Andrew Garfield Recalls ‘Starving’ Himself Of Sex For 2016 Film – Hollywood Life

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Andrew Garfield, 39, proved he takes his appearing profession very significantly, in his newest interview. The actor revealed he abstained from each intercourse and meals when getting ready to play a priest within the 2016 movie, Silence, on a brand new episode of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast. “I did a bunch of religious practices daily, I created new rituals, I used to be celibate for six months and I used to be fasting rather a lot,” he mentioned about his expertise.

“It was very cool, man,” he continued. “I had some fairly wild, trippy experiences from ravenous myself of intercourse and meals at the moment.”

Andrew additionally revealed he spent a yr learning underneath Jesuit author Father James Martin, whom he referred to as his “good friend and religious director.” Martin helped him analysis Catholicism and confirmed him methods to do a collection of religious workout routines to prepare for his position within the drama, which was directed by Martin Scorsese. The proficient star acknowledged the advantages of the kind of technique appearing he took half in for the position, but additionally warned that it will probably typically get out of hand if not correctly executed.

“There [have] been lots of misconceptions about what technique appearing is, I feel,” he defined on the podcast. “Individuals are nonetheless appearing in that approach, and it’s not about being an a**gap to everybody on set. It’s really nearly dwelling in truth underneath imagined circumstances and being very nice to the crew concurrently and being a traditional human being and having the ability to drop it when it’s essential and staying in it if you need to keep in it.”

Andrew’s intense appearing type can take its toll, which might be why he determined to take a break from it for some time. “I’m going to relaxation for somewhat bit,” he instructed Selection in Apr. He additional defined that he desires to be “extraordinary for some time” and he did simply that in a latest trip in Bali. He made headlines for being noticed shirtless and displaying off his muscle tissue whereas taking within the beautiful sights of the unique location.