‘Wild, trippy experiences’: Andrew Garfield explains his love for Method acting
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‘Wild, trippy experiences’: Andrew Garfield explains his love for Method acting

LA Times  

Andrew Garfield is an Actor with a capital A. In a 2021 New Yorker profile on his “Succession” co-star Jeremy Strong, Cox lamenting “the crises he puts himself through in order to prepare.” And Mikkelson was critical of the practice in an April GQ profile, saying “it’s b—.” Awards Andrew Garfield finds parallels between life today and ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ “This show is a clear reflection of the kind of fundamentalism that is creeping into public life. “I’m kind of bothered by the misconception, I’m kind of bothered by this idea that ‘Method acting is f— b—.’ No, I don’t think you know what Method acting is if you’re calling it b—, or you just worked with someone who claims to be a Method actor who isn’t actually acting the Method at all,” the “Hacksaw Ridge” actor said. I don’t want them to see how I’m making the sausage.” The “Under the Banner of Heaven” star recalled employing Method acting in Martin Scorsese‘s 2016 religious drama “Silence,” in which Garfield played a 17th century Portuguese Jesuit missionary who ventures to Japan. “Every single impulse is raw, real and it’s vulnerable and it’s grotesque and it’s beautiful, it’s poetic.” Speaking on Robert De Niro‘s role in 1986’s “The Mission” Garfield said, “Every single moment is so pure.

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