Shia LaBeouf Is Playing Tennis Bad Boy John McEnroe in New Biopic

"Jake is me, and so is McEnroe," LaBeouf said during an American Honey press conference at Cannes, referencing his relation to that film's character and his forthcoming take on McEnroe. "That's it, man. I understand these people. I empathize with them. I get it. You just turn things up, you turn things down. It's me."

The prospect of playing McEnroe, though very much a real human being, is arguably any top-shelf actor's dream. McEnroe himself played up his reputation as the sport's most charming (and undeniably talented) asshole in a classic episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm back in 2007.

That episode, centered around a presumably delightful coffee table book entitled Mondo Freaks, brings us swiftly to our next and most important point: Maybe this Borg/McEnroe movie should just be an extended, two-hour reboot of that Curb episode (shit happened nearly a decade ago, after all).

Picture it: Larry David, still bewildered by the fact that a Saturday Night Live star is dating his daughter, decides to distract himself with some side work as an annoyingly talkative limo driver. His first client, conveniently enough, is none other than beloved tennis badass John McEnroe (Shia LaBeouf). After some small talk centered on the aforementioned Mondo Freaks, LaBeouf's McEnroe and David's David get wasted and attempt to track down Björn Borg.