Ian McKellen recently weighed in on the subject matter saying “we’re all pretending. Then Garfield responded, and the cheers got louder. In 2019, she told As If that “as an actor I should be able to play any person, or any tree, or any animal.” Her initial response was dismissive, but she later dropped out of the film and apologized, Vanity Fair reported. However, he had likewise added that he has a receptiveness to any motivations that might emerge inside him whenever. When the actor was questioned about his sexuality, he had confirmed that he is heterosexual. However, Andrew Garfield is affirmed not to be gay. In 2018, actress Scarlett Johannsson was criticized for accepting a role as a transgender man. Many people like to swirl the rumors about celebrities’ sexuality. It’s the only thing that’s going to save us right now.” It’s what we need most as a culture, and it’s beautiful.
Because I’m not willing to support the death of empathic imagination. So, the two separate conversations have to happen simultaneously. “But the other is about empathic imagination, and if we only allow people to be cast as exactly who they are, it’ll be the death of it. Because we should want a world in which no matter your sexual orientation, your color or your heritage, everyone gets a fair whack,” he continued. “One is about equality of opportunity, and I’m completely in on that. “I think it’s two different conversations getting conflated,” said Garfield. The Week: Forbidding straight actors from playing gay characters would mean “the death of empathic imagination,” The Amazing Spider-Man and Tick, Tick…Boom! actor Andrew Garfield said in an interview with The Telegraphpublished Monday.Īs part of the profile, Garfield was asked about his performance in a 2017 stage production of Angels in America, “in which he played Prior Walter, a prophetic gay AIDS patient,” and about whether he believes straight actors should portray gay characters.
Andrew Garfield in an interview with The Telegraph UKpublished Monday expressed his thoughts on the contentious subject (to some) of heterosexual actors playing gay characters.