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Photo: Collider/YouTube Actor Andrew Garfield is known for roles in hit films like “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” but his string of performances in religious-themed movies has sparked questions about Garfield’s interest in spiritual matters.
From playing heroic World War II Army medic Desmond T. Doss in “Hacksaw Ridge” to evangelist Jim Bakker in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” Garfield certainly seems to choose roles with a spiritual bent.
His new limited, true-crime series, “Under the Banner of Heaven,” is the latest project dealing with the topic of religion. Garfield depicts a detective struggling with matters of faith — and murder.
With all this in mind, it’s impossible to ignore the intersection of the actor’s career with journeys of faith.
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And in a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Garfield, while discussing his latest project, made an interesting proclamation : if he weren’t working in Hollywood, he would likely be studying theology.
“Questions of faith and spirituality, and the mystery of a spiritual life, is what I’m drawn to the most,” Garfield said . “If I wasn’t an actor, I think I’d be doing some kind of theological study.”
This is undoubtedly an intriguing proclamation for a famous Hollywood actor. However, Garfield has made other comments in the past about faith and religion that have also sparked headlines.He made a splash in 2017, when he discussed his role as Father Sebastiao Rodrigues in Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” — yet another faith-themed film.“What was really easy was falling in love with this person, was falling in love with Jesus Christ, that was the most surprising thing,” he told America magazine of his experience preparing for the role. “That was the most remarkable thing — falling in love, and how easy it was to fall in love with Jesus.”Just […]
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