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Andrew Garfield Insists That Reserving Gay Roles Exclusively For Gay Actors Is "The Death Of Empathic Imagination"
Andrew Garfield has starred in a wide range of roles that have captured the hearts of many different audiences, and his latest role in "Tick, Tick... Boom!" earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
By Gina Florio1 min read
Andrew Garfield has always been an artist first and foremost, which has allowed him to develop a successful acting career both on stage and on the big screen. In 2017 he played the role of Prior Walter in the stage play Angels in America; Walter's character was a gay Aids patient who is a prophet. That role sparked the conversation of whether straight actors should play gay roles, and Garfield's response was pretty clear.