You’ve never seen the end credits scene from Constantine with Shia LaBeouf? Then you are like thousands of other fans and this article can relieve you of great sadness.
In the early 2000s, Shia LaBeouf rose to mega-stardom in blockbuster cinema. On his way to starring roles in Transformers and Indiana Jones 4, he collected a major supporting role in Constantine with Keanu Reeves. In the 2005 fantasy flick, he played sidekick Chas Kramer.
Chas’ fate takes a, well, somewhat surprising turn in a hidden scene in the film. Warning, spoilers for Constantine follow.
How Shia LaBeouf’s completely bizarre comeback in Constantine plays out
In the DC adaptation Constantine, John (Constantine), his assistant Chas, and police officer Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) go demon hunting. Constantine has been able to detect angels and demons walking the earth since birth. In his youth he tried to take his own life and was therefore in hell for a few minutes. Against his will, he was revived. Now he has to cleanse himself of the mortal sin of suicide by putting an end to demons on earth.
This all leads to a wild finale – which Shia LaBeouf’s Chas does not live to see. The character unfortunately dies before the film’s climax. But that’s not too bad.
Because without the death, we would never have seen this spectacularly silly resurrection scene:
Yes, indeed. Constantine has a post-credit scene. A post-credit scene in which Shia LaBeouf’s character returns as a poorly animated, strangely soft-focused angel with yellow eyes. “You did good, kid,” Keanu Reeves says deadpan, before turning away and two massive angel wings flap behind him. There is no real interaction between the characters. Whether Shia LaBeouf has ever seen the graveyard where his character is buried may be doubted. The scene seems quickly shot to tease a sequel – with Chas as an angel whose sly smile says: he has big plans.
Billboard scenes were nowhere near as common in 2005, or as well known for their existence among movie fans, as they are today. The MCU changed everything. To see the post-credit scene, you either had to know about it or run the DVD/video (yes, it was that long ago) through after the movie ended. Both rather unlikely scenarios.
