Andrew Garfield recently recalled filming an intense, intimate scene with his co-star Florence Pugh in John Crowley’s upcoming romantic drama We Live in Time. Garfield and Pugh teamed up for the project, in which she plays Almut, while the Spider-Man: No Way Home actor portrays his character’s love interest, Tobias. Read on to know more details!
According to Cosmopolitan UK, during a recent Q&A on 92NY, Andrew Garfield revealed that We Live in Time included an intimate scene between his and Florence Pugh’s characters that became so intense that they told the director to ‘cut ‘ Didn’t hear him saying. The actor said that eventually, the camera operator had to turn his back while waiting for them to stop.
Garfield began the anecdote, “We were doing the first take of this very intimate, emotional scene,” adding, “It’s a closed set, which means it’s just me and Florence and the camera operator, “Joe is a lovely guy called Stuart and he’s very polite and very sweet and gentle.”
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The Silence actor explained that during the filming of this scene, director John Crowley was in the next room, noting that as the shot became more ’emotional’, he and Pugh went ‘a little further’ than they expected because they didn’t Did. Listen for the call to ‘bite’.
He added, “It’s feeling safe, and we’re kind of like, ‘Okay, we’ll just move on to the next thing, we’ll let it go, and we’ll just keep going.'” Continued. At a certain point, both he and Pugh were communicating “telepathically” in a way, telling each other that “it looks like it’s going to take longer.”
The actor said that when he looked up Stuart and his boom operator were in the corner, he noticed that the camera was next to them and turned towards the wall.
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Last month, at the film’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Florence Pugh praised director Crawley for creating a “safe space” that helped her explore Nick Payne’s emotional script. During a Q&A at the fest, she said, “I wouldn’t be able to do any of the work I do without security. None of us would be here without John for the space he’s given us.”
According to the official synopsis, the film centers on Tobias (Andrew Garfield) and Almut (Pugh), who meet each other by accident, which changes their lives. Through snapshots of their lives – falling in love, building a home, and starting a family – a difficult truth is revealed that rocks their relationship.
Meanwhile, We Live in Time will be released in US theaters on January 1, 2025.
