Andrew Garfield discusses his upcoming diverse roles, including playing Sam Altman, a leader of the peasants' revolt, and Roy Horn, while reflecting on his career trajectory, the challenges of portraying complex characters, and his commitment to privacy.
Some confusion is natural when one films a trio of projects in quick succession: Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial, in which he plays OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ; Paul Greengrass’s The Uprising, which casts Garfield as a leader of the peasants revolt in 14th-century England ; and an Apple TV limited series in which he’ll transform into showman Roy Horn, of Siegfried & Roy fame.
The Altman movie is a surreal full-circle moment for Garfield, who shot to the A-list after playing Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin in David Fincher’s 2010 masterpiece, The Social Network. Garfield’s been offered other roles in tech-world-shifting stories, but has turned them all down until now. “I’ve been very, very gun-shy around other films that deal with the same world,” he says. “And yet I wanted to dive into the psyche of a guy who wins—because I played the guy who arguably doesn’t win, because he’s too touchy-feely.” The experience dulled some of his fear around artificial intelligence, and sharpened his fascination with the minds propelling it forward. “Whether it is inevitable or not, I don’t know if we’ll ever know, because I think they’re making sure it’s inevitable through that propaganda push,” he says. “I’m very curious about people who have the self-delusion—maybe self-belief—that they’re the ones that should run the world.” Since starring in The Social Network, the two-time Oscar nominee has mapped a career defined by versatility and risk: from superheroes to Jesuit priests to artistic geniuses to haunted detectives and gentle, grief-stricken romantic leads . He gravitates toward characters with natures distant from his own, but Guadagnino's After the Hunt—in which he plays a professor accused of sexual assault—pushed him further than most. “It was particularly far away, and that really felt scary,” he says. “I’ve not really played a part that has the darkness this person has.” This current creative sprint contrasts sharply with the deliberate stillness Garfield sought in 2022. He stepped away from acting for more than a year, describing the break as “a period of time where I wanted to rest. I wanted to just reflect.” As he’s grown up, Garfield has only become more intentional about keeping parts of himself private. He now refuses to talk about his dating life in the press. “It feels like a violation of my inner world, my private world,” he says. “I thought maybe that would soften at some point, but I’m very surprised to say that it hasn’t.” Still, the internet adores him. Earlier this year, in Venice for After the Hunt, Garfield fielded a jarring question about #MeToo and Black Lives Matter by quietly shifting his body toward costars Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri— instinctively deferring to the women beside him. That’s what sets Garfield apart: not his classically handsome looks, but his emotional intelligence. Whether he’s swinging as Spider-Man, wrestling with his faith in Silence, or teaching Elmo how to cope with grief, he brings an extraordinary sensitivity to every role. Officially, he’s not on social media. Unofficially, he has a stealth account—but he often takes a sabbatical from it when he finds himself doomscrolling too much. Once, a friend passed along a rumor to Garfield that still makes him laugh. It came not from the internet or tabloids, but from a dinner where a guest swore Garfield was dating one of Vladimir Putin’s political advisers. Just this once, he’ll break his cardinal rule and share a tidbit about his personal life: “I can confirm that wasn’t true!” Set Design Julia Wagner; DP Shane Sigler; Location Ealing Studios; Groomer Liz Taw; Manicurist Adam Slee; Produced by Casa Projects. For details, go to VF.com/credits.
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