Stanley Yelnats
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| Holes character | |
|---|---|
| Stanley Yelnats IV | |
| Camp Green Lake nickname |
"Caveman" |
| Family | Yelnats family |
| Relatives | Stanley Yelnats III (father) Unnamed (mother) Stanley Yelnats II (grandfather) Stanley Yelnats I (great-grandfather) Unnamed (great-grandmother) Elya Yelnats (great-great-grandfather) Sarah Miller (great-great-grandmother) |
| Portrayed by | Shia LaBeouf |
Stanley Elya "Caveman" Yelnats IV is the protagonist character in the novel Holes. Stanley believes that he is in the wrong place at the wrong time because his family was afflicted with an old gypsy curse, because his great-great-grandfather, who lived in Latvia, failed to carry a crippled gypsy woman up a mountain in exchange for the pig she had given him.
[edit] In the movie
In the movie version, Stanley is played by Shia LaBeouf. He is shown living in a small apartment with his mother, father, and grandfather, giving a sense of the closeness the family shares. In the book, Stanley is overweight and loses weight during the course of the book. However, in the film his average weight is maintained throughout the entire film. Many of the issues in the book stemmed from Stanley looking down on himself for being overweight. However, in the bonus features on the DVD, it is explained that continuity issues forced this change: scenes were not always shot in order, so his weight would have to continuously change.
