Andrew Garfield Talks Brit Pack In Hollywood, Prepping To Play Spider-Man & How Red Sea Fest Reminds Him Of Sundance – Red Sea Film Festival
deadline.comAndrew Garfield shared insights into his early days in Hollywood, experiences working on the Spider-Man franchise and thoughts about Red Sea International Festival Festival during his masterclass at the festival today.
He shared the stage with Saudi producer and Red Sea Film Foundation head Mohammed Al Turki, an old friend whom he’d worked with on indie feature 99 Homes in 2014.
Directed by Iranian-US filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, 99 Homes was set during the recession period of the late 2000s when many Americans were losing their homes. “It was an interesting group of us making that film,” Garfield remembered. “There was Ramin who was an American filmmaker but of a very different cultural heritage, then Mo of Saudi heritage and me of English heritage.
So there was this melting pot bunch of people who felt maybe like they were outsiders in a certain way, telling a story about what it is to be an outsider.” Returning to the outsider theme, Garfield also talked about his early days in Hollywood, before he got his first big break, when he was hanging out with a group of young aspiring British actors, including Jamie Dornan, Robert Pattinson, Tom Sturridge and Charlie Cox. “LA is a strange place for English people,” said Garfield, joking that he at least lived with his girlfriend while the rest were all roommates. “It was a pretty exciting, privileged time to be in and out of each other’s apartments and sharing drinks at the local hotel, not being able to afford more than one drink, and comparing which scripts we were reading.” All of the gang have since become major stars, but back then they were all struggling together: “It’s a rare thing to be 50% so excited and full of support for your fellow artists and friends, and
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