Andrew Garfield

from April 2022: The Pop Culture Issue

by Thread Magazine

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From "tick, tick… BOOM!" to "Spider-Man: No Way Home", Hollywood’s golden boy is making a mainstream comeback.

BY TATE RAUB PHOTOS BY PROVIDED

Andrew Garfield has recently reminded the world how talented he is.

When Garfield first started out in the mid-tolate 2000s, his publicity was limited to a handful of smaller roles. Garfield worked in the short film, “Mumbo Jumbo,” and the TV shows “Sugar Rush” and “Swinging.” By 2007, he had a two-episode arc as Frank in “Doctor Who,” landed the role of Jack Burridge in “Boy A,” and played Todd Hayes in “Lions for Lambs” alongside actors Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, and Tom Cruise. In Garfield’s 2010 breakout role as Eduardo Saverin in “The Social Network,” the film’s subject matter, which covered the creation of Facebook, showed important business meetings that called for a wardrobe heavy with business attire. In one scene, Garfield’s lines and outfit became a fan favorite. As his character announces that he is going to sue Mark Zuckerberg, his three-piece suit and shoes are all black. Some fans of the movie have gone so far as to reenact the scene and replicate this outfit on social media.

In 2012, Garfield made it to the big screen in what is possibly his most famous outfit, the SpiderMan suit. Becoming the second version of the web-shooting hero took Garfield from a breakout star to a household name. Five years after Tobey Maguire’s “Spider-Man 3,” “The Amazing SpiderMan” made the spider web design of the suit more subtle and brightened the shade of blue. The spider on the front of the suit remained in the same spot, but the spider’s hind legs were both narrowed and lengthened.

The film that earned Garfield his first Oscar nomination was “Hacksaw Ridge,” a drama set in 1945 during World War II. The film solidified Garfield’s status as a one-of-a-kind talent because of his portrayal of the lovable pacifist, Desmond Doss. Doss served in the army as a combat medic in World War II and rescued an estimated 75 men

without firing a single bullet. He became the first Medal of Honor recipient to accept the award under these circumstances. This movie went on to earn many nominations and even more wins, including the American Film Institute’s Movie of the Year. These accolades further solidified Garfield as a household name.

At this point, nearly everyone with a Netflix subscription has watched “tick, tick…BOOM!” and Garfield’s portrayal of the famous playwright, Jonathan Larson, is quickly becoming one of his most well-known roles. Having already earned Garfield the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Musical/ Comedy, at the time of publishing, he is also nominated for the 2022 Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

As rumors fly and many speculate about what he could possibly do next, the world would do well to keep an eye on what exactly the friendly neighborhood Andrew Garfield is up to.