Shia LaBeouf is hitchhiking across the country.
In a project launched Monday called #TakeMeAnywhere, LaBeouf has teamed up with Nastja Säde Rönkkö and Luke Turner to meet fans and travel across the continental U.S.
LaBeouf and his companions are tweeting the coordinates of their location, encouraging anyone who's interested to pick them up and drive them anywhere.
The "Transformers" actor told Vice that the project was about "making friends" and "finding meaning" in life, Time reported.
LaBeouf started his journey in Colorado, where fans joined him for lunch at a microbrewery in Lyons, Colorado.
"He was talking about his upbringing and how he was raised by a single mother," Brandon Glanton, who was part of the group, told Time. "To have everyone sitting down there, having lunch with him, it was so cool that he was so receiving. He was more humble than you can ever imagine."
When asked if he was afraid of getting hurt, LaBeouf told the fans he isn't worried.
"He said, 'I just don’t think that’s going to happen,'" said Daniel Rachlitz, who was also part of the group. "He said people could be violent or crazy, but he’s not worried about it."
In April, a New York man was punched in the face while walking down subway stairs after his assailant told him he looked "exactly like Shia LaBeouf."
According to the #TakeMeAnywhere website, the project is commissioned by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the Finnish Institute in London for the MediaLive festival. It is also supported by Frame Contemporary Art Finland and Vice, Variety reported.
LaBeouf's project will continue for a month, ending on June 23.
"Sometimes when you meet your heroes, you’re disappointed when you meet them, but not Shia," Rachlitz said. "He was just an amazing guy. He was so receptive and conversational. I think he’s a true artist."
In November, LaBeouf undertook a project called #AllMyMovies, in which he live-streamed a video of himself watching all of his movies. He also chronicled 24 hours in an elevator in a project called #ELEVATE, in which he live-streamed himself talking to people in an elevator in Oxford, England.
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