Andrew Garfield on Spir-Man: 'Why Can't He Be Gay?' - Variety

Contents:

• 5 TIM SPIR-MAN ACTORS HAVE PLAYED GAY
• ANDREW GARFIELD FAC BACKLASH AFTER SAYG 'I AM A GAY MAN RIGHT NOW JT WHOUT THE PHYSIL ACT'
• ANDREW GARFIELD FAC BACKLASH AFTER STATG THAT HE'S GAY 'WHOUT THE PHYSIL ACT'
• ANDREW GARFIELD ON SPIR-MAN: ‘WHY CAN’T HE BE GAY?’
• ANDREW GARFIELD SAYS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS HELPS FOSTER 'EMPATHIC IMAGATN'
• ANDREW GARFIELD FAC BACKLASH OM LGBT MUNY AFTER SAYG 'I AM A GAY MAN JT WHOUT THE PHYSIL ACT'
• NOLTE: ANDREW GARFIELD SAYS STRAIGHT ACTORS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PORTRAY GAY CHARACTERS

5 TIM SPIR-MAN ACTORS HAVE PLAYED GAY

Tom holland, tobey maguire, andrew garfieldspirmenWhile homophob are by gettg mad at Tom Holland for havg a gay scene his current show The Crowd Room, they’re missg somethg important: he’s not the first Spir-Man actor to play gay. In fact, Holland is followg a long and proud tradn of Spir-Man actors playg are some prev tim that actors who have played Peter Parker have crossed over to the other si and played gay characters movi, TV, and on Maguire - 'Wonr Boys'wonr boysThe first live-actn Spir-Man has played gay several tim his reer, both before and after playg Spir-Man.

ANDREW GARFIELD FAC BACKLASH AFTER SAYG 'I AM A GAY MAN RIGHT NOW JT WHOUT THE PHYSIL ACT'

) and the two have a torrid Maguire - 'Tropic Thunr'tropic thunrMaguire played gay aga 2008’s Tropic Thunr. In a fake trailer for an Osr-ba movie the film, Maguire plays himself, who is starrg a movie about two gay 18th Century monks lled Satan’s Alley. He was paired up aga wh Robert Downey, Garfield - 'Angels Ameri'angels ameriGarfield, who played Parker the rebooted Spir-Man movi by Marc Webb, has actually gotten wispread cril acclaim for playg gay.

In 2017, he started playg the role of Prr Walter, a gay man wh AIDS, the celebrated play Angels Ameri at the Natnal Theatre London. In 2018, he started playg the role on Broadway, for which he won the Tony Holland - 'The Crowd Room'crowd roomIn The Crowd Room, Holland, who plays Spir-Man the Marvel Cematic Universe, plays a troubled young man named Danny Sullivan, who ms some heo crim, but also has gay sex. Homophob are plag that their beloved Spir-Man would do such a thg (the gay stuff, not the rap) Patrick Harris - 'Unupled'unupledYep, Spir-Man has also been played by the one and only Neil Patrick Harris!

Harris has played gay several tim, notably Unupled. He’s also gay and proud real life. In a 2017 Q&A panel, the actor said “I am a gay man right now, pretty much, jt whout the physil act, ” after which he faced public backlash.

ANDREW GARFIELD FAC BACKLASH AFTER STATG THAT HE'S GAY 'WHOUT THE PHYSIL ACT'

Last year, Andrew Garfield ma headl for sayg he was a “gay man… whout the physil act. The actor — who is currently playg a gay man Angels Ameri — recently spoke to Out Magaze about his sexualy.

So I said, 'OK, so you want me to make sure that we get the bigots and the homophob to buy their tickets?

"While Garfield may have offend stud executiv and homophob when he suggted that Spir-Man might be bisexual, last year, Sony reportedly dited a renewed tert explorg the superhero's open No Way Home opens December 17 theaters natnwi.

ANDREW GARFIELD ON SPIR-MAN: ‘WHY CAN’T HE BE GAY?’

RELATED | Andrew Garfield Com Out as Gay 'Jt Whout the Physil Act'.

Andrew has played gay men, so sexualy mors have persisted. He clared he was “a gay man…whout the physil act, ” which furthered mors.

Andrew Garfield Fac Backlash After Sayg 'I Am a Gay Man Right Now Jt Whout the Physil Act'.

ANDREW GARFIELD SAYS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS HELPS FOSTER 'EMPATHIC IMAGATN'

Andrew Garfield found himself hot water on Monday wh the LGBTQ muny, after sayg, "I am a gay man right now, jt whout the physil act". Andrew Garfield has found himself hot water wh the LGBTQ muny after sayg, “I am a gay man right now, jt whout the physil act” — and revealg that he prepared for his new role as a gay man by watchg RuPl’s Drag Race wh iends.

ANDREW GARFIELD FAC BACKLASH OM LGBT MUNY AFTER SAYG 'I AM A GAY MAN JT WHOUT THE PHYSIL ACT'

The 33-year-0ld actor is currently starrg the crilly acclaimed London revival of Tony Khner’s Angels Ameri, which he plays Prr Walter — a gay man battlg the realy of AIDS durg the height of the 1980s crisis that killed hundreds of thoands the gay muny. Durg a NT Platform discsn on Monday, the Amazg Spir-Man alum talked about how he prepared for the role — admtg at first that his “big ncern” was “what right did I have to play this wonrful gay role” as a man who currently intifi as straight.

“As far as I know, I am not a gay man, ” Garfield, who formerly had a high-profile relatnship wh Emma Stone, began, the Gay Tim reported. “[The play is] as much voted to my iends the gay muny as is those that passed durg the epimic, ” he said.

“I am a gay man right now jt whout the physil act – that’s all. Garfield may have immersed himself gay culture, but nfg that wh the extent of gay life upset many members of the LGBTQ muny — some of whom quickly exprsed their tratn on Twter, accg Garfield of cultural appropriatn.

NOLTE: ANDREW GARFIELD SAYS STRAIGHT ACTORS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PORTRAY GAY CHARACTERS

“Mt be nice to be able to be gay whout any of the hardships. Other ers cricized Garfield for seemgly failg to unrstand that appreciatg gay culture is not the same as experiencg the opprsn facg the LGBTQ muny now and throughout history. “Garfield pared watchg a TV show and portrayg a gay man to beg gay whout the physil act.

No buddy, ” said one er — wh another addg Garfield had “a very limed view of what beg gay ACTUALLY is.