

Ross, the son of Diana Ross, has appeared in several episodes of the CW's 90210, playing Charlie Selby.