Must be nice to be able to be gay without any of the hardships. The straight white privilege of Andrew Garfield. This article grosses me out.Ur a talented guy,but seem to be completely oblivious to what is coming out of ur mouth. Garfield’s claim that he is essentially gay because of his dedication to a role seemingly erases all of the hardship and oppression that gay people have struggled through for years and that is inextricable from the gay experience.Īndrew Garfield has yet to speak out in response to this backlash. Garfield’s comment has come across as tone deaf to those in the LGBTQ community who view gay culture as something an actor can’t just step into or out of by watching a reality show. ANGELS IN AMERICA star Andrew Garfield has admitted to having concerns over playing such an iconic gay role. “I am a gay man right now just without the physical act – that’s all.” “This is my life outside of this play,” he said. He revealed that he would watch RuPaul’s Drag Race on days off to prepare for the role, and suggested that the show was responsible for the bulk of his research. I adore it.”īut this is when Garfield’s comments started to get more and more controversial. The Amazing Spider-Man star and Emma Stone’s ex readily admitted that he is not gay, so when he was offered the part he immediately questioned his “right… to play this wonderful gay role,” according to the Gay Times. “Maybe I’ll have an awakening later in my life, which I’m sure will be wonderful and I’ll get to explore that part of the garden, but right now I’m secluded to my area, which is wonderful as well. Garfield is currently the lead in a London production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, a critically acclaimed play about the gay community set during the most frightening stage of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. as much devoted to my friends in the gay community as it is those that passed during the epidemic.”Īgain… we’re not sure such “awakenings” are really a thing, but besides propagating a few misconceptions about sexual identity, his heart seems like it’s in the right place.Andrew Garfield is facing major criticism after claiming that he is a “gay man right now without the physical act,” and that his research for playing a gay man in a recent role consisted of binge watching RuPaul’s Drag Race.
The preparation had begun before with a lot of my friends.
It was as about doing honor, doing justice and knowing my herstory. I had to trust that it was the right thing and Tony had asked me and maybe if he’d asked me, it was the right thing. Andrew Garfield, of The Amazing Spider-Man and The Social Network fame, is currently treading the boards at the National Theatre in London in a production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. Maybe I’ll have an awakening later in my life, which I’m sure will be wonderful and I’ll get to explore that part of the garden, but right now I’m secluded to my area, which is wonderful as well. He expounded on this identity even more when asked what parts of himself he drew upon to play the role:
I am a gay man right now just without the physical act – that’s all.” So, culturally gay - just without all the whole “being attracted to men” thing? In an interview, he said that, “ is my life outside of this play.