'But the other is about empathic imagination, and if we only allow people to be cast as exactly who they are, it'll be the death of it. Because we should want a world in which no matter your sexual orientation, your color or your heritage, everyone gets a fair whack,' he continued. 'One is about equality of opportunity, and I'm completely in on that.
'I think it's two different conversations getting conflated,' said Garfield. Andrew Garfield Kevin Winter/Getty Imagesįorbidding straight actors from playing gay characters would mean 'the death of empathic imagination,' The Amazing Spider-Man and Tick, Tick…Boom! actor Andrew Garfield said in an interview with The Telegraphpublished Monday.Īs part of the profile, Garfield was asked about his performance in a 2017 stage production of Angels in America, 'in which he played Prior Walter, a prophetic gay AIDS patient,' and about whether he believes straight actors should portray gay characters.
