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Andrew Garfield defends method acting techniques and reveals he 'starved' himself for Silence
Method acting used by Jared Leto in Suicide Squad and Jeremy Strong in Succession have been quite controversial in recent years, though Andrew Garfield is coming to defense of the techniques.The 39-year-old actor was promoting his new FX limited series Under the Banner of Heaven on Marc Maron's WTF podcast when he detailed how he went method for his role as Sebastião Rodrigues in Martin Scorsese's 2016 film Silence.Garfield revealed that he even went so far as to starve himself of both food and sexual activity to play the Jesuit priest, based on the real Jesuit missionary Giuseppe Chiara. Defense: Method acting used by Jared Leto in Suicide Squad and Jeremy Strong in Succession have been quite controversial in recent years, though Andrew Garfield is coming to defense of the techniques Method role: The 39-year-old actor was promoting his new FX limited series Under the Banner of Heaven on Marc Maron's WTF podcast when he detailed how he went method for his role as Sebastião Rodrigues in Martin Scorsese's 2016 film SilenceThe actor revealed to Maron that he spent six months depriving himself of sex and took part in fasting throughout that time.'It was very cool, man.